Marian M. Droessler

Marian M. Droessler, 87, of Kieler, Wisconsin, died Monday, April 12, 2010, at Southwest Health Center Nursing Home in Cuba City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 16, 2010, at Immaculate Conception Church in Kieler with Rev. Francis Steffen officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Thursday at the Immaculate Conception Parish Center where the parish wake service will be at 2:45 p.m. Friends may also call from 9-10 a.m. Friday at the parish center before the service. Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Cuba City is in charge of arrangements. Marian was born on August 26, 1922, in Paris Township, the daughter of Peter J. and Rose Ann (Hauser) Timmerman. She married LaVern V. Droessler, the son of John A. and Margaret (Schmitz) Droessler, on June 16, 1942, at Immaculate Conception Church in Kieler. Together they farmed on Bluff Road for 40 years before moving to Kieler. He preceded her in death on Oct. 8, 1997. Marian will be remembered for her many years of dedicated service in cleaning church and taking care of the priests of Immaculate Conception Parish as housekeeper: Father Lambert Marx, Father Phil Krogman, Father Tom Coyle, Father Casimir, Father David Timmerman, Father Jim Bartylla, and Father Francis Xavier. Marian enjoyed gardening, baking, canning, quilting, sewing and spending time with her family and friends. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Parish, the Council of Catholic Women, her Bible Study Group, and the Quilting Club. Survivors include three daughters, Marlene (Tom) Jones, of Hazel Green, Lois (Jack) Kieler, of Dickeyville , and Rosann (Robert) Rupp, of Hazel Green; three sons, Alan (Joy) Droessler, of Cuba City, Dale (Jeannie) Droessler, of Potosi, and Lloyd (Debra) Droessler, of Cuba City; a sister-in-law, Stella Timmerman, of Cuba City; 20 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and one on the way; and her step brothers and sisters-in-law, Velma Droessler, Carl and Eileen Roddick, Adele and Wilford Mohr, Justin and Agnes Droessler, Geneva Droessler, Doris and Dave Nabor, and Jack and Pauline Droessler. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Viola Vosberg and Sister M. Lillian OSF; three brothers, Delvan, Ervin, and Walter; three brothers-in-law, Roman Droessler, Art Droessler, and Gene Schick; and a sister-in-law, Eula Droessler. The family of Marian M. Droessler would like to thank the staff at Southwest Health Center, Hospice of Dubuque and Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services for the wonderful care given to their mother. A Marian M. Droessler Memorial Fund has been established.