The wacky world of the Klauer Klan!

Friday January 22nd my step dad passed away. Talk about being blindsided out of no where. He was 51 years old and aside from being ill from a blockage we didn't know there was anything else wrong. He was in the hospital having a procedure done to relieve this blockage with the intention of coming home the next day feeling much better. But once some of the pressure was off they found a hidden problem that needed fixing and quick.. He had an 8.5cm aortic aneurysm in the region of his kidneys. They rushed him down to Mercy Hospital in Dubuque and into surgery but were unable to fix the problem. 51 years old.. That is too young. There is so much more that he still needed to do. It is hard when something is just so unexpected it feels like there is an empty hole. My step dad was a great papa.. He loved my boys so much and they love him.. It is hard to look into sweet Isaac's eyes and tell him every time he asks for his papa that papa can't be with him. Isaac is a smart boy he knows something is up but just can't wrap his head around it yet.
I spent Friday-Monday night trying to make my mom's process of having to get things around for a funeral and wake easier on her. I tried to be strength for her in this time. I am saddened by the fact that I really don't have a lot of photos of him with the boys and that as much as he loved them they won't remember to much of him. I do know that my boys will have him as a guardian angel looking out for them and hopefully keeping them out of trouble. So just a note for thoughts and prayers.

Here is the obituary..........

William A. Dickerson

BAGLEY, Wis. -- William A. "Bill" Dickerson, 51, of Bagley, died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bloomington, with the Rev. Bart Timmerman officiating. Burial will be in Bagley Cemetery, Bagley, where military honors will be accorded. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at Martin Funeral Home, Bloomington. Friends also may call after 1 p.m. Monday at the church.

He was born on Aug. 17, 1958, in Bartow, Fla., son of Henry and Geraldine (Cartwright) Dickerson. He married Joanie Schurman on Nov. 15, 1991.

In 1977, Bill enlisted in the Navy and retired in 1997. He also was employed at John Deere Dubuque Works for the last five years.

He was a member of the Liscum Brothers American Legion Post No. 482, of Bagley, and Cassville VFW Post No. 7080.

Bill was a family man and was always proud of his children and grandchildren. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to hunt, fish and ride horses. Bill cared for all gifts of God, including the animals and the land.

Surviving are his wife, Joanie Dickerson, of Bagley; three children, Katrina (Nicholas) Klauer, of Madison, Kody and Kory, both of Bagley; three grandchildren, Isaac, Noah and Adam; his mother, Geraldine Dickerson, of Florence, Miss.; three sisters, Barbara Morton, of Florence, Lena Haddock and Cissi (Everett) Herrington, both of Port Gibson, Miss.; his mother-in-law, LaVon Schurman, of Bagley; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father; his brother, DeWayne; a sister, MaryAnn New; and his father-in-law, Jake Schurman.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to St. Mary's Catholic School in Bloomington.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.martinschwartzfuneralhomes.com