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Norma Lee Dorrell Wessels

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Birth	:	14 Jul 1924 Marceline, Linn County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	2 Feb 2010 Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Memory Gardens, Paris, Bourbon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.1502170, -84.3431780
Description	:	From the February 5, 2010 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Norma L. Wessels, 85, of Dyersville, Iowa, died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Robert Gross officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 6:30 p.m. She was born on July 14, 1924, in Marceline, Mo., daughter of Ervin and Lucy (Lake) Dorrell. In 1942,... Read More	From the February 5, 2010 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Norma L. Wessels, 85, of Dyersville, Iowa, died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Robert Gross officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 6:30 p.m. She was born on July 14, 1924, in Marceline, Mo., daughter of Ervin and Lucy (Lake) Dorrell. In 1942, she moved to California with her family. Along with many women of that time, she found work with Consolidated Aircraft, riveting in the wings of B-24 bombers that were used during World War II. While attending a dance, Norma met Don Wessels. They were married on April 25, 1944, in Marceline, and later settled in Dyersville. He preceded her in death in 2003. Norma had a special love for children, especially babies. She was an excellent cook and quickly mastered the art of homemaking. While raising 11 children, she spent her "free time" sewing, embroidering, reading, dancing and the occasional trip to the casino or playing bingo. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Parish, the American Legion Auxiliary and a regular sponsor to St. Jude's Hospital. Those left to honor her memory are 11 of her 12 children, Linda Wessels, of Dyersville, Gladys Wessels and Helen (Tom) Urban, both of Dubuque, Susan (Sergio) Trujillo, Lola (Tim Conovaloff) Wessels and Lois (Clayton) Machado, all of Yuma, Ariz., Dean (Jane), Sam, Sandy (Mario) Blasi and Dan, all of Dyersville, and Terry (Mary Ann "Charlie"), of Arlington, Texas; 19 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; a sister, Doris (Bud) Yarbrough, of Hemet, Calif.; a brother, J.W. Dorrell, of Marceline; brothers and-sisters-in-law, Sr. Mary David Wessels, OSF, of Dubuque, and Emma Wessels, of Dyersville; and a brother-in-law, John Fitzgerald, of Dyersville. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Frances Mary, in infancy; a granddaughter, Angie; two brothers, Clarence and Leland Dorrell; and a sister, Eileen Bishop.

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Norma Lee Dorrell Wessels's memorial is located at: Evergreen Memory Gardens, Paris, Bourbon County, USA.
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Norma Lee Dorrell Wessels death on 2 Feb 2010 in Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 38.1502170
Longitude: -84.3431780

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Coordinate: 38.1502170, -84.3431780

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24. Claiborne Farm Equine Cemetery
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