Doris (Weber) Dieterle

     Doris Dieterle, 82, of the Village of Ephraim, Wisconsin, passed away December 03, 2024, in Sturgeon Bay following a long illness. 
     Doris was born on July 12, 1942, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of the late Albert Weber and D’Arlene (Riggen) Weber. She graduated from St. Paul’s High School in San Francisco and then joined the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. She left the convent in 1963 before the end of her Novitiate. 
     She returned to San Francisco where she worked during the day and attended night classes at Golden Gate University, where she met Hellmuth, the love of her life, in 1965. They were married on July 2, 1966, at Mission Delores in San Francisco. 
     Doris was very athletic throughout her life, playing competitive basketball and volleyball in high school, working as a certified lifeguard, teaching swimming lessons to neighborhood children, playing and teaching tennis, and golfing with her family and friends. She was very creative and shared her talents with friends and family through cherished handmade quilts, cards, and tole painted keepsakes. While raising her family, Doris was a tireless volunteer. She served on her children’s school PTA boards and as President of the volunteers at Marin General Hospital in Kentfield, California, was president of her quilt guild and an officer in the local women’s golf league.  She worked for many years as coordinator of medical receptionists and, later, as organizer of medical conferences throughout the country.
     During their 58-year marriage, Doris and Hellmuth had two children and lived in six different states. Always adventurous, Doris loved travelling, including trips with Hellmuth in their motor home across the United States and Canada, to New Zealand and Australia, China, Japan, Thailand, Mexico and Argentina, as well as with friends and her family several times across Europe. She particularly enjoyed the six months she and Hellmuth lived in Singapore in 2005. 
     By 2006, Doris and Hellmuth lived in Tucson, Arizona in the winter and Ephraim, Wisconsin in the summer, close to their daughter and her family. They moved to Door County full time in 2023, where Doris was cared for in her final days by her family and the loving staff of Cardinal Ridge Residential Care in Sturgeon Bay. 
     Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and D’Arlene Weber, her siblings Wilford Ryan, Charlene McCracken, and Frank Weber. 
     She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Hellmuth Dieterle, her brother Richard (Lorraine) Ryan, her children Chrisa (Tom) Hickey and Michael (Lynn) Dieterle, grandchildren Alex (Kathi) Hickey, Timothy Hickey, and Dianna Hickey, as well as great grandsons Jameson and Daniel Hickey. 
     A gathering of family and friends will be held for Doris on Saturday, January 11, 2025, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Casperson Funeral Home (2594 S. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay WI 54234).
     In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to CurePSP by selecting the link below the obituary or via check mailed to CurePSP, 325 Hudson St. Fl 4, New York, NY  10013 with her name in the memo line. 
     Huehns Funeral Home, Inc. & Cremation Services in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, is assisting the Dieterle family. Expressions of sympathy, memories, and photos of Doris may be shared with her family through her tribute page at https://www.huehnsfuneralhome.com
 

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