| Templeton
Mary Willenborg
Mass of the Christian burial for Mary "Mayme"
Willenborg will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Ian. 4, 2002, at
Sacred Heart Church in Templeton.
Mrs. Willenborg, 99, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at Carroll
Health Center nursing home in Carroll.
Rev. Dale Reiff will celebrate the Mass. Lector will be John
Drake and gift bearers will be Cindy Janning, Eileen Drees, Judy
Wittrock, Mardy Brodil and Becky Moeller.
The Templeton Catholic Daughters of America will form an honor
guard for the Mass at the church.
Casket bearers will be Ken Willenborg, Jim Drake, Keith Hugeback, Kent
Hugeback, John Drake and Lynn Willenborg. Burial will be at Sacred Heart
Cemetery in Templeton.
Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. and a rosary will be recited at
3 Thursday at Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. A Christian wake service by
the parish will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday.
A daughter of Gerhard and Catherine (Ferneding) Kettman, she was
born on Aug. 23, 1902, at Templeton.
She spent most of her lifetime in the Templeton community and
attended Sacred Heart Schools.
She and Ben Willenborg were married on May 30, 1922, at Sacred
Heart Church in Templeton, and the couple farmed near Templeton and
Dedham before moving in 1929 to the family farm northeast of Templeton.
The Willenborgs retired from farming in 1960, moved into
Templeton and Mrs. Willenborg moved into Carroll Health Center in 1993.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Parish, its Ladies Guild, the
Templeton Senior Citizen Club and a 50-year member of the Catholic
Daughters of America. Mrs. Willenborg enjoyed playing cards, shopping,
sewing and gardening.
Survivors include two daughters-in-law, Colette Willenborg and
Elsie Willenborg, both of Carroll; a son-in-law, Joe Drake Sr. of
Bayard; 23 grandchidren; many great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Anna Kettman of Manning.
Mrs. Willenborg was preceded in death by her parents; her husband
Ben in 1972; three sons, Bernard, John and Harold Willenborg; two
daughters, Dorothy Drake and Mary Ann Hugeback; two grandchildren,
Christine Willenborg and Glenn Willenborg; a son-in-law, Joseph Hugeback;
a daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Willenborg; and four siblings, George
Kettman, Katherine Willenborg, Emma Kettman and Elsie Kalkhoff.
(Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Wednesday, January 2, 2002, p. 3) |
