DOROTHY
HARTWIG
Funeral services for
Dorothy V. Hartwig, 87, of Aurelia, will be Monday, June 1, 2009, at
10:30 A.M., at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia with Pastor
Missy Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
rural Aurelia. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.,
with the family present from 4:00 to 6:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in
Aurelia. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the First
United Methodist in Aurelia or the Aurelia Heritage Society.
Dorothy Verniece
Mohror was born July 21, 1921, the daughter of Frank and Louise (Luetkeman)
Mohror in Arlington, South Dakota. The family moved to Iowa in 1922 and
she graduated from the Brooke High School near Peterson, Iowa, and
worked in various homes in the area. She married John Hartwig on March
28, 1943, at the St. John’s Church in Brooke Township. During WWII she
traveled with John’s unit to Oregon, Washington, Texas, and South
Carolina. When John’s unit was sent to construct the ALCAN Highway in
Canada, she moved to Cherokee, Iowa. After the war they became farmers
and moved to the farm near Aurelia in 1958. The couple had two
daughters. Dorothy was an active member of First United Methodist Church
in Aurelia, a past member of the Aurelia Library Board and the Aurelia
Heritage Society. She also belonged to Maple Valley Friendship and
various Bridge clubs. Dorothy loved the farm lifestyle, music, cards,
and being Gramma Dot.
Dorothy died Friday,
May 29, 2009, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, Iowa.
Preceding Dorothy in
death were her parents, her husband John on December 30, 1983, her
sister, Harriet Zarr, and three brothers-in-law, Ralph Hartwig, Roy
Stieneke, and Leonard Stout.
Survivors include her
daughters, Peggy and her husband Loren Kolpin of Grinnell, and Shirley
and her husband David Pierce of Aurelia, six grandchildren, Angela and
husband Jade Niemyer of Orange City, Laura and husband Chris Flowers of
Florence, KY, Nichole Hanks of Sioux City, Paul Kolpin of Grinnell, Mike
and wife Emily Pierce of Larrabee, and Mark and wife Chelsey Kolpin of
Grinnell, and eleven great-grandchildren; K.P., Keesten, and Kyrel
Hanks, Trey, Bailie, and Delanie Niemyer, Daenen, Daxsten, and NyAnna
Pierce, and Ben and Samantha Flowers. She is also survived by three
sisters, Vera Stieneke of Cherokee, Phyllis and husband Rex Boatman of
Waterloo, and Marcella Stout of Las Vegas, two brothers-in-law, Bud Zarr
of Aurelia, and Robert Hartwig of Cherokee, two sisters-in-law, Joyce
and husband Ike Stead of Surprise, AZ, and Ruth and husband William
Klotz of Ankeny, nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
