United Township High School Class Of 1960

Obituaries

Loretta Bauwens Herstedt

Services for Loretta Herstedt, 59, Moline, are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline. The Rev. Douglas A. Grandon will officiate. Burial is in Moline Memorial Park.

Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Gilda's Club, Davenport.

Mrs. Herstedt died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at Trinity Medical Center, West Campus, Rock Island.

Loretta was born Feb. 26, 1942, in Moline, the daughter of Henry and Betty DeFrates Hendrix. She was adopted by Roman and Georgia Bauwens. She graduated from United Township High School, and she married Ronald Herstedt July 12, 1963, in East Moline.

She was a caseworker for Moline Township, last working in 1998 because of illness.

She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, Moline.

She enjoyed her family and friends, liked to go horseback riding, and loved her two Shih Tzu dogs, Toby and Leroy.

Loretta is survived by her husband, Ronald; two sons, Kevin and Sean, both of Moline; a brother and sister-in-law, Irvin and Barbara Hendrix, East Moline; her husband's sister, Betty Crippen, East Moline; and her husband's brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Carolyn Covault, Elizabethtown, Ky. She was preceded in death by her parents and a half-brother, Ed Kasenberg.

This memorial may be viewed, and condolences sent to the family, at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.

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