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Mauritta L. Streitmatter Berlett
21 May 1937 – 14 Dec 2024
| Birth | 21 May 1937 |
| Death | 14 Dec 2024 |
| Cemetery | Resurrection Cemetery and Mausoleum Peoria , Peoria County , Illinois , USA |
| Added by | Stephen Cantrell on 17 Dec 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/277478595 |
Bio
Mauritta L. Berlett, 87, of Washington, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2024 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. She was formerly of Creve Coeur. Mauritta was born on May 21, 1937, in Sparland to Stephen and Evelyn (O'Brien) Streitmatter. She married William M. Berlett on January 11, 1958 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. Bill passed away on August 17, 2001. She was also preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Delbert, Marilyn, Paul, and Doreen. Passing on to the Kingdom of Heaven also was her daughter, Catherine and her great-grandsons, William and Austin. Surviving to rejoice, celebrate and share Mauritta's memory are her daughters, Dianne Hunter of Hernando, Florida, Mary (Earl R.) Mauerman of Morton and Teresa (Hal) Burdin of Marquette Heights and her sons, Bradley (Angela) Berlett of Washington and William (Joan) Berlett, Jr. of Hoffman Estates. Mauritta graduated from Sparland High School in 1955. She worked at Central Illinois Light Company from 1955 to 1958. After years of raising her six children, she reentered the workforce at Sears Credit Central from 1972 to 1992. She then became the ever-popular Librarian at the Marquette-North Pekin School District 102 from 1995 until her retirement in 2005. She was a longtime member of the Altar & Rosary Society of Sacre Coeur Catholic Church; the Homemakers at Lexington Park in Peoria; the Stroke Chimers Group and was extremely proud to be a member and past president of Altrusa International in Pekin. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pekin and a former member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Peoria and Sacre Coeur Catholic Church in Creve Coeur, where she was a longtime member of the choir. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery in Peoria. Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory in Pekin .
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MARRIED JAN. 11, 1958
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- Infant Daughter Streitmatter 1928–1928
- Delbert Streitmatter 1930–1949
- Infant Son Streitmatter 1931–1931
- Marilyn P Streitmatter Brecklin 1932–1994
- Paul Joseph Streitmatter 1935–2011
- Mary Doreen Streitmatter Johnson 1941–1996
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