Willia Mae Dalenberg

Willia Mae Dalenberg, age 90 was welcomed by Jesus Christ Himself into her heavenly home on August 14, 2012, only hours after her husband Peter entered the eternal joys of God's presence. For nearly 66 years, she was the wife of the late Peter Dalenberg; they were married November 23, 1946. Willia was born in Auxier in Floyd County, Kentucky on October 13, 1921, daughter of the late Arch (coal miner) and Thula (Vaughan) Harman (homemaker). Willia was the third child of a family of 13 brothers and sisters and a graduate of Prestonsburg (Kentucky) High School. After high school, Willia went to work in Dayton, Ohio, where she enlisted in the Women's' Army Air Corps (WAC) during World War II. After training in Georgia, Nebraska, and Texas, Willia volunteered for overseas duty in the Asian Pacific Theater. Willia was stationed in New Guinea and the islands of Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines with the Far East Air Force and served as a clerk.After she was discharged honorably from the Army, she married Peter Dalenberg and had seven children whom they raised in Mahwah, NJ. Willia is survived by her 7 children: Donna Roberts and husband Peter of Portsmouth, RI; Peter Jr and his wife Nancy of Ft. Myers, FL; Danny and his wife Vickie of Buckhannon, WV; Timothy and his wife Terri of Bristol, IN; Bonnie Peterson and her husband Dwight of Clarks Summit, PA; Elizabeth Dalenberg of Lynchburg, VA; and Kathleen Hasse and her husband Mitchell of Elkhart, IN. Willia and Peter have 20 grandchildren: Cindy David, Deborah Piffer, Joshua Schuyler, David Schuyler, Elizabeth Roberts, Denise Roberts, Rachel Roberts, Jeremy Dalenberg, Sarah Beekman, Stacy Bryant, Becky Meats, Jonathan Dalenberg, Stephanie Hixon, TJ Dalenberg, Kristin Jones, Abigail Denton, Joseph Peterson, Luke Peterson, Nathaniel Hasse, Samuel Hasse, and Bonnie-Jean Hasse. She and Peter also have 37 great-grandchildren.In addition to her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, Willia is survived by her sisters: Viva Click of Ashland, KY; her sister Joyce Maines and her husband Ray of Anchorage, AK; her sister Sharon Klupenger of Winter Park, FL; her sister Virginia Peterson of Lakeland, FL, and her brother David Allen Harman of Ashland, KY. She was preceded in death by her brothers Woodrow Wilson, Arch Jr, Delano Roosevelt, Mallory, and Alvin Eugene; she was also preceded in death by her sisters Mary Elizabeth Ward and Eleanor Herald. "Aunt Willia" was also loved and will be missed by her many nieces and nephews on both sides of the family. She was a positive example to all who knew her of a faithful, loving wife for almost 66 years and a loving, hardworking, and nurturing mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Willia Dalenberg has also left a legacy of unselfish, sacrificial giving to the Lord's work, and in that spirit, we respectfully request that in lieu of flowers which will quickly fade, donations for an eternal impact would be made in her name to the ministry that Peter and Willia supported the longesta" RBC Ministries (formerly known as Radio Bible Class) Box 2222 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-2222 or on the web at www.rbc.org. "But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you, by the word of the LORD, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by NO means precede those who are asleep. For the LORD Himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with these words." I Thessalonians 4:13-18