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| Kathleen Nemmers |
| June 30, 1930 - February 08, 2010 |
La Motte, Iowa
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| Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Lahey Funeral Home, Maquoketa ~Vigil Service @ 4:30 p.m. ~ Visitation will also be held on Friday one hour before the service time at the church |
| Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 12, 2010 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue, Iowa |
Interment: Friday, February 12, 2010 at Holy Rosary Cemetery, La Motte, Iowa
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Kathleen Marie Dempewolf was born June 30, 1930, in Bellevue, Iowa,
to Frank and Meta (Liefeit) Dempewolf. She graduated from Bellevue
High School in 1948. She married Kenneth Nemmers on August 1, 1950 in Bellevue, Iowa. He died on September 6, 1977.
Kathleen was a homemaker and had worked at Clinton Engines in Maquoketa
for 24 years, until her retirement. In earlier years, she was a school teacher
for three years and a housekeeper for Fr. Matt at Holy Rosary Church for
seven years.
She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue, its Rosary Society & A.C.C.W., and the Bellevue Garden Club, where she served as president for eight years. She served on the Humane Society Board, Andrew School Board,
was a 4-H Leader, and was involved with the Farmers Market in La Motte the past few years. She loved to garden and grew prize winning glads, playing cards, fishing and loved spending time with her grandchildren.
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Kathleen is survived by 4 daughters, Constance Sommers of Phoenix, Arizona,
Linda (Richard) Poole of Goodyear, Arizona,
Cheryl (Jim) Lund and Pamela (Craig) Looney, both of Long Grove;
21 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren & 2 great-great-grandchildren;
2 sisters, Helen (Sam) Neff of Washington and Clara Felderman of DeWitt;
one brother, Phillip (Sandy) Dempewolf of San Diego, California;
and a sister-in-law, Nell Dempewolf of Rockville, Maryland.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sisters, Pauline Peters & Joan Hayes, four brothers, Frank Jr., Richard, Donald & Eugene Dempewolf, and a niece, Francine Dempewolf.
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Kathleen M. Nemmers, 79, of LaMotte, Iowa, died Monday, February 8, 2010,
at Genesis Medical Center East Campus, Davenport, Iowa.
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