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Mary Louise Weber
MARY LOUISE WEBER
Dyersville
Mary Louise Weber, 98, of Dyersville, Iowa, passed away Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, at MercyOne Senior Care in Dyersville.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Kramer Funeral Home
in Dyersville. Visitation will continue at the Funeral Home from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday prior to funeral Mass. The family requests masks to be worn.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 25, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Mark Weber SVD will officiate.
Mary was born June 4, 1923, in Dyersville, Iowa, the daughter of Edward and Marie (Strunk) Koopmann. She received a teachers certificate from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and taught in a one-room school house. She married Frank Weber on June 13, 1946, in Dyersville at St. Francis Catholic Church. Mary was a member of the St. Isidore Study Club and the Catholic Daughters of America. She was a life-long member of St. Francis Church and a member of the social concerns committee.
Survivors include her children, Jeanne (Al) Kluesner of Dubuque, Ann (Dale) Thier of Cedar Rapids, Joan Weber, Marilyn Mootz of Waterloo, Rev. Mark Weber SVD of Chicago and Michael Weber of Worthington; grandchildren, Doug (Terri) Kluesner, Sarah (Tom) Nuss, Christine (Pat) Fogarty, Teresa (Jeff) Grammatke, Steve (Arianne) Kluesner, Melissa (Spencer) Thornton, Joe (Tiara) Mootz, David (Missy) Mootz, Fr. Ralph Davis, Josh McClure, Sam (Maria) Weber, Maria (Dakota) Mayers, Karli Weber and Katie McClure; and 21 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Frank; daughter, Laura Weber McClure; sons-in-law, Mike Mootz and David McClure; and siblings, Robert Koopmann, Edward Jr. and LaVonne Koopmann.
Special thanks to Hospice of Dubuque, the MercyOne Senior Care and Ellen Kennedy Assisted Living staffs for their kind and considerate care of mom.
Memorials may be directed to the Hospice of Dubuque, Divine Word College, Epworth or the St. Francis Xavier Basilica.
Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville is assisting the family and information is available at www.kramerfuneral.com. Online condolences and memorials may be sent to Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW, Dyersville, IA 52040.
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