Mary P. Trometer, 1923 - 2009

TROMETER, LARSON, VEHE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 7/24/2020 at 06:26:38

Sioux City Journal
22 March 2009

MERRILL, Iowa (Buried Sioux City)-- Mary P. Trometer, 85, of Farmington, Ill., formerly of rural Merrill, died Friday, March 20, 2009, at her home.

Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, rural Merrill, with the Rev. Peter Boe officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sioux City. Visitation with the family present will be 4 to 8 p.m. today at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel in Sioux City. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Mary was born Oct. 15, 1923, in rural Hinton, Iowa, to Henry and Clara (Larson) Vehe. She graduated from Sioux City Central High School.

She married Glen V. Trometer on Oct. 11, 1941, in Blair, Neb. Mary's early married years were spent on a farm west of Merrill. She then moved to Ellendale, to operate Glen's Service Station with her husband. She worked as a bookkeeper for Ed's Trucking at Merrill, and a sales person and clothing and fur alteration specialist for Williges in Sioux City. She also worked as a manager for Ben's Dairy Queen in Le Mars, Iowa, and worked for Bogenreif Stained Glass in Merrill. She was a caregiver for her husband for many years.

She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, rural Merrill, as well as the Ladies Aid. In her free time, Mary loved to travel.

Survivors include four daughters, Deanna (Del) Snyder of Farmington, Ill., Carol (Alex) Wilson of Monterey, Calif., Joyce Semlow of Shelby, Mich., and Ruth Trometer and Steve Nichols of Boston, Mass.; four grandchildren, Tiffany Tinti, Jennifer Fehr, Beau Semlow and Erin Ruckman; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a brother, Ervin Vehe; and two sisters, Alta De Rocher and Dorothy Cote.

Memorials may be made in Mary's name to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Merrill, Iowa.