Loretta Weiler Obituary 2024 – Trimble Funeral Homes

Loretta Weiler, 85, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2024, surrounded by family. Loretta was born on March 28, 1939, the daughter of Herman J. and Emma J (Huhman) Doerhoff of St. Elizabeth, MO. She graduated from St. Elizabeth High School. Loretta went on to a 40-year career in public service, where she served as a senior secretary for the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Plant Industries Division. Early in her career, Loretta’s co-worker, Audrey (Weiler) Huhman, suggested that Loretta meet her brother, Jerome (Jerry) Weiler. Loretta agreed and Audrey set up a blind date. What began as an innocent dance party blossomed into love, marriage, and 63 wonderful years of Loretta and Jerry dancing through life together. Their holy union began in St. Elizabeth Missouri at St. Lawrence Catholic Church on October 1, 1960, producing an inheritance of four children, twelve grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Loretta and Jerry were regular Mass attendees and faithful parishioners at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Jefferson City, MO.

Throughout her life, Loretta did everything with steadfast dedication, spirit and excellence. As a child, Loretta grew up with her nine siblings on their modest family farm, where she learned to find joy in small blessings (she received an orange for Christmas every year) and the value of dedication to faith, family and hard work. As a high school athlete, Loretta was the pitcher for the softball team and was an exceptional basketball player, scoring a school record 40 points in a single game. After high school, Loretta found joy in numerous hobbies and interests. She and Jerry enjoyed spending time with their many friends. Loretta was a fiercely competitive card player, honing her skills through lunchtime pitch games at work, a monthly card club, and frequent family card games with the children and grandchildren (where she almost always won, but rarely rubbed it in). Loretta was also a talented seamstress and quilter, making clothing for her children, handmade quilts for each of her children’s wedding gifts, and for each baby born into the family. Loretta enjoyed watching the St. Louis Cardinals baseball games, Hallmark movies, and anything recommended on Netflix. She was also an avid reader, which kept her intellect sharp and her humor sharp throughout her life. Loretta enjoyed giving back to her community by delivering Meals on Wheels with Jerry each week. More than anything, Loretta was completely devoted to her family. She always hosted large family gatherings, remembered and celebrated everyone’s birthdays, and spent quality time with her grandchildren. Loretta was an amazing wife, sibling, mother, and grandmother, and was the rock and foundation for the happy and loving family she raised.

Loretta is survived by her husband, Jerome F. Weiler. Children: Kenneth (Laura) Weiler, Michael (Karen) Weiler, Brian (Melanie) Weiler, and Lynn (Jason) Parman. Grandchildren: Leah and Lucas (Christina) Weiler, Justin (Anna), Adam (Tina), Jacob (Claire), Caleb and Hannah Weiler, Natalie, Emma (William Rowe), Samuel and Abigail Weiler, and Riley Parman. Great-grandchildren: Olivia Weiler, Jackson and Colette Weiler, Peyton, Michael and Matthew Weiler, Theo Weiler, and Margaret Rowe. Siblings and In-Laws: Rosana Weidinger, Dorothy Rupp, Julitta (John) Langle, Evelyn (John) VanGoethem, Carolyn Stolberg, Margaret Kremer and many nieces, nephews and friends. Preceded in death by parents: Herman and Emma Doerhoff, great-grandchildren: Lucia Rose and Therese Josephine Weiler, siblings and parents-in-law: Sister Mary Julitta Doerhoff, Bernard (Mary) Doerhoff, Alfred (Mary) Doerhoff, Dolores (O’Dean) Stover, Robert Weidinger, Bernard Rupp, Stephen Stolberg, Audrey (Ed) Huhmann, James Weiler, and William Kremer.

Visitation will be Friday, August 2, 2024 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM at St. Peter Catholic Church, Jefferson City. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:00 AM with Rev. Msgr. Robert A. Kurwicki, VG officiating. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. The service will be live streamed for those who wish to watch at home. The link can be found at the bottom of Loretta’s obituary page on trimblefunerals.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Meals on Wheels at Cole County Nutrition Center, 2027 Christy Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109, or to St. Peter’s Catholic Church Building Fund.

Trimble Funeral Homes-Jefferson City is assisting the family with arrangements. trimblefunerals.com