Lorraine E. Wirt (1932 - 2024)

WIRT, NIEBUHR, SCHWARTZ

Posted By: Pamela E Wagler
Date: 6/26/2024 at 19:03:25

Burlington Beacon
Burlington, Iowa
26 Jun 2024

Lorraine E. Wirt

Lorraine E. Wirt, 91 rural Burlington, died Monday, June 24, 2024, at her home.

Born Oct. 2, 1932, in Burlington, she was the daughter of George Carl Niebuhr and Viola Louise Schwartz Niebuhr. She married James Wirt Jr. on April 8, 1956, at Zion United Church of Christ in Burlington.

Lorraine lived on her husband Jim’s family farm after they married. They retired at the end of 1992.

She graduated in 1951 from Burlington High School. After graduation she worked at the Northwestern Telephone Company and Yetter Oil Company until she married and moved to the farm near Kingston. She baked wedding cakes for thirty years, enjoyed going to Hawaii, her flowers and birds, playing Mexican train dominoes and her family. She was an active member of Kingston United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two sons Rick Allan (Sandy) Wirt of rural Burlington and Steven Wayne (Cindy) Wirt of Mediapolis; two daughters Debra Sue Wirt and Tamara Kae Wirt both of Burlington; three granddaughters, Michele (Colin) Gerst of Burlington, Jaci Wirt of St. Louis, Missouri, and Krista (Tony) Kempker of New London; four great grandchildren, Madison Paige Gerst, Kaylie Breanne Gerst, Ava Jane Kempker and Levi James Kempker; sister-in-law Donna Schrader and several nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Jim, brother Wayne Niebuhr, son-in-law Larry Burr, brothers-in-law Bill Schrader, Bill Foley, and Allan Wirt and sisters-in-law Betty Foley and Mary Tasker.

The funeral for Lorraine will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Lunning Chapel with Pastor Earlene Lekwa and Pastor Brian Berges officiating. Friends may call 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 28, 2024, at Lunning Chapel. The family will not be present. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.