Delores Kriese

Delores Kriese June 4, 1947 - July 23, 2011

Delores K. Kriese, age 64 of Janesville, died on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center. Memorial services will be held on Friday, July 29th at 2:00 p.m. at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Janesville, with Rev. Dr. Larry Griffin officiating. The Kriese Family will greet friends on Friday afternoon for one hour prior to services, at the funeral home. Delores Kay was born on June 4, 1947 in Waseca, Minnesota to Phillip and Harriet (Kroeger) Ziegler. She was a 1965 graduate of Janesville High School. On September 9, 1967 she was united in marriage to Henry Kriese at Grace Lutheran Church in Waseca. Delores was a lifelong resident of Janesville. Over the years she had been employed with various companies including E.F. Johnson Company and Brown Printing Company in Waseca, the Janesville Nursing Home, and most recently Elm Homes of Waseca. She was a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Delores enjoyed reading, gardening, garage sales, fishing, watching westerns, and her dog Sadie. She most enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandson. She is survived by her husband Henry; by her two sons Chad Kriese, Kevin Kriese and fianc Shirley Felske, and her grandson Gage Kriese, all of Janesville; by her brothers Gilbert Ziegler of Waseca, and Ralph (Darla) Ziegler of LeCenter, and her sister Norma Kanne of Austin. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, and special grandson Dravin Lutter.