OBITUARY: Kathryn Mary Dahlke, 1955-2003, Mitchell Co., Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted July 16, 2003] copyrighted



                         Kathryn Mary Dahlke

Funeral services for Kathryn Mary Dahlke, age 48, of Osage, were held
Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at First Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, IA. The
Reverend Robert Porisch officiated. Burial was in the First Lutheran
Church Cemetery in St. Ansgar. Kathy died Sunday, July 13, 2003 at the
Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City.

Kathy was born January 25, 1955 in Albert Lea, MN, the daughter of Floyd
and Elinor (Strouf) Dahlke. She was baptized on March 17, 1957 at the
Grand Meadow Lutheran Church by Reverend Eugene V. Holland. She was
confirmed on May 24, 1981 at First Lutheran Church by Reverend Stephen
Engelstad, where she was a life long member. Kathy attended school in
Osage and worked at a work shelter in Charles City and Elma. She loved
her family and friends very much and had a sweet smile for everyone,
especially babies. She found enjoyment in simple pleasures, making a
cup of coffee for company, listening to old time music, watching the
Dukes of Hazard, eating ice cream and shopping for others in the J.C.
Penney Catalog.  She was a special child of God and we will miss her.

Kathy was preceded in death by her father Floyd Dahlke.

Her survivors include her mother Elinor Dahlke of Osage; two sisters
Bertha Moravec and her husband Alvis J. of Owatonna, MN; Barbara Strain
and her husband Eugene C. of Kasson, MN; one brother LeRoy Dahlke and
his wife Janet of Riceville; several nieces and nephews.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, IA 40461-1440 had charge of
arrangements.