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Lorraine Landgrebe
LORRAINE LANDGREBE
Vinton
Lorraine Willa Ann (Kaestner) Landgrebe, 91, of Franklin, Wis., formerly of Vinton, died Thursday, May 7, 2015, at her home. Funeral services for Lorraine will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with the Rev. Stephen Preus officiating. Visitation will be two hours before the 11 a.m. service Monday at the church. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton.
Lorraine is survived by one son, Keith (Jacqueline) Landgrebe of Oak Creek, Wis.; two daughters, Linda Engelking of Belle Plaine and Cathy (Dean) Rogers of Oelwein; five grandchildren, Lori (Richard) Papesh, Mellisa (Joe) Jastrow, Teresa (Dave) Vollmers and Travis (Stephanie) and Matthew Rogers; 14 great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Lilly and Jeanna Papesh, Emily, Jessica, Mae and Samuel Jastrow, Caleb and Bethany Vollmers, Brody, Merissa and Ashley Rogers, Taylor Deramus and Kinley Ann Rogers; her sister, Francis Barness; and sister-in-law, Dorothy Kaestner. Also surviving are her special bonus daughter and family, Sherri (Lowell) Henkle.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Kenneth Kaestner; brothers-in-law, Bob Fitzpatrick, Emil Schultz and Ralph Barness; grandmother, Minnie Kading; and William and Lizzie Landgrebe.
Memorials may be directed to Mary Martha Guild at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home is caring for Lorraine and her family. Condolences may be left at www.vsrfh.com.
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