Obituary of Jean Anne Oberbroeckling

DYERSVILLE, IOWA Jeanne I. Oberbroeckling, 86, of Dyersville, Iowa died Friday, October 19, 2012, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville, Iowa. Friends may call from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville. Friends may continue to call after 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Church in Worthington. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Worthington, Iowa with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Noah Diehm will officiate. Jeanne was born June 25, 1926, in Petersburg, Iowa, the daughter of John F. and Hilda (Hermsen) Bockenstedt. She married Henry B. Oberbroeckling on November 25, 1947, in Petersburg, Iowa. Together they farmed and raised their family near Worthington. Jeanne was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her children and family and no one was more important to her. She also kept track of all her relatives from her ancestors to her great grandchildren. Survivors include 5 sons: Wayne Oberbroeckling of Worthington, Earl (Debbie) Oberbroeckling, Ron (Sharon) Oberbroeckling, Dean (Connie) Oberbroeckling all of Dyersville, Al (friend Kris Read) Oberbroeckling of Monticello; 3 daughters: Mary Lou Vorwald of Dyersville, Milly Thissen of Bloomington, MN, and Elaine Oberbroeckling of Dubuque; 8 grandchildren: Scott Vorwald, Jeremy (Lori), Bret (April), Eric (Mandy), Travis, Adam (Jenni), Kari and Joshua Oberbroeckling; 7 great grandchildren, brothers and sisters, Pearl Meier of Dyersville, Arlene (Ambrose) Langel of Manchester, John (Dorothy) Bockenstedt of Cedar Rapids, Walter (Mary) Bockenstedt of Dubuque, Vernon Bockenstedt of Colesburg, Virgil (Sue) Bockenstedt of Eyota, MN; a sister-in-law, Valeria Bockenstedt of Petersburg, brothers & sisters-in-law: Dennis (Barb) Oberbroeckling of Cedar Rapids, and Theresa Mueller all of Guttenburg, Mary Ann (Virgil) Hermsen of New Vienna, and Patricia (Joe) Wulfekuhle of Petersburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Henry in 1997, a grandson, Jeff Vorwald, 2 sons-in-law, James Vorwald and Herman Thissen, a brother, Irvin Bockenstedt, a sister, Ruth Ann in infancy, brothers-and-sisters-in-law: Herman Mueller, Victor Meier, Sharon Bockenstedt, Gregory Oberbroeckling in infancy, Albert and Leonard Oberbroeckling, Betty Loeffelholz, Louis Loeffelholz, Lucille (LeRoy) Loeffelholz Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.