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Marietta Paulsen

[September 11, 2009]  EMDEN -- Marietta Paulsen, 73, of Emden, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, at 2:04 a.m. at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. Her death was the result of injuries suffered in a fall that occurred while vacationing with her son in Delaware.

Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg.

Burial will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg. A luncheon at the church will follow the interment.

Mrs. Paulsen was retired from Hartsburg-Emden School District. She and her husband also farmed and raised livestock for many years in Prairie Creek Township of Logan County.

She was born Aug. 19, 1936, at Hartsburg to George and Henrietta Wibben. She married Kenneth William Paulsen in 1956 in Palmyra, Mo. He preceded her in death on Jan. 18, 1997.

She is survived by one son, Roger (and Lena) Paulsen of Vienna, Va.; one daughter, Brenda (and Rob) Copeland of Fairhope, Ala.; one sister, Doris (and Bill) Hanna of Emden; three grandchildren, Ryan Rippon and Sara Copeland of Fairhope, Ala., and Abby (and Brian) Ingram of Lincoln; four sisters-in-law, Grace Wibben of Atlanta, Jean Farmer of Lincoln, and Patricia Buckles and Darla (and Al) Cheatham of Port Charlotte, Fla.; and two brothers-in-law, Robert (and Diane) Farmer of Lincoln and Larry (and Carol) Farmer of Middletown.

She was also preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, William Wibben and John Wibben.

Marietta was a longtime member of the Logan County Schools Cooks Association and the Farm Bureau. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg.

She was proud of her and her family's participation in Logan County 4-H, often showing livestock and other items at the Logan County Fair and participating in numerous other events.

Memorials may be made to the Hartsburg-Emden High School FFA chapter, the Emden Fire and Rescue Department, or St. John's Lutheran Church of Hartsburg.

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