In Memory of Dorothy A. Dreessen

Dorothy A. Dreessen, age 101, of Wall Lake, Iowa passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at the Stewart Memorial Community Hospital of Wall Lake, Iowa.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015, at the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Wall Lake, Iowa. Carl Lee, CRE will officiate. Burial will be in Wall Lake Cemetery of Wall Lake, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Wall Lake, Iowa. The Christensen ~ Van Houten Funeral Home of Odebolt, Iowa is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online to www.christensenvanhouten.com 

Dorothy A. Dreessen, age 101 of Wall Lake, Iowa died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Stewart Memorial Hospital in Lake City, Iowa.

Dorothy was born on August 27, 1913, in Fairfax, Iowa, to Joseph Pachta, III and Mary (Barta) Pachta.  She moved with her family to a farm near Boyer, Iowa as a young child.  She attended Stockholm No. 6 School in Crawford County.  At the age of 12 she began working for a family taking care of the children and the household.  She met the love of her life while working in the grocery store in Boyer, Iowa. 

On November 8, 1936 she was united in marriage to Alfred W. Dreessen in Boyer.  They farmed in the Boyer and Wall Lake area until they retired and moved to Wall Lake in 1970. 

Dorothy enjoyed crafts of all kinds and spent many years decorating cakes for all occasions.  She also loved to sew, and spent countless hours knitting and crocheting.  Dorothy also enjoyed dancing, bowling and playing cards and was a member of many card clubs through the years.  Shortly after her 100^th birthday she became a resident of Twilight Acres Nursing Home in Wall Lake where she enjoyed being around many friends and playing bingo. She was an active member of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Wall Lake and served as a Deacon and also served on the committee that built the new church.

She is survived by two sons, William and his wife, Susan of Odebolt, Iowa and Robert and his wife, Norene of Sioux City, Iowa; grandchildren Debra Wagner, Tamara (Francis) Riedell, Brenda (Bill) Behling, Deidre (Larry) Hurlburt, Michelle (Bob) Goodvin and David (Karen) Dreessen; 14 great-grandchildren; 6 great great-grandchildren; one sister, Rosemary Kohorst of Carroll, Iowa; three sister-in-laws Darlene Dreessen of Wall Lake, Dorothy Hollander of Phoenix, Arizona and Donna Miller and brother-in-law Dr. Ralph Alter, both of Coffeeville, Kansas; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred, her parents, parents-in-law, her brother, William Pachta, her sister, Lillian Aldag and one great-granddaughter.

The family would like to thank the entire Twilight Acres Nursing Home community for the caring love and support given to Dorothy while she was a resident of the facility and a special thank you to Stewart Memorial Hospital and Hospice for the care and compassion they provided to her during her illness.