Andrea Marie Bellmann, 18-year-old daughter of Dawn and Joe Ruff and Robert Bellmann, all of Dubuque, died Thursday, April 12, 2007, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Utah.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., where there will be a Parish wake service at 4 p.m.
She was born on Oct. 5, 1988, in Silvis, Ill., daughter of Robert and Dawn Bellmann.
Andrea was a senior at Dubuque Senior High School and had plans of furthering her education in art with dreams of being a storyboard artist.
She was a caring free-spirited person who loved music and spending time with her friends.
Andrea talked about her dreams of marrying her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, on a beach so that she may run into the ocean after the ceremony.
She will forever be loved and missed by all those who knew her. She will never be forgotten.
Surviving are her parents, Dawn (Joe) Ruff and Robert Bellmann, all of Dubuque; three brothers, Anthony "Tony" Bellmann and Joseph "Joey" Ruff, both at home, and Daniel "Danny" Gossman (fiancee, Angie Canning), of Dubuque; her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, of Dubuque; her maternal grandparents, Catherine (Gene) Phillips, of Decorah, Iowa; her paternal grandparents, Rudolph and Joan Bellmann and Carl "Whitey" and Irene Ruff, all of Dubuque; her paternal great-grandmother, Hilda Haxmeier, of Dubuque; several aunts and uncles, Belinda (Jeff) Wendell, Mary (Dan) Jaeger, John (Colleen) Finger, Cheryl (Lloyd) Hogan, Cathleen (Steve) Larson, Joan (Tom) Kuhle, Jane (Duane) Meyer, Jean (Jerry) Runde, Joyce Bettcher, and Charlie (Sue), Craig, Neal (Kelly) and Dee Ruff; several cousins, Julie (Graham) Jewell, Jennifer (Curt) McChurch, Jason McChurch, Ashley, Bradley and Christopher Hessell, Dana (Carl) Plumley, Megan, Albert, Danielle and Joshua Jaeger, Jessica, Cody, Landon, Brandon, Chaz and Lois Finger, Jason (Barbara), Connor, Jesse (Susan), Matthew, Daniel, Justin (Annina), Kalina, Theodore, Alexander, Fiona, and Andrew Hogan, Tanya, Melissa and Christopher Larson, Brandon Lopez, Andrea (Adam), Ava and Abe Hartmann, Jay Kuhle, Dana Ruff, Molly (Jeff), Noah and Lauren Downs, Laura, Emily and Allison Meyer, Christina (Nathanael), Caleb, Collin, Curtice and Catherine DeSota, Troy, Gerald and Gabriel Runde, Jacob, Troy (Kristie), and Chrystall Bettcher, Jacob Schrieber, Adam, Travis and Nathan Ruff, Erin (Nick) and Hunter McCormick, Elizabeth and Emma Ruff, and Monique Tchuisse; and numerous friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandfather, Arnold Haxmeier, and great-grandparents, Herman and Matilda Bellmann; her maternal grandfather, Donald Finger; an aunt, Janet Bellmann; an uncle, Carl Ruff Jr.; and a cousin, Siena Downs.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., where there will be a Parish wake service at 4 p.m.
She was born on Oct. 5, 1988, in Silvis, Ill., daughter of Robert and Dawn Bellmann.
Andrea was a senior at Dubuque Senior High School and had plans of furthering her education in art with dreams of being a storyboard artist.
She was a caring free-spirited person who loved music and spending time with her friends.
Andrea talked about her dreams of marrying her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, on a beach so that she may run into the ocean after the ceremony.
She will forever be loved and missed by all those who knew her. She will never be forgotten.
