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Friday, June 3, 2022
Eloyse J. Bockenstedt Lammers Diesburg
City: Prairieburg
Funeral Date
10:30 a.m., Tuesday 6/7, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Prairieburg
Funeral Home
Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Friday, June 3, 2022
Eloyse J. Bockenstedt Lammers Diesburg
Eloyse J. Bockenstedt Lammers Diesburg
Prairieburg
Eloyse J. Bockenstedt Lammers Diesburg went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 6, at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home in Manchester.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Prairieburg, the Rev. Nick March will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Prairieburg. Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Manchester is in charge of arrangements.
Eloyse is survived by her children, Karen (Bruce) Gaines, Kathryn (Steve) LeClere, John Diesburg,
Tim (Tammy) Diesburg and Marty (Cheri) Diesburg; grandchildren, Laura (Eric) Weber, Michele (Jason) Hanson, Beth (Tom) Kluesner and Brian (Jaime) LeClere, Nicole (Ron) Cihla and Jesse (Courtney) Sauer, Brad (Sarah) Diesburg and Sheri (Dustin Drtina) McKenna, Cody (Hadley Galbraith) Wood, Jillian (Eric) Wuestenberg and Austin Diesburg, Madison and Autumn Diesburg, and Chris and Dylan Gaines; 29 great-grandchildren; sister, Olga Willenbring; brother, Ben (Inez) Lammers; her sister-in-law, Delores Stelken; and many nieces and nephews.
Eloyse was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry; parents, Ben and Frances Lammers; daughter, Ann Frances Diesburg-Sauer; three sisters, Sedella, Sister Lucille, Sister Bernard; and a brother, James.
Memorials can be directed to the Good Neighbor Home Employee Relations Committee.
Please share a memory of Eloyse at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.

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