Marcella Drescher, 95 of Prairie du Sac, WI.
After living a life full of hard work, kindness and love Marcella "Cella" H. Drescher went home to heaven on March 5, 2008. She was born on April 8, 1912, the daughter of Christian and Helen (Wilhelm) Grass. Marcella's parents along with her two brothers and five sisters worked on their homestead farm just west of Prairie du Sac. To help her family Marcella learned how to use a gang plow with four horses when she was 13 years old. She plowed, dragged, cultivated, cut corn, grain and hay all with the horses. She often talked about the tough times growing up; ones that we could never imagine making it through in today's time. They survived many misfortunes: bank closings, losing money, tornadoes, hail storms that ruined the grain crop, sand storms that also ruined planted crops; but they made it through. Marcella's family was part of the Zion Evangelical & Reformed Church in the Town of Prairie du Sac.
Marcella married Howard Drescher on February 22, 1941. The two of them continued to help with the family homestead farm until farming on their own. Marcella and Howard raised a son, Kenny Berg, and also helped with taking care of two nieces for her brother. After farming for some time, Marcella and Howard also took in foster boys over a ten year span; they fostered over 40 boys, ages 12 to 18, during that time. They built their final home just west of Prairie du Sac in the early 70's. There they raised sheep, chickens, ducks and geese. Marcella enjoyed tending to her very large garden which supplied them with lots of potatoes, onions, and other vegetables for the year.
Marcella was an amazing woman. In the eyes of many she could do it all. She even wrote a book called "Memories" that laid out just how her family heritage got started back in 1846 up to the time she wrote it in 1983. She also could be found doing lots of crocheting doilies and afghans which can probably be found in many homes around the neighborhood as she always sold most of them on garage sales every year. She also made beautiful crazy quilts throughout the years. Her fingers never quit doing something right up to the age of 95.
In the past few years Cella lived with her great-niece and her family (before going to Maplewood Nursing Home a year ago). She leaves them with many fond memories of talking about the past, going fishing, making quilts and even some really fun food fights that brought laughter over and over again. Marcella is survived by two sisters; Arline Frommung and Della Edge, both of Sauk City, along with many nieces and nephews. Also surviving her is her great-niece and her family; Cheryl, Tim, Josh and Stephanie Bruckert of Prairie du Sac.
Marcella was preceded in death by: her parents Christian and Helen Grass; two brothers: Herman and Oscar Grass, three sisters: Lorena Racek, Ann Ambler, and Mae Piasecke a son, Kenneth Berg, and her husband, Howard Drescher.
At the request of Marcella, there will be no funeral or memorial service. She will be put to rest in Zion Memorial Cemetery in Prairie du Sac, WI.