Lola Mae (Oswald) Heim, age 93 (93 years, 5 months, 26 days), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota (formerly of Breda, Iowa) died on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Avera Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Breda. The Celebrant will be Father Terry Roder with Deacon Rick Larson assisting. Music will be by Marilyn Hundling and the St. Bernard’s Choir. Lectors will be Mae Vonnahme and Pat Vogl. Gift Bearers will be Mikeal Larson and Tony Heim. Eucharistic Ministers will be Christina Heim and Marilyn Fleming. Casket Bearers will be Andrew Martin, Tom Heim, Tony Heim, Casey Clausen, Nick Larson, and Jon Heim. Burial will be at St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Breda.
Friends may call at St. Bernard’s Church in Breda after 5:00 p.m. Tuesday where there will be a Christian Wake service at 7 p.m. Additional visitation will be from 9:30-10:15 a.m. on Wednesday at the church. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home and online condolences may be left for Lola’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Lola was born on November 29, 1929, at home in Carroll County, Iowa, to Peter and Teresa (Goecke) Oswald. She spent her younger years in the Arcadia and Breda communities.
She was married to Cletus Heim on September 19, 1950, at St. Bernard Church in Breda. Lola lived with Cletus’s parents while he was in the Army in South Korea. Lola and Cletus farmed for about 4 years in Carroll County and then moved to Cherokee, IA, in 1959, the beginning of Cletus’s job with Walnut Grove Feed Company. Throughout the next approximately 30 years with Walnut Grove Feed Company, they lived in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Nebraska. After her children had grown, she had numerous jobs with a couple of favorites, the first being a home health care aide helping disabled and elderly in their homes and the other serving food, with complimentary bantering, to the college students at Briar Cliff College. After retirement, the couple moved back to Breda in 2002. Cletus passed away on July 2, 2004. Lola moved back to Sioux Falls in 2007.
Lola was a member of St. Theresa Parish in Sioux Falls at the time of her passing. During her lifetime she was a member of fourteen different parishes. Lola made over 3,000 chain and cord rosaries which she donated to many missions. She enjoyed dancing, playing cards, crocheting, and knitting, an immaculate home, and extensive decorating, baking, and cooking for her family during the holidays. Her grandchildren were her greatest gifts and she never missed wishing each one a Happy Birthday.
She is survived by her children, Mary Jo (Butch) Martin of Sioux Falls, S.D., Bill (Kathie) Heim of Sioux Falls, S.D., Cristy (Rick) Larson of Central City, N.E., and Scott (Paula) Heim of Sioux Falls, S.D. and her son-in-law, Curt Clausen, of Grand Island N.E. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren; 48 great grandchildren; sisters Gladys Nieland of Harlan, I.A., and Margaret (Robert) Tigges of Carroll, I.A.; brothers Leon (Florence) Oswald of Carroll, I.A., and Art (Virginia) Oswald of North Platte, N.E. Her godchildren, Mikeal Larson, Tony Heim, Sister Linda Reicks, Marilyn Vonnahme, Barb Weinzetl, and Jill Hendrick.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Clete, her children Doug Heim and Terrie Clausen and her sisters Rita Reicks, Maizie Soyer, Dorothy Vogl, her brothers Paul, Charlie, Bill, and Lou Oswald, great grandson, Gage and godson, Ronnie Heim.
