Agatha (Lange) Hartle

Hartle (nee Lange), Agatha

January 3, 1925 - August 26, 2016

It is with profound sadness that the family of Agatha Hartle (nee Lange, formerly Dickau) of Wetaskiwin announce her passing away peacefully into the presence of the her Lord on Friday, August 26, 2016. Agatha was truly an amazing wife, mother, grandmother and friend.

She will be dearly missed by her loving husband of 42 years, Clarence Hartle; sons, Ralph (Lil ) Dickau, Grant (Jeanette); daughters, Carol (Jim) Kristensen, Marlene (Jeff) Weigum; grandchildren, Leanne, Graeme (Dominique), Heather (Robert) Strekker, Donloree Hoffman, Justin (Athena) Dickau, Cheylynne (Clarke) Ambler, Janine, Andrea (Jon), Jeffery Knutsen, Jennifer, Julie, Josh (Heather) Weigum; great grandchildren, Abbagail, Owen, Emily, Claire, Lexie, Eleanor, Drew, Danae, Jeffery; brothers, Harry, Laury, Larry; sister, Lyla; brother in-law, Edward Boscher; nephews, David, Jim, Dwayne; nieces, Darlene, Jennifer, Barbara, Linda, Marcy; as well as numerous extended family and friends.

Agatha is predeceased by her mother, Olga; father, Edmund; first husband, Donald Dickau; brothers, Ace, Alfred, Rueben; sisters, Alitza, Thelma; brother in-law, Ernie; and sisters in-law, Mona and Thelma.

Agatha was born January 3, 1925 in Pullen, Russia. the second child of Edmund and Olga Lange. In 1928 the Russian Bolsheviks came onto the family farm with guns and ordered the family to pack up their belongings and get off the land. It was then that the Baptist Church sponsored the Lange family's move to Camrose, Alberta. On June 20, 1945 at the age of 20 years, Agatha married Donald Dickau and moved to a farm west of Wetaskiwin. Together they built a dairy farm which they operated until Donald passed away due to a car accident in 1972. Agatha then moved to Wetaskiwin where she worked in a bakery before beginning her time working for a mobile home assembly line. It was here that she met Clarence, who was her foreman at the time. Their romance became a marriage in July 1974. Agatha was an excellent cook and enjoyed hosting family, friends and guest pastors at Calvary Baptist Church. For many years she was a member of the church choir (where she had many solos), church ladies group, and assisted in the church kitchen.

A Funeral will be held Saturday, September 3, 2016 at Calvary Baptist Church (4910 Northmount Drive) at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the University of British Columbia Hospital - Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (2215 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3) or to Calvary Baptist Church (4910 Northmount Drive, Wetaskiwin, AB, T9A 3R2).

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