Laverne Hoelscher

LaVerne Hoelscher, 94, of Westphalia, died Wednesday, January 20, 2021 in a Rosebud Nursing Home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday 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 October 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, Kenneth Hoelscher and his wife Ginger of Seaton, one daughter, Jeanette Holtman of Temple, 6 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m.