Ballard, Loretta F. Edie Dorscher (1952 – 2010)

BALLARD, ERICHSEN, SANDS, EDIE, DORSCHER, WALKER, HOPP

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 20:08:02

Name of deceased: Loretta Faye Edie Dorscher Ballard (nee Erichsen)

Aged: 58 yrs, 7 mo, 27 days

Residence: Eldon, IA

Born: Jan. 8, 1952, Red Oak, IA

Died: Sept 4, 2010, at daughter’s home, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Friday, Sept. 10, 2010; Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; Pastor Steve Chellew of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA, officiated. Inurnment at Oakwood Cemetery, rural Lewis, IA.

Survived by: Spouse, Mark A. Ballard of Eldon, IA; son, Bill (spouse, Leah) Edie of Atlantic, IA; daughters, Kristy Walker of Walnut, IA, Kelly (spouse, Bryce) Hopp of Harlan, IA; and Erica Dorscher of Gretna, NE; step-sons, Nick (spouse, Michelle) Ballard and Drew Ballard, both of Eldon, IA; step-daughter, Maggie Ballard of Baraboo, WI; brother, Sam (spouse, Candy) Erichsen of Sioux City, IA; 12 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: parents, Henry William and Mosoline Ann (nee Sands) Erichsen; brother, Butch Erichsen; sister, Patricia; two husbands, David Edie and Lewis Dorscher; niece; nephew

Education: graduated from Red Oak (IA) High School, Class of 1970

Marriage: (1) David Edie; (2) Lewis Dorscher; (3) Mark A. Ballard, April 17, 2008

Employment: 1970 - 1980, miscellaneous jobs in Red Oak, IA; 1980 – 1992, miscellaneous jobs in Lewis, IA; 1992 – 2008, Jennie Edmondson Memorial Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA; 2008 – 2010, secretary, SEIDA, Ottumwa, IA

Hobbies/Interests: volunteer work for AARP; spending time with family; cooking and baking; watching auto races; going to casinos; avid Hawkeye fan

Source: burmeisterjohannsen.com, ancestry.com