Shirley Ann (Muehlenhardt) Delzer

Shirley Ann (Muehlenhardt) Delzer, age 96, of Belle Plaine, passed away on July 14, 2025, at Ridgeview Hospital in Waconia. A private interment will take place at a later date at Mound Cemetery in Le Sueur.

Shirley was born to Alvin and Lena (Petersdorf) Muehlenhardt on April 12, 1929, in Henderson. She went to and graduated from Henderson High School. She fell in love with Gordon Delzer, and they were married on September 5, 1952, in Henderson, having three children together.

In her younger years, Shirley worked at the Trepanier Dime Store and became a homemaker and full-time mother. She also spent her time working on the hobby farm, raising turkeys, chickens, and ducks. In her free time, she liked playing cards, gardening, attending auctions, and babysitting and spoiling her grandchildren. She enjoyed spending time with her friends doing their hair and enjoying a cup of coffee and dessert. She was well known for her good cooking, and she was always able to cook a hot meal for the family with little notice or plan. She always loved and cherished her time with family and especially her grandsons who were the highlights of her life.

She is survived by her daughter, Vicki (Kerry) Wolter of Belle Plaine; and grandsons Justin Wolter of Belle Plaine, and Jeremy (Mari Lynch) Wolter of Carver.

She is preceded in death by husband Gordon J. Delzer; children Darlyn Joy Delzer and Jay Curtis Delzer; and brother Wesley Muehlenhardt