Dolores T. Petermeier, 91, of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Sept. 16, 2024, at Getty Street Assisted Living in Sauk Centre.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Sept. 21 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose with the Rev. Mitchell Bechtold officiating. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Melrose.
Dolores Petermeier was born Feb. 28, 1933, in St. Martin, Minnesota, to Peter and Thecla (Gertken) Noll. On Aug. 18, 1954, she married Delbert Petermeier at St. Martin Catholic Church in St. Martin. Dolores was a homemaker all her life. She enjoyed having people over for yummy meals, coffee, drinks and lots of laughter.
Dolores loved being surrounded by her family, hosting anyone who showed up on her doorstep, playing piano, root beer floats, all furry and feathered creatures and without a doubt, Jesus.
She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose.
She will be missed by her children, Tim (Barb) Petermeier of Melrose, Dan (Nancy) Petermeier of Melrose, Jay (Connie) Petermeier of Melrose and Jane Petermeier (Aaron Ellingsen) of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; grandchildren Travis Petermeier (Karley Christine) of St. Cloud, Michelle (Josh) Traut of Sartell, Ryan (Becky) Petermeier of Plymouth and Kelly (Makayla) Kruchten of Sauk Centre; great-grandchildren Cade and Kanon Petermeier, Calvin, Wyatt and Everett Traut, and Henry and William Petermeier; and sister-in-law Julie Noll of Madera, California.
Dolores was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert Petermeier Sept. 2, 2016; parents; brothers Ralph, Florian, Alquin and Donald Noll; and sisters Bernelda Kuhl and Sister Dorothy Noll, OSB.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Melrose.
