Bertha Marie Stoecker (Kistler)
December 16, 1927 — October 29, 2011
Bertha Marie Stoecker, 83, of Central City, died Saturday, October 29, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with her family by her side. Service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 4, 2011, at Good Shepard Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Wesley Bruss. The family will greet friends from 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton.
Survivors include her son, Steven (Terri) Stoecker of Cedar Rapids; a daughter, Marla (Kelly) Malone of Central City; a daughter-in-law, Linda Stoecker of Menagha, Minnesota; 7 grandchildren, Charity Gipson, Chance Stoecker, Shane Stoecker, Kris Stoecker, Tiffany McGaffee, Shelby Malone, and Riley Malone; 14 great-grandchildren and a baby girl due in December; a brother, Robert (Martha) Kistler of Fairfield; and a sister, Mary (Dean) Bryant of Ankeny.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bernard; 2 infant children, Dewayne Lee and Sandra Kay; a son, LaVerne Stoecker; brothers, William Marohn, Theodore Marohn, and John Kistler; sisters, Nellie Marohn, Ruth Sharp, Helen Wolfesperger, and Margaret Fuller; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Bertha was born December 16, 1927, the daughter of Walter and Mary (Daggett) Kistler, in Foster, Missouri. She married Bernard Stoecker on June 28, 1945 in Osceola, Iowa. Bertha’s legacy will be her cooking. She was a fantastic cook. She was head cook at St. Luke’s Hospital for 20 years. Bertha enjoyed traveling, country music, basketball, watching birds and growing flowers. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, who will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her son, Steven (Terri) Stoecker of Cedar Rapids; a daughter, Marla (Kelly) Malone of Central City; a daughter-in-law, Linda Stoecker of Menagha, Minnesota; 7 grandchildren, Charity Gipson, Chance Stoecker, Shane Stoecker, Kris Stoecker, Tiffany McGaffee, Shelby Malone, and Riley Malone; 14 great-grandchildren and a baby girl due in December; a brother, Robert (Martha) Kistler of Fairfield; and a sister, Mary (Dean) Bryant of Ankeny.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bernard; 2 infant children, Dewayne Lee and Sandra Kay; a son, LaVerne Stoecker; brothers, William Marohn, Theodore Marohn, and John Kistler; sisters, Nellie Marohn, Ruth Sharp, Helen Wolfesperger, and Margaret Fuller; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Bertha was born December 16, 1927, the daughter of Walter and Mary (Daggett) Kistler, in Foster, Missouri. She married Bernard Stoecker on June 28, 1945 in Osceola, Iowa. Bertha’s legacy will be her cooking. She was a fantastic cook. She was head cook at St. Luke’s Hospital for 20 years. Bertha enjoyed traveling, country music, basketball, watching birds and growing flowers. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, who will be greatly missed.
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