Surviving are her parents, Dawn (Joe) Ruff and Robert Bellmann, all of Dubuque; three brothers, Anthony "Tony" Bellmann and Joseph "Joey" Ruff, both at home, and Daniel "Danny" Gossman (fiancee, Angie Canning), of Dubuque; her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, of Dubuque; her maternal grandparents, Catherine (Gene) Phillips, of Decorah, Iowa; her paternal grandparents, Rudolph and Joan Bellmann and Carl "Whitey" and Irene Ruff, all of Dubuque; her paternal great-grandmother, Hilda Haxmeier, of Dubuque; several aunts and uncles, Belinda (Jeff) Wendell, Mary (Dan) Jaeger, John (Colleen) Finger, Cheryl (Lloyd) Hogan, Cathleen (Steve) Larson, Joan (Tom) Kuhle, Jane (Duane) Meyer, Jean (Jerry) Runde, Joyce Bettcher, and Charlie (Sue), Craig, Neal (Kelly) and Dee Ruff; several cousins, Julie (Graham) Jewell, Jennifer (Curt) McChurch, Jason McChurch, Ashley, Bradley and Christopher Hessell, Dana (Carl) Plumley, Megan, Albert, Danielle and Joshua Jaeger, Jessica, Cody, Landon, Brandon, Chaz and Lois Finger, Jason (Barbara), Connor, Jesse (Susan), Matthew, Daniel, Justin (Annina), Kalina, Theodore, Alexander, Fiona, and Andrew Hogan, Tanya, Melissa and Christopher Larson, Brandon Lopez, Andrea (Adam), Ava and Abe Hartmann, Jay Kuhle, Dana Ruff, Molly (Jeff), Noah and Lauren Downs, Laura, Emily and Allison Meyer, Christina (Nathanael), Caleb, Collin, Curtice and Catherine DeSota, Troy, Gerald and Gabriel Runde, Jacob, Troy (Kristie), and Chrystall Bettcher, Jacob Schrieber, Adam, Travis and Nathan Ruff, Erin (Nick) and Hunter McCormick, Elizabeth and Emma Ruff, and Monique Tchuisse; and numerous friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandfather, Arnold Haxmeier, and great-grandparents, Herman and Matilda Bellmann; her maternal grandfather, Donald Finger; an aunt, Janet Bellmann; an uncle, Carl Ruff Jr.; and a cousin, Siena Downs.
Andrea Marie Bellmann, 18-year-old daughter of Dawn and Joe Ruff and Robert Bellmann, all of Dubuque, died Thursday, April 12, 2007, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Utah.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., where there will be a Parish wake service at 4 p.m.
She was born on Oct. 5, 1988, in Silvis, Ill., daughter of Robert and Dawn Bellmann.
Andrea was a senior at Dubuque Senior High School and had plans of furthering her education in art with dreams of being a storyboard artist.
She was a caring free-spirited person who loved music and spending time with her friends.
Andrea talked about her dreams of marrying her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, on a beach so that she may run into the ocean after the ceremony.
She will forever be loved and missed by all those who knew her. She will never be forgotten.
Surviving are her parents, Dawn (Joe) Ruff and Robert Bellmann, all of Dubuque; three brothers, Anthony "Tony" Bellmann and Joseph "Joey" Ruff, both at home, and Daniel "Danny" Gossman (fiancee, Angie Canning), of Dubuque; her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, of Dubuque; her maternal grandparents, Catherine (Gene) Phillips, of Decorah, Iowa; her paternal grandparents, Rudolph and Joan Bellmann and Carl "Whitey" and Irene Ruff, all of Dubuque; her paternal great-grandmother, Hilda Haxmeier, of Dubuque; several aunts and uncles, Belinda (Jeff) Wendell, Mary (Dan) Jaeger, John (Colleen) Finger, Cheryl (Lloyd) Hogan, Cathleen (Steve) Larson, Joan (Tom) Kuhle, Jane (Duane) Meyer, Jean (Jerry) Runde, Joyce Bettcher, and Charlie (Sue), Craig, Neal (Kelly) and Dee Ruff; several cousins, Julie (Graham) Jewell, Jennifer (Curt) McChurch, Jason McChurch, Ashley, Bradley and Christopher Hessell, Dana (Carl) Plumley, Megan, Albert, Danielle and Joshua Jaeger, Jessica, Cody, Landon, Brandon, Chaz and Lois Finger, Jason (Barbara), Connor, Jesse (Susan), Matthew, Daniel, Justin (Annina), Kalina, Theodore, Alexander, Fiona, and Andrew Hogan, Tanya, Melissa and Christopher Larson, Brandon Lopez, Andrea (Adam), Ava and Abe Hartmann, Jay Kuhle, Dana Ruff, Molly (Jeff), Noah and Lauren Downs, Laura, Emily and Allison Meyer, Christina (Nathanael), Caleb, Collin, Curtice and Catherine DeSota, Troy, Gerald and Gabriel Runde, Jacob, Troy (Kristie), and Chrystall Bettcher, Jacob Schrieber, Adam, Travis and Nathan Ruff, Erin (Nick) and Hunter McCormick, Elizabeth and Emma Ruff, and Monique Tchuisse; and numerous friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandfather, Arnold Haxmeier, and great-grandparents, Herman and Matilda Bellmann; her maternal grandfather, Donald Finger; an aunt, Janet Bellmann; an uncle, Carl Ruff Jr.; and a cousin, Siena Downs.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., where there will be a Parish wake service at 4 p.m.
