The funeral service for DeLores Marguerite Heitfeld, age 82, will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 12, 2009, at  Immanuel Lutheran Church in Breckinridge, with Rev. Arthur M. McCormick officiating.  Burial will be at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday in Zion Mt. Calvary Lutheran Cemetery in Herkimer, Kansas, with Rev. Donald Hofman officiating.  Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.  Visitation with the family will be Sunday from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

      She was born to Louis Philip and Catherine (Schierkolk) Meinecke on August 20, 1926, in Herkimer, Kansas, and died Friday, January 9, 2009, in Enid.

     DeLores grew up in Herkimer and was confirmed at the Herkimer Lutheran Church.  She  graduated from Marysville, KS High School.  In 1945 she moved to Enid, where she was a mother, homemaker, and farmer’s wife.  She was a longtime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Breckenridge, where she was active in LWML.  She loved to quilt and garden and was a member of the Harmony Extension Group. DeLores sang with The Melody Girls and The Garfield Singers.  In 1986, she was named Homemaker of the Year by the Enid Chamber of Commerce.  She was active in the Breckinridge Community Center.

     She is survived by six children, Rod Heitfeld and Linda Thomas of Enid, Ed and Willa Heitfeld of Sand Springs, Marilyn Brehmer of Dexter, MO, Ruby and Dennis Riemann of Enid, Judy and Wendell Vencl of Garber, Roy & VaNee Heitfeld of Colordado Springs, CO; twelve grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one sister LaVerle Duever of  Herkimer, KS.

     DeLores was preceded in death by two brothers Willard and Louis Meinecke, and one sister Opal Ellis.

    Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery Fund or Breckinridge Community Center.