Marietta L. (Jurenka) Ramberg

Marietta L. (Jurenka) Ramberg

Marietta L. (Jurenka) Ramberg, 82, of Joplin, a farmwife and homemaker who loved crafts, crocheting, RV traveling, cooking, TV soap operas and all animals, died of natural causes on April 5, 2013, at the Chester nursing home.

Her funeral will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial will follow in Joplin Cemetery. Visitation days will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Memorials may be given to the Shriners Hospital or a charity of the donor's choice.

Survivors are her three children, Helen (Cliff) Wickum of Chester, Lynda (Mel) Fretheim of Shelby, and Ray (Lori) Ramberg of Joplin; one brother, Virgil (Martha) Jurenka of Rudyard; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Clarence, in 2010; her parents, Frank and Frances; her sister, Helen; and a grandson, Travis.