She was born on Oct. 5, 1988, in Silvis, Ill., daughter of Robert and Dawn Bellmann.
Andrea was a senior at Dubuque Senior High School and had plans of furthering her education in art with dreams of being a storyboard artist.
She was a caring free-spirited person who loved music and spending time with her friends.
Andrea talked about her dreams of marrying her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, on a beach so that she may run into the ocean after the ceremony.
She will forever be loved and missed by all those who knew her. She will never be forgotten.
Surviving are her parents, Dawn (Joe) Ruff and Robert Bellmann, all of Dubuque; three brothers, Anthony "Tony" Bellmann and Joseph "Joey" Ruff, both at home, and Daniel "Danny" Gossman (fiancee, Angie Canning), of Dubuque; her fianc, Andrew "Andy" Peterson, of Dubuque; her maternal grandparents, Catherine (Gene) Phillips, of Decorah, Iowa; her paternal grandparents, Rudolph and Joan Bellmann and Carl "Whitey" and Irene Ruff, all of Dubuque; her paternal great-grandmother, Hilda Haxmeier, of Dubuque; several aunts and uncles, Belinda (Jeff) Wendell, Mary (Dan) Jaeger, John (Colleen) Finger, Cheryl (Lloyd) Hogan, Cathleen (Steve) Larson, Joan (Tom) Kuhle, Jane (Duane) Meyer, Jean (Jerry) Runde, Joyce Bettcher, and Charlie (Sue), Craig, Neal (Kelly) and Dee Ruff; several cousins, Julie (Graham) Jewell, Jennifer (Curt) McChurch, Jason McChurch, Ashley, Bradley and Christopher Hessell, Dana (Carl) Plumley, Megan, Albert, Danielle and Joshua Jaeger, Jessica, Cody, Landon, Brandon, Chaz and Lois Finger, Jason (Barbara), Connor, Jesse (Susan), Matthew, Daniel, Justin (Annina), Kalina, Theodore, Alexander, Fiona, and Andrew Hogan, Tanya, Melissa and Christopher Larson, Brandon Lopez, Andrea (Adam), Ava and Abe Hartmann, Jay Kuhle, Dana Ruff, Molly (Jeff), Noah and Lauren Downs, Laura, Emily and Allison Meyer, Christina (Nathanael), Caleb, Collin, Curtice and Catherine DeSota, Troy, Gerald and Gabriel Runde, Jacob, Troy (Kristie), and Chrystall Bettcher, Jacob Schrieber, Adam, Travis and Nathan Ruff, Erin (Nick) and Hunter McCormick, Elizabeth and Emma Ruff, and Monique Tchuisse; and numerous friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandfather, Arnold Haxmeier, and great-grandparents, Herman and Matilda Bellmann; her maternal grandfather, Donald Finger; an aunt, Janet Bellmann; an uncle, Carl Ruff Jr.; and a cousin, Siena Downs.
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