Dietlinde Harnisch "Linda" Hassel Obituary (1938

Mrs. Dietlinde "Linda" Harnisch Hassel, age 83, of Madison, Indiana entered this life in Drum Czechoslovakia. She was the daughter of the late Anton and Anna Kaiser Harnisch. When Linda was a child, she migrated with her family from Czechoslovakia to Germany. She was united in marriage to Manfred "Fred" Hassel on June 30, 1956 in Weinheim, Germany. Linda resided in Weinheim until she moved with Fred to Madison in 1984 due to his job with Robus Leather. She was a homemaker and took great pride caring for her family and home. Linda enjoyed gardening, crafting, painting, and playing cards and board games. She wintered in Ft. Myers with her late husband for many years. She was a member of the German-American Club of Louisville and the Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Linda would always greet a friend or neighbor with her caring smile and many times a hug. Linda died on Monday, March 1, 2021, at 11:22 a.m. at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Linda will be missed by her loving daughters, Monika Schmitt and her husband, Heinrich of Gorxheimertal, Beate Forstbauer and her husband, Bernd of Karlsruhe; her grandchildren, Christiane Hassel and her husband, Bryan Duncan, Natascha Fath and her husband, Sven, Timo Schmitt and his wife, Victoria, Lisa Weilert and her husband, Alex, Jennifer Forbes and her husband, Simon; her great-grandchildren, Neo, Julyen, Lena, Jana, Lana, and Merle and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Anton Harnisch, her mother, Anna Kaiser Harnisch, her husband of 63 years, Manfred "Fred" Hans Hassel, died October 9, 2019, her brothers, Erwin and Erhard, and her sister, Roswitha. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIALFuneral mass will be conducted Saturday, March 20, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., by Father Christopher A. Craig at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 413 East Second Street in downtown Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the St. Patrick Cemetery, 305 West State Street in Madison, Indiana VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 413 East Second Street in downtown Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Prince of Peace Catholic Church or Friends of Shawe and Pope John. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres in Madison and Hanover or at the church. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com . To send a flower arrangement in memory of Dietlinde Harnisch "Linda" Hassel, please click here to visit our sympathy store.