Loretta C. Miesen

Dickeyville, Wisconsin Loretta C. Miesen, 93, of Dickeyville, Wisconsin, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at Epione Pavilion in Cuba City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at Holy Ghost Church in Dickeyville with Rev. Bernard Rott officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at Casey Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Cuba City where the parish wake service will be at 3:45 p.m. Friends may also call from 9-9:45 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home before the service. Loretta was born on August 19, 1921, in Little Grant Township, Wisconsin, the daughter of John J. and Rose (Wunderlin) Reuter. She married Emil E. Miesen on January 14, 1941. He preceded her in death on December 31, 2009. Together they farmed near Dickeyville. Loretta was a member of Holy Ghost Parish all of her married life and the Council of Catholic Women. She joined the Catholic Order of Foresters Court #228 in 1948 and received a golden anniversary rosary. Loretta enjoyed Friday night fish suppers, Sunday night dancing, and gardening, especially growing potatoes. When Emil and Loretta were on trips and would stop for a rest stop, mom would love to drop a quarter in slot machines and usually she was pretty lucky. Some of her famous baking specialties were three leaf clover biscuits and buns for the holidays, cinnamon rolls and angel food cake. She really enjoyed seeing the little ones, first her grandchildren and later her great-grandchildren who called her "Grandma Jelly Bean." Survivors include three daughters, Marietta (Jerry) Pitzen, of Cuba City, Charlotte (Jim) Kowalski, of Dickeyville, and Cathy (Richard) Wagner, of Cuba City; three sons, Francis (Dorothy) Miesen, of Potosi, Larry (Ann) Miesen, of Dickeyville, and Maynard (Rita) Miesen, of Platteville; four sisters, Dorothy (Herb) Klein, Velma (Leonard) Melssen, and Rosemary Reuter, all of Platteville, and Anna (Gene) Stelpflug, of Dickeyville; a brother, John (Rose Marie) Reuter Jr, of Platteville; a sister-in-law, Loretta Reuter, of Platteville; a brother-in-law, Harold "Harry" Miesen, of Dubuque; 23 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents, John and Rose Reuter; two sisters, Matilda Reuter and Wilma Fuerstenberg; two brothers, Clinton and Clifford Reuter; an infant great-grandson, Dominic Pitzen; and her in-laws, Joe Fuerstenberg, Janice Miesen, Ray and Irene Digmann, and Joe and Bertha Loeffelholz. A Loretta C. Miesen Memorial Fund has been established. The family wishes to thank Park Place in Platteville, Epione Pavilion in Cuba City and Grant County Hospice.