Doris M. (Rasmussen) WERTSCH

WERTSCH, MCBRIDE, MYERS, RASMUSSEN, BJORMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/25/2006 at 13:45:29

Doris M. Wertsch passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2003. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines. Doris was born in Goldfield, IA and had lived in Des Moines many years prior to moving to Falkville, AL eight years ago.

She is survived by her two sons, Douglas of Hartselle, AL and David of Kansas City, MO two sisters, Vera McBride and Nadine Myers, both of Des Moines and two grandsons. Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Wertsch. The family will receive friends from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Westover Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church in Johnston.

Des Moines Register, The (IA)
April 27, 2003

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A graveside service for Doris Wertsch, 88, of Falkville, formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, was Monday, April 28, at 11 a.m. at Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines with the Rev. Dwaine Gibson officiating. Peck Funeral Home handled local arrangements. Mrs. Wertsch died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at Summerford Nursing Home in Falkville. She was born Feb. 7, 1915, in Goldfield, Iowa, to Anton G. Rasmussen and Ada F. Bjorman Rasmussen. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Des Moines and played the piano with all her heart. She is survived by two sons, Douglas Wertsch of Hartselle and David Wertsch of Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Nadine Myers and Vera McBride, both of Des Moines, Iowa; and two grandsons, Benjamin and Charles Wertsch, both of Hartselle.

Hartselle Enquirer, Hartselle, Alabama
April 30, 2003