Surnames: Gualbert, Johnson, Krankenburger, Lang, Majerus, Motelet, Ramminger

----Source: The Tribune Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) Volume 48, No. 26, June 25 2008, Page 15

Motelet, Nora (18 Feb. 1915 - 17 June 2008)

Nora Lang-Motelet, 93, Colby formerly of Abbotsford passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at the Colonial Center, Colby, Wis.

Visitation will be Friday at the church in Abbotsford from 9 a.m. until time of services.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 20, at Bernard's Catholic Church in Abbotsford, Wis. Rev. John Gualbert will preside. Burial will follow in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery.

Nora was born February 18, 1915, in Dorchester to Delbert and Clara (Krankenburger). She attended Cleveland Grade School in rural Dorchester until the eighth grade.

She married Frank Lang July 3,1939. They farmed in the Dorchester area until her husband Frank died Feb. 7, 1960.

Nora then married David Motelet January 28, 1961 at St. Louis Catholic Church in Dorchester, Wis. They resided in Abbotsford where she worked as a homemaker. Her husband David died January 24, 1991.

She continued to live in Abbotsford until she entered the Colonial Center in Colby in 2004. She enjoyed card games including sheep-head and cribbage.

Nora was a member of the Colby VFW Ladies Auxiliary, the Catholic Order of Foresters and a member of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Abbotsford, Wis.

She is survived by her children, Nancy Ramminger, Colby, and Shirley (Dale) Majerus, Abbotsford, a step daughter, Helen (Bill) Johnson, Evansville IN, a step son Robert (Amy) Motelet, Fall Creek; seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren; three step grandchildren; and two step great grandchildren.

Nora was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; one grandchild; two brothers and two sisters.