Rose Elizabeth “Betty” Dingels, age 94, of Redwood Falls, formerly of Olivia, died Friday, December 30, 2016, at Sunwood Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Redwood Falls. Mass of Christian Burial was Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Olivia, Minn. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Betty Dingels was born June 18, 1922, in Norfolk Township, Bird Island, Minn., to William and Julia (Keltgen) Leach. She grew up on the farm just south of Bird Island and graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic High School in Bird Island. She then attended St. Mary’s Hospital School in Minneapolis, Minn., graduating in 1943 as a registered nurse. Betty worked at the Cosgriff Clinic in Olivia from 1943-46. She married Kenneth Dingels on October 26, 1946, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bird Island. They farmed north of Olivia in Kingman Township and were blessed with five children. Following the death of her husband Kenneth in 1977, she moved to Olivia in 1981. Betty regained her nursing certificate in 1978 and began work again as an RN at the Bird Island Manor Nursing Home until her retirement. She was a faithful member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and enjoyed flower gardening, playing cards, quilting, crocheting, and sewing for her grandchildren.
Betty is survived by her children: Nancy Wee of Viroqua, Wis.; JoAnn (and John) Glady of Wykoff, Minn.; Charlotte (and Carroll) Sutton of Richmond, Ky.; and Steve (and Pat) Dingels of Redwood Falls, Minn.; daughter-in-law Linda Dingels of Northfield, Minn.; twelve grandchildren: Jason Wee, Nicole (and Mike) Tyriver, and Becky Wee; Janelle (and Karl) Campeau, Mark (and Hilary) Glady, Sister Mary Elisha (Kathleen), and Margaret (and Nick) Hewitt; Chris Dingels, Angela Dingels, and Brian (and Angela) Dingels; Jaclyn Dingels and Scott Dingels; 14 great-grandchildren, sisters: Edna (and Lloyd) Buschette and Sister Ann William Leach (Mary Ann); and sister-in-law Elaine Dobmeier. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, husband Kenneth; son Eugene Dingels, great-granddaughter Marian Hewitt, two sisters, six brothers, and five sisters-in-law.
Blessed be her memory.
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