Emily L. Duesterbeck Obituary (1937 - 2022)

Emily L. Duesterbeck, age 85 of Menomonie, WI passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022 in Menomonie, WI. She was born August 31, 1937 to Ben and Emily (Klaenhammer) Holzhueter in Menomonie, WI. She was raised on a farm in the rural Menomonie and attended elementary school at Clack, then graduated high school from Dunn County “Aggie” in 1954. Upon graduation she worked as a bank teller at the First National Bank in Menomonie until 1959. She married James Duesterbeck in 1957 and upon his graduation from Stout State College in 1959 they moved to Waukesha where he had obtained a teaching position at Waukesha County Technical Institute. There, Emily worked part-time for several years and earned a degree in accounting while raising two children. As both she and her husband preferred rural life, in 1978 they moved to a small farm acreage west of Rockbridge in the Richland Center area and considered the Richland Center as home. Emily worked as an accountant for a business in Richland Center until 1988 and from 1991-2003 she was the town treasurer for the township of Bloom. With most of her family moving out of that area, in 2019 she moved back to the Menomonie area to be close to her brothers and sisters. Emily enjoyed being outdoors, so in addition to her household duties, she enjoyed doing many outdoor things such as gardening and landscaping. She enjoyed several other hobbies, including sewing and making quilts. Emily taught sewing for 4-H in addition to sewing many clothing items. She sewed draperies and curtains for their homes and did a lot of upholstery for their home and camper items. She was gifted with organizational and designing skills which Emily used daily, especially as she did the layouts, and helped in their implementation, for their home remodel, building of a new home, and making a camper from a bare van/truck. She was also an active member in various homemaker, women’s church groups, and sorority groups throughout the years. She loved her children and grandchildren and got to enjoy many great grandchildren. Emily enjoyed attending their activities and very much looked forward to their visits and interacting with them. She will always be remembered as a wonderful and beautiful woman who loved her family. Emily is survived by her son Michael (Rivkah) Duesterbeck; son-in-law Todd Worman; grandsons Joseph and Jason; granddaughters Amanda, Heidi, Laura, Ellen, and Katelyn; and 11 great grandchildren; siblings Donald Holzhueter, John (Margaret) Holzhueter, Dorothy (Richard) Boda and Norma Holzhueter. She was preceded in death by her husband James, daughters Diane, Linda, and Carol (Worman); 1 grandson; 1 great granddaughter; her parents Ben & Emily; and brothers Carl & David. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at Olson Funeral Home in Menomonie, WI with Pastor Geoffrey Kieta officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 2, 2022 at Woodstock Cemetery in town of Bloom, Richland County, Wisconsin. To share a memory, please visit obituaries at www.olsonfuneral.com