Delores Arlene Bachtell

Delores "Dolly" A. Bachtell, 82, of West Union, IA, died Sunday, May 14, 2017, at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 18th, at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville with Pastors Lynn Noel and Adam Starrett officiating. Burial will be at Postville Cemetery, Postville. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in West Union and one hour before services at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is handling the arrangements.

Delores "Dolly" Arlene Bachtell was born October 12, 1934, in rural Auburn, IA, the daughter of Arthur and Agnes (Hanson) Erickson. She graduated from West Union High School in 1952. Dolly worked at Humphry Dairy and First National Bank in West Union. On February 20, 1955, she married Daryl LaVerne Bachtell at Zion Lutheran Church in West Union. Dolly also worked at Casey's in Postville.

Delores was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in West Union and a past member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville where she was active in ladies circles. Dolly enjoyed cooking, baking, visiting, spending time with her coffee groups, and following the activities of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband: Daryl Bachtell of West Union, IA; her children: Becky Lynn Sweeney of West Des Moines, IA, Thomas Dean (Mary) Bachtell of Grand Junction, CO, and Robert Alan Bachtell of Loveland, OH; eight grandchildren: Shannon and Nathan Sweeney, Kelli Jo Perches, Victoria, Adam, Carli, and Stephanie Bachtell, and Sydney Boom; eight great-grandchildren: Tannah, Kyla, and Madeline Sweeney, Devan and Blake Beener, Andrew and Austin Duermit, and Lorelei Boom; and a sister Kathryn (Willis) Weidemann of West Union, IA She is preceded in death by her parents; a daughter Candy K. Bachtell; two brothers: Richard (Carol) Erickson, and Adrian Erickson.

Honorary casketbearers are The Hardee's Coffee Groups.