Aryanna L. Wiebke, age 11 of Britt, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014 at St.
Mary's hospital at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Funeral services for Aryanna will be held Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 10:30
AM at the West Hancock Elementary School Gymnasium, 510 9th Street Southwest, in
Britt with Pastor Greg Baum officiating.
Visitation will be held Friday, September 5, 2014 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at the
West Hancock Elementary School Gymnasium, 510 9th Street Southwest, in Britt and
will continue one hour prior to the funeral services at the school Saturday.
Aryanna LaVone Wiebke was born on April 20, 2003 to Troy and Emily Wiebke in
Dubuque, Iowa. At 7 months of age, Aryanna was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a
congenital heart disorder that required a transplant on December 31, 2004. Upon
her death, Aryanna came full circle as an eye/ tissue donor.
Aryanna moved with her family to Britt at Christmas time in 2006. She attended
school at West Hancock where she would have begun 6th grade this fall. She
participated in cheerleading, played trumpet in band, and was one of eight
students selected for the Honor Choir.
Aryanna also enjoyed dance, playing soccer and spending her summers traveling
with the carnival all around the state with her Papa Tom. She was an avid
Minnesota Vikings fan with her Aunt Tracy, and recently had the opportunity to
attend a game. She loved cooking, her specialty being spaghetti and homemade
sauce. She loved cooking with her grandma, watching various cooking shows, and
after competing at the 2013 Hancock County Junior Fair in a mystery bag cook off
with her Aunt Jenn, became determined to one day compete on Masterchef.
Aryanna attended Camp Odayin, a camp in Stillwater, Minnesota for children with
heart complications twice each year for the past few years. She greatly
enjoyed attending and even participating in a variety of Waldorf College Theatre
productions.
Aryanna was very sassy, spunky and full of life. She was very witty and lived
life to the fullest. She was very goal-oriented, and had her heart set on
becoming a PICU nurse one day, so she could be on the front lines helping other
patients in need.
Aryanna was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Britt, where she attended
Awana's.
In 2012, Aryanna began to experience signs of chronic transplant rejection and
had spent the past several months in Rochester. Aryanna felt blessed to have
the Ronald McDonald house to stay at in Rochester and enjoyed her time there at
her home away from home.
Aryanna is survived by her parents Troy and Emily Wiebke of Britt; brother JT
Harrah of Longview, Texas; sister Rosie (fiance' Jarret Angst) Harrah of
Houston, Texas; brother Spencer Lewis Wiebke of Britt; grandparents Ella
Poindexter of St. Joseph, Missouri, Diane and Ken Pickar of Britt, Charles and
Betsy Wiebke of Dubuque, Iowa, Lewis and Bonnie Dowell of Mission, Texas, and
Papa Tom and Mitzi Wells of Malvern, Arkansas; aunt Tracy (James) Wood of Woden;
uncle Travis (Julie) Wiebke of Mason City; aunt Jennifer Cooper of the West
Coast; along with numerous other aunts and uncles, cousins, other relatives and
friends.
Aryanna was preceded in death by her infant brother Troy Junior Wiebke.;
great-grandparents Wanda and Earl Dowell, Samuel and Mildred Poindexter, Alice
and Abel Hauge, and Emma and Martin Wiebke.