Marlene Dieleman
Johnston (Oskaloosa), Iowa | Age 84
Marlene Dieleman, 84, of Johnston, Iowa, and formerly of Oskaloosa, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021, at her winter home in Mesa, Arizona. Marlene Ann Dieleman, daughter of Ben A. & Roselyne Conger Marlenee, was born October 6, 1936, in Silver City, Iowa.
Marlene was a 1955 graduate of Perry High School and a 1958 graduate of Broadlawn’s School of Nursing.
On August 15, 1958, she married Marvin G. Dieleman at the Perry United Methodist Church.
Marlene and Marvin made their home in Pella, where she worked as a nurse with Dr. Gene K. Van Zee, M.D., and then as the first Director of Nursing at Pella Community Hospital. In 1959, Marvin’s teaching career took them to Ballard for one year, after which they returned to Pella. They moved to Oskaloosa in 1966. Marlene held various other nursing positions before retiring in 1990.