Motelet, Ethel A.
MADISON - Ethel A. Motelet, age 92, went home to be with the Lord on
Wednesday, March 14, 2007, surrounded by family at the Ellen and Peter
Johnson HospiceCare Center. She was born May 27, 1914, in Columbus, to
Benjamin and Mame (Putman) Paepke. She attended school in Columbus and
graduated from Columbus High School. She attended Columbia County Teachers
College. Ethel married Alphonse J. Motelet on June 1, 1941. They lived in
Madison the remainder of their lives. She worked as a sales clerk at
Manchester's Department Store, she was a State Mother Advisor of Rainbow
Girls, member of the Grand Cross of Color of International Order of
Rainbow for Girls, life member of Order of Eastern Star, member of the
Melody and Monona chapters of Eastern Star. Her interests included trips
with her husband in the "Big Red," camping, Badgers football games and
Chicago Cubs games, sewing many clothes for herself and others, being with
her family and going to Door County every summer. She is survived by a
son, Philip (Charlene) Motelet of Waukesha; a daughter, Camilla (John)
Hill of Madison; three grandchildren, Andrea Esser (David Heinz), Caroline
Motelet and Scott Hoebel (Christine Mckenna); and three
great-grandchildren, Zachary and Tyler Esser and Mackenzie Heinz. She was
preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and brother, Harold Paepke.
Funeral services will be held at GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 116 W. Washington
Ave., at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 19, 2007, with visitation at 10 a.m.
Friends may also call from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, 2007,
at the CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, in Madison. An Eastern Star
Service will be held at the end of the visitation Sunday at 5 p.m. Special
thanks to all the doctors and nurses who cared for her at Meriter Hospital
and at the HospiceCare Center. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made
to the Ellen and Peter Johnson HospiceCare Center, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway,
Madison, WI 53711. She was dearly loved by all and will be missed very
much. Cress Funeral and Cremation Service 3610 Speedway Road (608)
238-3434 www.cressfuneralservice.com |