Obit: Dietsche, Esther (1908-1974)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Dietsche, Knoll, Gehrke, Kolorsky

---Sources: Marshfield News-Herald 14 December 1974)

Dietsche, Esther (16 June 1908-13 December 1974)

LOYAL--Mrs. Esther Dietsche, 66, of 109 E. South St., Loyal, was found dead at her apartment by a friend Friday afternoon. Robert Lulloff, Clark County coroner, after an investigation, attributed death to a heart attack. Time of death was determined as sometime Friday morning.

Services have been set for Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev, William Humlie, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran cemetery. Visitations may be made at the Rinka Funerla Home.

The former Esther Knoll was born in the town of Loyal on June 16, 1908 and attended the former Taft School in the town of Sherman and also the Loyal High School. Following her marriage to Wallace Dietsche on June 16, 1929, at Loyal, the couple lived in the town of Sherman for about 10 years.

They then moved to her father's farm in the town of Loyal, where she resided and was employed for Land O'Lakes in Spencer for 16 years, retiring in 1970.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aid Society.

Her husband preceded her in death January 16, 1972.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Leonard (Margaret) Gehrke, Spencer, and Mrs. John (Bertha) Kolorsky, Ashland.

Also preceding her in death were four brothers and a sister.