Marlene Marie Yahnke

1930 - 2001  (71 years)

• Name	Marlene Marie Yahnke
  Birth	12 Oct 1930	Mahaska County, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Oct 2001	Keokuk County Health Center, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa
  Burial	27 Oct 2001	Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa
  Person ID	I199	Peter and Anna
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family	Nicholas Constant Hammes,   b. 22 Mar 1922, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 5 Jan 1997, At Home on Farm, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1949	Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk, County, Iowa
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY MARLENE M. HAMMES Marlene Marie Hammes, 71, of Sigourney, Iowa, died suddenly Tuesday, October 23, 2001, at the Keokuk County Health Center. She was born October 12, 1930, in Mahaska County, the daughter of Floyd and Mildred (Swain) Yahnke. She grew up in Van Buren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa and spent a brief time in Detroit, Michigan during her childhood and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1949. She married Nicholas Constant Hammes at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Clear Creek on November 23, 1949. The couple lived and farmed in Van Buren Township, where the raised grain and livestock. She was an original member of the Stick To It 4-H Chub. She was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney, where she served as President of the Altar and Rosary Society, was a Past Councilperson and sang in the St. Mary Choir. She also sang with the Sweet Adelines’ Ottumwa Overtones, where she was in charge of the costumes. She spent many years with needle and thread quilting at the Keokuk County Historical Society and was a member of the Mahaska Stitch-N-Quilt Guild. She served as Co-Superintendent of the Open Class Division at the Keokuk County Expo. She is survived by her son, Nicholas of Sigourney, Iowa; two granddaughters; and one sister, Ardis Hammes of Sigourney, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Nicholas, in 1997.Funeral services were held Saturday, October 27, 2001 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sigourney, Iowa with the Rev. Philip Ryan officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Memorial may be directed to Keokuk County Hospice or Sigourney Community Fire Department. SOURCE: Sigourney News Review, Sigourney, Iowa, Wednesday, October 31, 2001