Darlene M. Sabel

Darlene M.
Sabel, 77, of Fond du Lac, died Thursday, July 16, 2020, at the Fond du Lac
Lutheran Home where she had been a resident.

She was born
July 31, 1942, in Hilbert, a daughter of the late Wallace and Adele (Grones)
Wickersheim.

On June 1,
1963, she married Othmar Sabel at St. Mary’s Church in Stockbridge.

Darlene was
a homemaker who especially loved gardening and traveling with her husband. She
is a member of Holy Family Parish.

Survivors
include two sisters: Sharon (Melvin) Gelling and Lynette Wingers all of
Chilton; a sister-in-law, Angeline (Robert) Breister and a brother-in-law,
Eugene Ries, all of Fond du Lac and many nieces and nephews.

She was
preceded in death by her parents; her husband Othmar on March 25, 2014; her
brothers, Wally, Donald (Mary) and Robert Wickersheim and sister-in-law,
Priscilla Ries.

A Private
family service will be held at Zacherl Funeral Home.

In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be directed to the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home or Holy
Family Catholic Community.

“The family
would like to give a special thanks to the Lutheran Home and the staff for the
dedicated and compassionate care shown to Darlene.”