Dora Dean Waterman, 98, Bancroft, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at The Lodge of Whispering Pines in Plover.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Almond United Methodist Church in Almond, with the Rev. David Leistra officiating. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery in the town of Pine Grove.
Visitation will be at the church from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday and again from 10 a.m. Monday until the services.
A memorial has been established in her name.
Hardell-Holly Funeral Home of Almond assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at www.hollyfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Waterman was born Jan. 31, 1914, in the town of Deerfield in Waushara County, a daughter of the late Leonard and Harriet Achsah (Davis) Lipke. She attended rural school at the Red Brick School in the town of Deerfield and later Wautoma High School.
She moved to Poynette in 1930 to work in a restaurant, cooking and packing lunches for the road crew who were straightening Highway 51.
She was married to William “Bud” Waterman on May 18, 1932, in Hancock. He preceded her in death.
They farmed with his parents in the town of Pine Grove until 1956. After selling the farm, they moved to Bancroft. She was employed by the Almond-Bancroft Public Schools as a cook at the Bancroft School for 19 years.
Survivors include one daughter, Lowella (Steve) Stucker, Almond; one brother, Duane “Bud” Lipke, Hancock; one sister, Juanita (Robert) Schry, Berlin; two grandsons; and six great-granddaughters.
She was also preceded in death by five sisters, Lena Lachelt, Stella Monroe, Florence Waid, Blanche Ludkey and Thelma Voeltner; and three brothers, Ernest, Lawrence and Doliver Lipke.
