Wigg, Doraine Jane (Thomsen) (1929 - 2024)

WIGG, THOMSEN, KURTH, MUMM, SULLIVAN, MUMFORD, WIGG, WESTFALL, PEDERSEN, MATIS, KEMP, JACOBSEN, GRUHN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/31/2024 at 15:19:14

Name of deceased: Doraine Jane Wigg (nee Thomsen)

Aged: 94 yrs, 8 mo, 16 days

Residence: St. Francis Senior Living Manor, Grinnell, IA

Born: Dec. 3, 1929; rural Manning, Carroll County, IA

Died: Aug. 19, 2024; Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IA.

Funeral services: Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA

Survived by: Children, Bruce (spouse, Karen) Wigg of La Porte City, IA and Darla Kurth of Council Bluffs, IA; son-in-law, Bob Mumm of Gilman, IA; daughter-in-law, Mary Jo Wigg of St. Charles, MO; grandchildren, Jennifer (spouse, Luke Sullivan) Mumm, Greg (spouse, April) Mumm, Amber (spouse, Travis) Mumford, Aaron (spouse, Danielle) Wigg, Brian (spouse, Liz Matis) Wigg, Catherine (spouse, Cody) Westfall, Dana (spouse, Nikolas Kemp) Wigg, Daniel (spouse, Dana) Wigg, Bart (spouse, Rebecca) Wigg, Courtney (spouse, Josh) Pedersen, Jordan Kurth, Zachary (spouse, Courtney) Kurth; 19 great-grandchildren; sister, Marvel Jacobsen of Elk Horn, IA; brother, Roger Thomsen of Harlan, IA.

Predeceased by: Parents, Louie John and Alma (nee Gruhn) Thomsen; husband, Bud; daughter, Diana Mumm; son, Curtis Wigg; brother, Raymond Thomsen

Education: Graduated from Elk Horn (IA) High School, Class of 1947; she then attended radio electronic school in Omaha, NE.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Barthel (“Bud”) John Wigg; Jan. 5, 1950; Immanuel Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA

Employment: Employed by R.C. Booth Enterprises, Harlan, IA prior to her marriage; afterwards, she raised their children and then returned to work at Olsen’s Grocers, Harlan, IA and at Harlan Bakery until its closure in 1991

Hobbies/Interests: Loved her long-established routine: Sunday night Pinochle card games with the neighbors, going out to eat on Friday nights with friends, watching her soap operas and The Lawrence Welk Show, listening to polka music, and doing the daily Jumble puzzle and word search; she cherished vacations to Lake Okoboji, IA; late in life, she took up watching NASCAR racing and rooting for her favorite driver, Kyle Larson. Doraine was ruthless when playing card games with family and tic-tac-toe with their great grandchildren. Mostly, she loved being with her family.

Sources: knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com