LaVerne Hoelscher

LaVerne Hoelscher, 94, of Westphalia, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in a Rosebud Nursing Home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Rev. Darrell Kostiha will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia.

Mrs. Hoelscher was born April 1, 1926, in Burlington to Andrew and Annie Dach Reinders. She married Robert Joseph Hoelscher on Oct. 23, 1946. She worked as a seamstress, florist, and with her husband on the farm. She loved to quilt, can fruits and vegetables, and make cinnamon rolls for her family. She was a member of the Church of the Visitation and the altar society.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her son-in-law, Henry Holtman.

Memorials may be made to the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia.

Survivors include two sons, Ralph Hoelscher and his wife Eugenia of Lott, and Kenneth Hoelscher and his wife Ginger of Seaton; one daughter, Jeanette Holtman of Temple; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Visitation will be held from 6-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. A Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.