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Gladys Wilma Rickert Wepler

Birth	:	13 Jun 1923 Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	29 Nov 2020 La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial	:	Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2908150, -91.7830920
Description	:	Gladys W. Wepler, age 97 of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, November 29, 2020 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. Visitation will be from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 4, 2020 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Masks are required to attend, and social distancing is mandated. Private Family Burial will follow at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with Rev. Seth Robinson officiating. Gladys Wilma (Rickert) Wepler was born on June 13, 1923 in Elkader, Iowa, the daughter of George and Sophia Maria Johannes (Possehl) Rickert. She attended country school... Read More	Gladys W. Wepler, age 97 of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, November 29, 2020 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. Visitation will be from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 4, 2020 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Masks are required to attend, and social distancing is mandated. Private Family Burial will follow at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with Rev. Seth Robinson officiating. Gladys Wilma (Rickert) Wepler was born on June 13, 1923 in Elkader, Iowa, the daughter of George and Sophia Maria Johannes (Possehl) Rickert. She attended country school in Elkader. The family moved to Decorah and she graduated from Decorah High School with the class of 1941. Gladys worked at Collins (Turner & Co.) in Cedar Rapids, then moved to Boston, MA and worked at the Defense Plant. She had met Walter Wepler from Decorah and he was serving in the U.S. Navy in Boston. Gladys was united in marriage to Walter W. Wepler on August 26,1943 in Boston. This union was blessed with four sons: Dennis, David, Roger, and Wesley. They moved back home to Decorah in 1945 when Walter was discharged from the Navy. Walter worked with his father at Wepler Locker in Decorah. They raised their four boys and Gladys also worked at the locker for many years. Later in life she worked at Decorah Community Schools for many years in janitorial services. Gladys belonged to the Congregational United Church of Christ and she was active in Petra Circle. Gladys accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Personal Savior. She loved lemon Meringue pie, made the best salads, loved recipes (a family favorite is Grandma Gladys’ Eggs), and especially spending time with her family. Gladys moved into the Aase Haugen Home on December 2, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents George and Sophia Rickert; her husband Walter on November 10, 1979; brother Gerald Ricket; sister Sylvia (Rickert) and Alvin Engelhardt; father- and mother-in-law, Joseph Elmer and Inga (Anderson) Wepler; brothers- and sisters-in-law: Jesse Wepler, Dorothy (Wepler) Anderson and A. Carleton (Carle) Anderson, Gail (Wepler) and Rudy Ode, Viola (Wepler) and Leonard Hertges, Luella (Wepler) and Rolf Dale and Percy Wepler; Nieces and Nephews: Fedora Engelhardt, LaDue (Butch) Ode, Carla (Anderson) Thomas, Kristi Dale, Ann Marie (Hertges) Schmidt and Richard (Dick) Hertges. Gladys is survived by her four sons: Dennis and Susan (Winger) Wepler of Eau Claire, WI, David Wepler and Roger Wepler of Decorah, and Wesley and Rhonda (Cain) Wepler of Sioux City, IA; five grandchildren: Stephanie (Wepler) and Jeff Schemberger, Alison (Wepler) and Paul Peterson, Tyler Wepler, Matthew Wepler and Janee Wepler; five great-grandchildren: Billy, and Tommy Peterson, Sophie, Chloe and Luke Schemberger: sister-in-law Patricia (Tepesch) Wepler; nieces and nephews: Esther (Engelhardt) and Dick Wonderlich, Dee Ann (Anderson) and Roger Byrne, Mary Jo (Anderson) and Bob Chaiken, Joyce Ode, Judy (Ode) and Bill Boiler, Karen (Ode) and Don McClintock, Cheryl (Hertges) and Jim Elshoff, Jim Hertges, Rolf and Cindy (Goede) Dale, Jr., Julie Dale, Dianne (Dale) and Dan Godfrey, Ron and Carol (Wooge) Wepler, Theresa (Wepler) and Scott Chaffee, and Mike Wepler. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Congregational United Church of Christ, 209 W. Broadway, P.O. Box 470, Decorah, IA 52101 or Aase Haugen Senior Services, 4 Ohio Street, Decorah, IA 52101. Fjelstul Funeral Home

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Gladys Wilma Rickert Wepler's memorial is located at: Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA.
When did Gladys Wilma Rickert Wepler death?
Gladys Wilma Rickert Wepler death on 29 Nov 2020 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA
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Latitude: 43.2908150
Longitude: -91.7830920

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Parent

(unknow - unknow)

Sophia Marie Possehl Rickert

(1891 - 1975)

Spouse

Walter W. Wepler

(1919 - 1979)

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Coordinate: 43.2908150, -91.7830920

2. Saint Benedict Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2835999, -91.7818985

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Coordinate: 43.2560997, -91.7236023

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Coordinate: 43.2378006, -91.7378006

9. Washington Prairie Norwegian Methodist Cemetery
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12. Bruvold Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2221968, -91.7509863

13. Springfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2221985, -91.8171997

14. McIntosh Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2696991, -91.8833008

15. Glenwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2947998, -91.6760406

16. Madison Lutheran Church East Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3133000, -91.8986000

17. Springwater Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3792000, -91.7431030

18. Garfield Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2266900, -91.8846700

19. Hauge Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3922000, -91.7740000

20. Madison Cemetery
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21. Madison Settlement Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2607994, -91.9233017

22. Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2817001, -91.6346970

23. Pontoppidan Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2747002, -91.6339035

24. Scandinavian Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery
Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2695000, -91.6347000