Dolores Bombei

Dolores Bombei
July 25, 1923 - April 19, 2006
Keota, Iowa
Visitation: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. April 21, 2006 at Powell Funeral Home - Keota
Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. April 22, 2006 at Holy Trinity Parish-Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Interment: April 22, 2006 at Holy Trinity Parish - Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery
KEOTA-Dolores Mary Bombei, age 82, of Keota, died Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at the Maplewood Manor in Keota, following a brief illness. Dolores was born July 25, 1923, in Keokuk County, near Richland, to Nicholas and Josephine (Bohrofen) Heisdorffer. She attended country school and received her G.E.D. in 1988. On June 15, 1948 she married Alvin E. Bombei at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Clear Creek Township. A homemaker and farm wife, Dolores was a resident of the Keota community all her life. She was a member of the Holy Trinity Parish-Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society and the V.F.W. Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, fishing and playing cards. Survivors include one daughter: Marilyn Waechter and husband Ron of Sigourney; three sons: Ronald Bombei and wife Melody of Keota, Randall Bombei and wife Barbara of Richland and Russell Bombei and wife Andrea of Sigourney; 10 grandchildren and one sister: Loretta Bombei of Keota. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband: Alvin in 1985; two brothers: Everett and Leonard Heisdorffer and three sisters: Viola Weber, LaVera Weber and Lucille Sieren. Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Holy Trinity Parish-Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in rural Harper with Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be at the Holy Trinity Parish-Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 21, 2006, at the Powell Funeral Home in Keota, where there will be a prayer service at 6:00 p.m. A general memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota is handling the arrangements.