Dorthea Bunge 1899-1986

BUNGE, LICHT, HAENSEL, HAESEMEYER, SUHR, ST JOHN

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 9/6/2024 at 08:10:04

September 25, 1986 - The Tipton Conservative

Last rites for Mrs. Otto (Dorothea) Bunge, 87, will be held at Trinity Lutheran church, Lowden at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 with the Rev. Kenneth Martin officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers are Robert and Gordan Licht, Leonard Suhr and Leonard, Donald and Everett Kroemer. Olga Hoffmier is organist and the Trinity Men's Choir will sing.

Mrs. Bunge died at St. Luke's hospital, Cedar Rapids, Sept. 22.

The daughter of Louis and Dorothea Ernsting Licht, she was born at Lowden March 13, 1899. She was married to Otto Licht Nov. 27, 1920. He died in 1963. She was a member of Trintiy Lutheran church and the American Legion Auxiliary at Lowden.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Haensel, Surrey, N.D.; 4 sons, Carl, Davenport; Howard, Mayer, Minn.; Harold, Monroe, Mich.; and Robert, Lowden; 12 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; 5 sisters, Luella Licht, Lowden; Louise Haesemeyer, Elmhurst, Ill.; Ernestine Suhr, Adams, Wisc.; Irene St. John, Calamus and Alma Licht, Davenport and 2 brothers, Gerhard Licht, Lowden and Emil Licht, Hemet, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband and 2 sons in infancy.