Funeral services for Luella Sayler, 101, Aberdeen will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Tanya Rist officiating. Inurnment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Luella died Friday, March 1, 2013, at ManorCare Health Services of Aberdeen.
Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m., at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., Aberdeen.
Luella Joachim was born May 12, 1911, at Eureka to Gottlieb and Matilda (Humel) Joachim. This is the area where she grew up and attended rural school.
On Oct. 21, 1934, she married William "Bill" Sayler at Eureka. They made their home on a farm near Eureka until 1944, when they moved to a farm near Bowdle until 1948. They then moved to Ashley, N.D., and in 1954, they moved to Hosmer, where they farmed until 1959. They moved to Aberdeen, where she worked at the Alonzo Ward Hotel until 1968, and then worked at Presentation College until she retired in 1979.
Luella was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Aberdeen. She also was a past member of the Moose Lodge. She loved baking, canning, gardening, playing cards and crafts. She especially loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared Luella's life are her children: Diane Cardin, Rusk, Texas, Vivian (Clifford) Zane, Coon Rapids, Minn., Arvilla (Gary) Hallaway, Panama City Beach, Fla., Delores (Tom) Burgard, Aberdeen, Sheila (Kevin) Tooker, Badger, Minn.; daughter-in-law, Ardell Sayler, Claremont; grandchildren: Linda, Vicki, Tammy, Debbie, Ken, Clinton, Penny Rae, Scott, Kerrie Jo, Abigail, Michael, Brandin, Kreger, Amy, Cynthia, Gerald, David, Danny and Timothy; 24 great-grandchildren; sisters: Frieda Stephan, Verna Murray, Irma West and Berdina Stephan; brother, Albert Joachim; and brother-in-law, Wilbert (Christina) Sayler.
Luella was preceded in death by her husband, William "Bill" Sayler; children: Agnes Sayler, Donald Sayler, Stanley Sayler, Bruce Sayler, Darnelda Cummings; brothers and sisters: Leonard Joachim, Wilbert Joachim, Hilda Heidle, Ruth Hoff, Olivia Settles, Lavina Joachim, Bernice Joachim, Ramona Joachim, Darlene Rasmussian, Rudolf Joachim, Violet Delzer and one infant brother.
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