Mariela Berthel Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Mariela Berthel of Dubuque, Iowa, born in Saint Donatus, Iowa, who passed away, on October 5, 2021. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Mariela Berthel to show support.
She was predeceased by : her mother Stella Kalmes (Frantzen); her spouse Loras Berthel; her sons, Kevin Berthel and Michael Berthel; her father Ted Kalmes; her parents-in-law, Nick and Anna Berthel; and her siblings, Harold Kalmes (Marie), Bert Kalmes (Mary) and Rosela Mae Gibbs (Lloyd).
She is survived by : her daughters, Sandra Sharkey (Matt Schurman) of Bloomington and Michele Nielsen of Aurora, Colorado.; her grandchildren, Rachel Neuhaus (Josh), Charles Sharkey IV (Genavieve), Samantha Berthel (Bryan Barnett), Cody Nielsen (Kateri Kogan-Moland), Zachary Nielsen (Kaileia Moland), Ty Nielsen (Shaylah Babbs), Katilyn Schmidt (Corey Ary), Chance Berthel, Chase Berthel and Deborah Berthel (Dominick Funk); her great grandchildren, Dustiney Salabie (Davel), Ethan Daughetee, Zolynn Neuhaus, Xandra Neuhaus, Athena Neuhaus, Caleb Barry, Charles Sharkey V, Caitlyn Sharkey, Adriana Russell, Averie Moland, Cody Nielsen Jr. and Jionni Nielsen; her great great grandchildren, Zedakya Giles, Zayvion Sharkey, Kaleicya Salabie and Collin Barry; her brother Lawrence Kalmes (Windy) of St Donatus, IA.; her siblings-in-law, Grace Sterk of Charlotte, IA, Marlene McAllister of Dyersville, IA, Mary Jean Nantz (Wayne) of DeWitt, IA, Marie Berthel of Bellevue, IA, Verna Berthel-Powell of DeWitt, IA., Helen Kalmes, Gerald Berthel, John Berthel (Phyllis), Edwin Berthel, Harvey Berthel (Mary), Tom McAllister, Bob Sterk, Larry Dalton and Lawrence Powell; and her nieces and nephews, Duane Gibbs, Larry Kalmes, Beverly Frey and Julie Funke.
