"Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy Word." It has pleased our Lord to take to himself, on the evening of Dec. 22, 2014, our beloved mother and grandmother and sister in Christ, Norma Gertrude Wollenburg (nee Rethmeier). She fell asleep in peace to family singing the liturgy, in which Christ has come to her all her life, and to the hymns of Christmas, and awoke to heavenly joy in Him...

Services for Norma Wollenburg, 88, of Milan, will be 10:00am Tuesday December 30, 2014 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Moline. Visitation will be Monday from 4:00-7:00pm at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be left to Holy Cross Lutheran Church or Avonlea Cottage, Milan.

Norma was born on March 21, 1926 in St. Louis, the daughter of Anton John and Gertrude (Coffman) Rethmeier. She married Melvin "Mel" Wollenburg on March 30, 1946 in St. Louis. He preceded her in death on November 17, 2008.

Mrs. Wollenburg was a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Moline. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, and enjoyed needlework of any kind.

Survivors include her children and their spouses, Janice(Jerry) Tutskey, Rock Island, Bill(Jackie) Wollenburg, Branson, MO., John(Debbie) Wollenburg, Viola, Bob (Patti) Wollenburg, Oshkosh, WI., Jim (Ruth) Wollenburg, Rock Island; seven grandchildren, John (Heidi) Sias, Kate Wollenburg, Anne(Brad) Penix, Jennifer Wollenburg, Robert (Jes) Wollenburg, Rebekah Wollenburg, Amy Wollenburg and one great granddaughter, Alexandra Penix.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four siblings and an infant great grandson, William Daniel Penix.

The family would like to thank Genesis Hospice, Norma's kind caregivers at Avonlea Cottage, Rev. Wilfred Karsten and Vicar Frank Lucas for their loving care and support.