Mrs. Monica R. Gobel

BROOKLYN -Monica R. Gobel, age 82, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 peacefully at her home. She was the daughter of Joan Stapleton and John Heffernan. Born January 20, 1929, in Marvin, South Dakota. She graduated from Milbank High School and attended Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Yankton, South Dakota and graduated in the spring of 1950 with her nursing degree. On January 6, 1951, she married Giles F. Gobel at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank, South Dakota. He preceded her in death in 2008. Monica and her husband Giles farmed in Crofton, Nebraska until 1956 when they moved to Wisconsin and purchased a dairy farm in rural Brooklyn where she lived until her death. Monica was a homemaker, she also was a R. N., majority of her career at St. Mary’s Hospital, Dane County home and the Oregon Manor. Monica enjoyed cooking and baking treats for her family. Her specialty was making pies and homemade bread. She enjoyed the flowers in her yard, tending to her bird feeders, shopping but truly treasured most visiting with her family at the kitchen table. “No place like home.” She also enjoyed attending weekly Sunday Mass with her family. Monica is survived by six children, Teresa McKelvey of Burlington , IA, Mario (Kathy) Gobel of Belleville, Ellen (Bruce) Smith of Brooklyn, Jerome (Jodi) Gobel of Belleville, Frank (Brenda) Gobel of Belleville, and Annette Graves of Santa Teresa, NM.; 21 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Ellen Just of Fargo, ND; two brothers, John (Sylvia) Heffernan of Sioux City, IA and Bernard (Norma) Heffernan of Rockford, IL. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CATHOLIC CHURCH, 651 N. Main Street, Oregon at 11:00 AM on Friday, September 23, 2011, with Father Gary Wankert presiding. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Oregon. Visitation will be held at the GUNDERSON OREGON FUNERAL HOME, 1150 Park Street Oregon, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Thursday, September 22, 2011 and also on Friday from 10:00 AM until the time of the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Food For The Poor, 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, FL 33073 or to your local St. Vincent De Paul. Cemetery: Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Oregon. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Food For The Poor, 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, FL 33073 or to your local St. Vincent De Paul. Visitation will be held at the GUNDERSON OREGON FUNERAL HOME, 1150 Park Street Oregon, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Thursday, September 22, 2011 and also on Friday from 10:00 AM until the time of the service at the church A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CATHOLIC CHURCH, 651 N. Main Street, Oregon at 11:00 AM on Friday, September 23, 2011, with Father Gary Wankert presiding