She was born Nov. 23, 1930, in Roanoke, Ill., to the late Dennis and Clara (nee Miller) Kempf, and graduated from St. Francis School of Nursing in Peoria, Ill. in 1951.

On Nov. 20, 1955, she married Joseph A. Werner in Dallas, Texas, and in 1965 the couple moved to West Bend.

Delores worked as a registered nurse anesthetist at St. Joseph's Community Hospital in West Bend, and later as a night nurse supervisor at the Washington County Mental Health Center.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Chris (Becky) Werner of Germantown and Greg (Becky Jean) Werner of West Bend; a daughter, Sr. Kelly Christine Werner of Manitowoc; seven grandchildren; a sister, Barbara (Ivis) Stringer of Washburn, Ill.; a brother, Dale Kempf of Clovis, Calif.; nieces; nephews; other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Dec. 1, at 4:30 p.m. at the Myrhum-Patten Funeral Home, West Bend.

Rev. Bruce Danford of First Baptist Church, West Bend, and Rev. Verlin Wandrey of Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church, West Bend, will co-officiate, and cremation will follow the service.

Visitation at the funeral home will be Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.