IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Thelma B.
Diekroetger
April 22, 1919 – March 29, 2007
Obituary
Thelma B.E. Diekroetger (nee Mantle), 87, of Swansea, formerly of O'Fallon, Illinois, born April 22, 1919, in O'Fallon, Illinois died Thursday, March 29, 2007.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford and Celeste (nee Warhoover) Mantle, her husband, Albert "Dick" Diekroetger, whom she married at St. Clare Church on October 22, 1940 and passed away December 26, 1992; two sisters, Bernadine Mantle and Geraldine DeVoe, and granddaughter Brett Lindsey Simons.
She is survived by her son Mark (Renee) Diekroetger of Napa, California, daughter Gayle (Michael) Simons of O'Fallon and daughter Lynn Tamms of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; grandsons Spencer (Hollie) Simons of Healdsburg, CA; and Scott Simons of Bloomington, IL; sister Rodie Fitzgerald of Fairview Heights, IL; special nephew Bill DeVoe of Washington State and her very special great-granddaughter Harper Leigh Simons.
Mrs. Diekroetger was very proud of her heritage as a descendant of Henry and Drusilla Mace, one of the founding families of O'Fallon. She was a school teacher at Cathedral Grade School in Belleville from 1959 – 1981. Thelma was a parishioner at St. Clare Catholic Church and had previously served on the Board of Directors for Our World Adult Day Care. She enjoyed her time at Grand Manor Apartments, where she often played pinochle and bridge with her friends and neighbors. She was a true St. Louis Cardinals fan. She had a special fondness for Snuggle Inn, the cabin in the mountains in Soda Springs, California, where she had her favorite chair.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, to honor Brett Lindsey Simons.
Visitation: Friends may call 4 – 8 p.m., Sunday, April 1, 2007 and after 10 a.m., Monday, April 2, 2007 at Wolfersberger Funeral Home, 102 W Washington St., O'Fallon, IL.
Funeral Service: Procession will depart the funeral home at 10:45 a.m. Monday, April 2, for 11:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Clare Church, O'Fallon, with Rev. James Deiters presiding.
Interment will be in Mace's Cemetery, O'Fallon, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford and Celeste (nee Warhoover) Mantle, her husband, Albert "Dick" Diekroetger, whom she married at St. Clare Church on October 22, 1940 and passed away December 26, 1992; two sisters, Bernadine Mantle and Geraldine DeVoe, and granddaughter Brett Lindsey Simons.
She is survived by her son Mark (Renee) Diekroetger of Napa, California, daughter Gayle (Michael) Simons of O'Fallon and daughter Lynn Tamms of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; grandsons Spencer (Hollie) Simons of Healdsburg, CA; and Scott Simons of Bloomington, IL; sister Rodie Fitzgerald of Fairview Heights, IL; special nephew Bill DeVoe of Washington State and her very special great-granddaughter Harper Leigh Simons.
Mrs. Diekroetger was very proud of her heritage as a descendant of Henry and Drusilla Mace, one of the founding families of O'Fallon. She was a school teacher at Cathedral Grade School in Belleville from 1959 – 1981. Thelma was a parishioner at St. Clare Catholic Church and had previously served on the Board of Directors for Our World Adult Day Care. She enjoyed her time at Grand Manor Apartments, where she often played pinochle and bridge with her friends and neighbors. She was a true St. Louis Cardinals fan. She had a special fondness for Snuggle Inn, the cabin in the mountains in Soda Springs, California, where she had her favorite chair.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, to honor Brett Lindsey Simons.
Visitation: Friends may call 4 – 8 p.m., Sunday, April 1, 2007 and after 10 a.m., Monday, April 2, 2007 at Wolfersberger Funeral Home, 102 W Washington St., O'Fallon, IL.
Funeral Service: Procession will depart the funeral home at 10:45 a.m. Monday, April 2, for 11:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Clare Church, O'Fallon, with Rev. James Deiters presiding.
Interment will be in Mace's Cemetery, O'Fallon, Illinois.
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