Dorothy Laurena (Nuehring) SHERIFF BREDE

SHERIFF, BREDE, NUEHRING, MONTGOMERY, YOUNG, BEIER, VANNURDEN, ECKES, VERHELST, HARRIS, MCCLURE, DUNBAR, KEMP, PRITCHARD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/25/2008 at 08:11:05

06/24/2008
Belmond Independent, IA

Dorothy Sheriff-Brede, 93, a resident of the Klemme-Goodell area, died June 15, 2008 at the Belmond Medical Center. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 28 at the Goodell United Methodist Church with Rev. Paddy Druhl officiating. Visitation will be from 9-10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may wish to consider the Klemme and Goodell United Methodist Churches.

Dorothy Laurena, the daughter of Owen and Blanche (Montgomery) Nuehring, was born December 9, 1914 on her parents' farm in Liberty Township, Hancock County. She was baptized and confirmed at the Reformed Church in Klemme. Dorothy attended Liberty and Twin Lake Township rural schools and graduated from Klemme High School in 1934. She married William H. Sheriff of Belmond on March 11, 1936 at the Klemme Reformed Church. They had two children, Robert Owen and Beverly Jane. The couple farmed as a team in rural Hancock County. After William's death, Dorothy married Dale Brede and brought Dale's two children, Judith and Delwyn, into her heart and under her loving care. Dorothy and Dale also made their life together working the land and caring for hogs and other livestock on the farm. Dorothy was a life long homemaker. The oldest of 12 children, she helped provide for her siblings. She always focused on putting the needs of her family and the hired hands on the farm before her own. She was a dedicated babysitter to the Barkema kids and others. Her hobbies included clipping recipes, gardening, birdwatching and refunding. She loved to babysit and was an excellent cook. Dorothy enjoyed making baby quilts for family and friends, and crazy patch quilts and pillows for church bazaars. She was an active member of the Klemme UMW and the Belmond Legion Auxiliary for more than 50 years. She held memberships in both the Klemme and Goodell United Methodist Churches and was on the Belmond Methodist Church Building Committee. Dorothy belonged to the Friendly Neighbors Club and the Farm Bureau Women.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; her two husbands; son Calvin Joseph Sheriff at age three; step-daughter Arlene Sheriff Young; step-son Delwyn Brede; sisters Grace, Clara and Betty; brothers Lyle, Morris and Ralph; sisters-in-law Doris and Elsie; and brothers-in-law Warren Beier, Ken VanNurden, Norman Eckes and Dick VerHelst. Dorothy is survived by her son Robert Owen (Betty) Sheriff of Belmond; daughter Beverly Jane (Harvey) Harris of Herndon, VA; step-children Donald J. "Red" (Margie) Sheriff of Belmond, William Sheriff, Jr. of Belmond, and Judith Brede McClure of St. Charles; siblings Dean Nuehring of Osage, Keith (Wilma) Nuehring of Webster City, Mavis Eckes of Long Prairie, MN, Marie VerHelst of Klemme, and Inez (Bruce) Dunbar of Mason City; brother-in-law Art Kemp of Colorado; grandchildren Matthew (Debra) Harris of Manassas, VA, Paul Harris of Virginia Beach, VA, Susan Sheriff of Des Moines, and John (Devna) Sheriff of Ames; great grandchildren Jessica and Robert Harris of Manassas; step-great grandchildren Jenna and Collin Pritchard of Ames.