Louise A. Deters, 82, of rural Sigel passed away at 3:13 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2011 at her home.


Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Sigel with burial in St. Michael's Cemetery, in Sigel. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2011, with a 6:30 p.m. parish wake service at the church. Memorial may be made to St. Michael's School or to the donor's choice. Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.bauerfh.com


Louise was born on June 18, 1929 in Bishop Creek (rural Dieterich), the daughter of Aloysius and Josephine (Dust) Repking. She married James R. "Jim" Deters on April 25, 1953.




Louise was a homemaker and a dairy farm wife. She was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Church and the St. Michael Council of Catholic Women. Louise had also been a 4-H leader for many years and served on the Teutopolis Unit 50 advisory board. Besides her own beloved family, Louise was a mom and grandma to many others. Her legacy will be the delicious sugar cookies, angel food cakes and other sweet treats she baked, as well as her gorgeous quilts she lovingly stitched and assembled by hand. Each Christmas she carefully chose the perfect gift for each of her children, grandchildren, their spouses and her great-grandchildren too. She will be remembered for her hand sewn baby clothes, her wonderful cooking and canned goods and most of all for her patient gentle spirit. Louise will be greatly missed by all who were lucky enough to have known her.



Surviving are her husband, Jim of Sigel; sons: Kenny (wife Karen) of Sigel; Chuck (wife Anita) of Teutopolis; and Tim (wife Kathy) of Sigel; daughters: Kathy (husband Alf) Ruholl of Teutopolis; Patty Probst of Dieterich; Joyce (husband Gary) Johnson of Newton; and Connie (husband Melvin) Koester of Effingham. 25 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by 8 sisters: Luella Buscher, Lorraine Zerrusen and Bernice (husband Norbert) Lohman all of Teutopolis; Evelyn (husband Ronald) Probst of Effingham; Marge (husband John) Asbury of St. Louis, Missouri, Wilma (husband Joseph) Beckman of Teutopolis, Mary Jane (husband Joseph) Bierman of Newton, and Betty (husband Tom) Pals of Effingham.



She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers: Louis and Vernon; a sister: SR. Ruth Ann Repking, a son-in-law: Mark Probst, and 2 brothers-in-laws, Louis Buscher and Jim Zerrusen.