Henrietta Dirnberger

Elizabeth Henrietta Dirnberger (Kluesner), 97 of New Hamburg, Missouri passed peacefully on Monday, January 6, 2025 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  She was born May 8, 1927 in St. Joseph, Tennessee, daughter of John Henry and Elizabeth Reischman Kluesner.  She and Earl Dirnberger were united in marriage on June 21, 1947 in New Hamburg.  He preceded her in death on May 26, 1999.

Henrietta worked at the shoe factory for many years until she left there to do what she did best, taking care of her kids and grandkids full time.  As a devout catholic her entire life, she was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and St. Anne’s Sodality.  Her passions in life were spending time with her family, playing cards with family and numerous friends.  She was well known for her pecans that took a family effort in the picking and shelling of the pecans to sell.  Saying the rosary at bedtime with her children is also a cherished memory.

Survivors include one brother, Alfred Kluesner of Chaffee; two sisters, Semina Seyer of Oak Ridge, Missouri and Angela Klueppel of Benton, Missouri; three sons, Henry (Pam) Dirnberger of Benton, Herby (Cindy) Dirnberger of New Hamburg and Kenny (Laverne) Dirnberger of Benton; two daughters, Earline (Joe) Lowes of Benton and Debbie (Kevin) Curry of Kelso, Missouri; seventeen grandkids; thirty-seven great grandkids and four great-great grandkids.

She is also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Norbert and Leonard Kluesner and a sister, Marie Kluesner.

Visitation will be from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at the St. Lawrence Parish Center in New Hamburg and from 8:30 - 9:30 am on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

Parish prayers will be at 4:00 pm on Wednesday

Eulogy will be at 9:40 am on Thursday at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg

Funeral mass will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at the Church in New Hamburg with Re. Daniel Belken as celebrant.

Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery in New Hamburg.