Erika Marie Hartelt Huerter was born on August 14, 1933 in Neisse Oberschlesien, Germany. Her parents were Anna and Arthur Hartelt. She lived in East Germany until she was eleven years old, and then moved with her family to the United States. They settled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She joined the Heralders Club, a catholic youth organization and there met her future husband, Adrian Herman Huerter. They married on October 7, 1954 and had three children – Anna Walker, Joachim Huerter and Teresa Godina. She was a loving mother, creative in sewing and dressmaking, who shared her talents with family.

She volunteered at Little Flower cafeteria and enjoyed helping others. She went to daily mass and was a member of the Third Order of Secular Carmelites. The Lord took her home on Saturday, December 17, 2016. She is survived by her 3 children, 8 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Funeral Services begin at
The Angelus Funeral Home
on Thursday, December 22, 2016
with visitation at 6:00 p.m.

and a rosary to be recited at 7:00 p.m.

Funeral Mass will be offered on
Friday, December 23, 2016 at

10:00 a.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine
of the Little Flower

Interment will follow at

San Fernando Archdiocesan Cemetery No.2