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Dolorosa Aloysia Eulberg (Henrich, Braun) 1904-1989 The Sioux City Journal, Saturday, October 7, 1989 ALTON, Iowa - Dolorosa Braun, 85, of rural Alton, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1989, at an Orange City hospital after a brief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton, with Monsignor Nicholas J. Ruba officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at the church, with parish rosaries at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Fisch Funeral Home of Remsen is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Braun was born July 21, 1904 in St. Paul, Minn., the daughter of Peter and Josepha (Wiltgen) Eulberg. The family moved to the Alton area when she was 4. She graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Alton in 1922. She was a telephone operator for West Iowa Telephone Co. at Alton until her marriage to John C. Henrich, Jan. 30, 1928 in Alton. The couple made their home in Alton. He died Sept. 9, 1951. She then married Arthur Braun Aug. 21, 1954 in Alton. They farmed near Alton, and continued to live there after retiring in 1973. Mr. Braun died March 29, 1989. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Rosary Society, and a past member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She played the organ at St. Mary's Church over a period of 60 years. Survivors include a son, Robert Henrich of San Pedro, Calif.; three daughters, Miss Estelle Henrich of Long Island, N.Y., Mrs. Bill (Dolores) Pfaffle of Sioux City, and Mrs. Charles (Rosemary) Iddings of Sioux Falls, S. D.; three stepsons, Leo Braun of Granville, Iowa, Arthur J. Braun of Marcus, and Thomas Braun of Alton; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Cyril (Rose Mary) Ortmann of Merrill, and Mrs. Milton (Kathleen Kay) Delperdang of Marcus; four sisters, Sister Mary Auxilia, O. S. F., and Sister Mary Thomas, O. S. F., both of Dubuque, Iowa, Miss Eulalia Eulberg of Redlands, Calif., and Miss Marie Eulberg of Orange City, Iowa; nine grandchildren, 44 step-grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and 46 step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands; her parents, a step-daughter, Mrs. Gilbert (Margaret) Schreier; a step-granddaughter, Rita Braun, and four brothers, Theodore, Vincent, Leo and Gerald.
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