It is with great sadness that we, the family of Maria Christine Krebsbach, age 78 of Stonewall, LA announce her death on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 while at home resulting from a period of long declining health. Although we are sad to see her depart this life, we believe she no longer suffers from the various medical issues that robbed her of her ability to walk much and do many of the things she loved to do. We further believe that she has now been reunited with her creator and joins her loved ones who have preceded her in death; her parents, Ruby Heath Felde and Christ Felde; and her brother, Wayne Felde.
A celebration of the life of Maria Christine Krebsbach will be held Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 10:00 AM at St Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church with Father Rothell Price officiating.
There will be a viewing on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, 8801 Mansfield Road, from 4:00 PM until 6 PM and also on Wednesday morning at the church from 9:00 AM until 9:45 AM prior to the church service.
Maria Felde was born in Pleasant Hill, LA on September 16, 1942, the oldest of three children, Maria Felde, Florence Felde, and Wayne Felde to parents Ruby Heath Felde and Christ Felde.
Ruby Heath Felde (Maria’s Mother) was from Pleasant Hill, LA and her father, Christ Felde was from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Ruby and Christ met and later married while he was in the service and stationed here in Louisiana. Because he was serving overseas, Maria would not meet her father and Christ would not meet his daughter and oldest child, Maria, until she was 3 years old. Shortly after returning from the war, the family, Christ, Ruby and Maria would move and relocate to Wisconsin, where Christ’s family lived. Maria’s younger siblings, Florence and Wayne, would be born and join the family after their move to Wisconsin.
Maria would go on to graduate from North High School in Sheboygan in 1960. Maria’s mother, Ruby, was a nurse and Maria had worked part time at the local hospital while in high school; and thus Maria chose to go into nursing school and would end up with her LPN Certificate or License in 1962. She would be employed as a nurse foe the next 44 years until her retiring in 2006.
While in nursing school in 1961, Maria would meet the brother of one of her horsing class friends- his name was David Krebsbach and he was from Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin. They began dating in 1961, were married on May 19, 1962, and remained in their loving devoted marriage for the next 58 and half years until her recent passing.
Dave and Maria would thereafter start a family and had three sons- Jeffery Krebsbach (age 57), Todd Krebsbach (age 56), and Kevin Krebsbach (age 54). Jeff Krebsbach and his wife, Phyllis Johnson Krebsbach live in Pineville, LA. Todd Krebsbach and his wife, Sheila Wyatt Krebsbach live in DeRidder, LA. Their youngest son Kevin Krebsbach and his wife, Tammy Evans Krebsbach live in Stonewall near Dave and Maria.
Dave and Maria have three sons, seven grandchildren, and five great grand-children.
While Maria loved being a nurse and helping others, she always cherished family above all else and her roles as a wife and mother were always most important to her and foremost in her mind. It was all about family for Maria!
Those left behind to cherish her memory are the love of her life and devoted husband, David Krebsbach of Stonewall, LA; her three children Jeffery Krebsbach and wife, Phyllis Krebsbach of Pineville, LA, Todd Krebsbach and wife, Sheila Krebsbach of DeRidder, LA and Kevin Krebsbach and wife, Tammy Krebsbach of Stonewall, LA; her seven grand-children Tiffany Krebsbach of Pensacola, FL, Kyle Krebsbach of Austin, TX, Lacy Krebsbach of Stonewall, LA, Jordan Krebsbach Lucio of Seattle, WA, Brady Krebsbach of Stonewall, LA, Ashly Krebsbach Fish of Midland, TX and Kendell Krebsbach of Seattle, WA; her five great-grand-children Riley Fish, Alexis Fish, Josie Fish, Emma Fish, and Kason Mayberry; her sister Florence McDonald of Mansfield, LA
