Lillian LaVonne Willers, 86, Luverne, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage.
A funeral Mass was Monday, Aug. 19, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Burial was in the St. Catherine Cemetery in Luverne.
Lillian Deitermann was born on July 30, 1933, to Henry and Anna (Kirpes) Deitermann in Luverne. She grew up on a farm near Beaver Creek and attended country school north of Beaver Creek. The family later moved to Luverne, where she graduated from Luverne High School in 1951.
Lillian married Allen Willers on Jan. 23, 1952, and they lived most of their lives on a farm near Beaver Creek. They moved to Luverne in 1996. While her husband was stationed in San Diego, California, she owned and operated a malt shop in San Diego. During her lifetime she also worked in a soda shop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a grocery checker in Luverne, and remained an active farm wife and homemaker.
Lillian was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne, where she served as a Eucharistic minister and an active LCCW member. She enjoyed playing cards, square dancing, and spent many hours creatively writing plays for anniversary celebrations and local Pleasant View Player picnics. She cherished her family.
Lillian is survived by her husband, Allen, Luverne; four children Mark (Karen) Willers, Beaver Creek, Sharon (Tom) Wieneke, Jackson, Michael (Kristy) Willers, Beaver Creek, and Barbara (Regg) Glawe, Peoria, Illinois; 11 grandchildren, Brad (Cate) Willers, Sandra (Tom) Bosch, Patricia Willers, Patrick (Kaisa) Wieneke, Nathan (Abbigale) Glawe, Anthony (Alison) Willers, Maria (Matthew) Bezdicek, Nicole (Kyle) Woodley, Alyssa (Auger) Goma, Natalie Willers, and Rebecca Glawe; 23 great-grandchildren Daxter, Chandler, Hugo and Atlas Bosch, Madelyn, Makayla, Marie, Makenna, Matthew, Malachi, Margaret and Macalister Glawe, Hannah, Emmett and Felicity Woodley, Reagan Willers, Lilly and Owen Willers, Clare and Lila Wieneke, Karli and Rebekah Bezdicek, and Aveline Goma; one exchange student, David Tamez; a foster daughter, Tammy Eugenius; and friends Sharon DeVries and Harveen and Bruce Gluf.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Cheryl Ann; and seven siblings.
Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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