NOREEN P. DESING

Noreen P. Desing, 88, of Elkhorn, died Oct. 4, 2012 at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center.

She was born May 13, 1924 to the late John and Margaret (Gibbs) Hicks. She graduated from Lake Geneva High School in 1942. On June 6, 1945 she married Robert C. Desing in Lake Geneva. Bob died July 4, 1999.

She and Bob farmed in the Town of Geneva for over 41 years, retiring in 1983. She was a member of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elkhorn, and enjoyed traveling, knitting and watching sports, especially the Wisconsin Badgers, Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers.

She is survived by her brother’s children, Julie (Steve Gabor) Stokes, Jay (Mary Beth) Hicks and Jeanine (Joe) Koecky and by Howard (Coe) Reynolds, the son she never had; two sisters-in-law, Mary Ellen Desing and Sr. Shean Marie Desing; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

She was further preceded in death by two brothers, John and Lauren Hicks.

Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 8 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 415 Devendorf St., Elkhorn, with Rev. David Rau officiating. Burial will be at Oak Ridge Cemetery in East Troy. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home, 730 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn, and at the church on Monday from 9:30 a.m. until time of services.

Memorials may be made in her name to First Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Online guest registry is at www.haaselockwoodfhs.com.

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