Henrietta C. Van Derslice

Age 93, the adopted daughter of Henry and Henrietta Melles, died at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home on Oct. 31, 2010. She was raised on the East Side of Milwaukee, attended Riverside High School, raised her family there and lived there nearly all her life. She was a homemaker and a prize-winning pie baker. Henrietta is survived by six children: James Howard (the late Betty) Van Derslice of St. Louis, Mo., Carol (the late Tom) Beardsley of Fond du Lac, Jean (Mike) Kreis of Green Bay, Linda Susnik of Germantown, Gale (Rick) Loehrl of Menomonee Falls and Connie Kreis of Cascade; 15 grandchildren: Ross, Scott, Dean, Dawn, Sammi, Frank, Jake, Karly, Kim, Christy, Nikki, Rikki, April, Josh and Mitch; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She is further survived by many nieces, nephews, and in-laws from the Van Derslice side of the family"being an "only child" herself.Visitation will be held at the Krause Funeral Home, 9000 W. Capitol Dr., Milwaukee, on Thursday, November 4, at 10:30 AM until time of services at 11:30 a.m. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 AM. Burial to follow at Wisconsin Memorial Park. She will be buried next to her husband, Howard, after the service.The family would especially like to thank Nurse Ross in the emergency room at St. Agnes, the very kind and informative nurses from Hospice and any other doctors, nurses or aides who showed compassion or gave her good care during her brief illness at St. Agnes and the Lutheran Home. To all the employees at Schreiners and Oasis who were so kind, helpful and patient this past year"you made her stay in Fondy special! You all know who you are.