Dorothy Eickman

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In Loving Memory of

Dorothy Eickman

Prayer Service

Sunday, June 3, 2018     7:00 PM

Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, Iowa

Reverend Shinoj Jose, Celebrant

 

Mass of Christian Burial

Monday, June 4, 2018    10:30 AM

Sacred Heart Church, Templeton, Iowa

Reverend Shinoj Jose, Celebrant

 

Mass Servers

Peter Dea      Joseph Dea

 

Lectors

Sarah Lorenzen    Makenzie Johnson    Wendi Kreman

 

Eucharist Minister

Charlene Rupiper

 

Offertory Gifts

Samuel Gion    Anna Gion    Jadyn Reid

 

Music

Sacred Heart Men’s Choir     Hannah Warner, Organist

 

Casket Bearers

Brent Martens    Tony Eickman    Scott Eickman

Eric Kreman    Andrew Gion    Jesse Reid

 

Interment

Sacred Heart Cemetery, Templeton, Iowa

Dorothy Elizabeth Eickman, daughter of Henry and Anna (Irlbeck) Schwabe was born December 11, 1930 in Maple River, Iowa. She attended St. Francis School in Maple River.  After school she assisted families with newborns in their home and helped on the family farm.

   On January 26, 1949 Dorothy was united in marriage with Maurice Eickman and to this union they were blessed with seven children: Linda, Betty, Glen, Lynn, Mary Jane, Janice and Lori.  Dorothy was a housewife and helped Maurice on the farm with everything outdoors including the livestock and field work.  She did all the bookkeeping for the family farm and always cooked every meal from scratch.  Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren would always look for her frosted sugar cookies and frozen fruit cups.  Dorothy was a faithful member of Sacred Heart Church and the ladies Guild.

   On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 Dorothy died at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa attaining the age of 87.  She and Maurice would have celebrated 70 years of marriage this coming January. 

   Besides her parents, Dorothy was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Jessica Eickman, and her siblings, Marian Bellcock, Elaine Hoffman, Donald Schwabe, and Robert Schwabe.

   Grateful for having shared her life are her husband of 69 years, Maurice Eickman of Templeton; her children: Linda (Daniel) Torgrimson of Windsor, CA; Betty (Gary) Martens of Walnut, IA; Glen (Donna) Eickman of Manning, IA; Lynn (Mary) Eickman of Atlantic, IA; Mary Jane (David) Kreman of Crawford, NE; Janice (Curtis) Gion of Flower Mound, TX; and Lori (Barry) Reid of Atlantic, IA; Fourteen grandchildren and Fifteen great-grandchildren.  Siblings:  Marita and husband, Bernard Meiners of Coon Rapids, IA; Ella Mae and husband Dale Buetel of Manilla, IA; Delores Nagl of Carroll, IA; Betty Monson of Fulton, MO;  and Janie and husband Bill Hastings of Bend, OR.  Sisters-in-law: Muriel Alger of Missouri Valley, IA; Jane and husband Michael Catalani of San Antonio, TX; and Myra Johnson and husband Jim Leitner of Pasadena, TX. Nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.