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Delores Thielbar

December 4, 1926 — September 29, 2009

Delores Thielbar December 4, 1926 - September 29, 2009

Delores R. Thielbar, age 82, of Faribault, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Faribault Commons Care Center. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Faribault with the Rev. Steven J. Kuehne, pastor officiating. Interment will be held at the Groveland Cemetery in Dundas, MN. Memorial visitation will be held at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home in Faribault on Friday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and at the church on Saturday for one hour prior to services. Delores Ruth Cate, the daughter of Noland "Jack" and Charlotte (Bitker) Cate, was born on December 4, 1926 in Faribault. She attended Faribault High School and graduated with the class of 1945. On January 2, 1947 she was united in marriage to Eugene Thielbar at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Faribault. Mr. Thielbar preceded her in death on Sept. 25, 1972. As a teenager Delores worked at different bakeries in Faribault. After their marriage Delores stayed at home and raised their family and later worked for 24 years at the Faribault Regional Center, retiring in 1985. In retirement Delores volunteered at St. Lucas Care Center. Family was very important to Delores and she loved spending time with all of her family. She is survived by six children, Cynthia (Paul D.) Bauer of Faribault, Rita (Reynold) Sticha of Lonsdale, MN, Leonard (Karen) Thielbar of Lonsdale, MN, Elaine (Mike) Grove of Hackensack, MN, Patricia Olson of Aurora, IL and Dee (Ron) Filzen of Monticello, MN; by 17 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and by her great great granddaughter; by five brothers, Louis "Bud" Cate of Morristown, MN, Noland "Dick" (Anita) Cate of Kenosha, WI, Joe (Dorothy) Cate of Stonewall, OK, Allan Cate of Dallas, TX and Jim (Marie) Cate of Stratford, OK; by two sisters, JoAnn Verdev of Morristown, MN and Evelyn (Elmer) Schmidthuber of New Richland, MN; by her sister in law, Virginia Thielbar of Randolph, MN and by many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, her son, Douglas Thielbar, her grandson, Doug Tupy and by her sister, Arlene Pfeffer.

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