Bernice Margaret Hammes

1914 - 2004  (89 years)

• Name	Bernice Margaret Hammes
  Birth	18 Feb 1914	At Home on Farm, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Feb 2004	Oregon
  Burial	6 Feb 2004	St. Boniface Cemetery, Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon
  Person ID	I50	Peter and Anna
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Peter Joseph Hammes,   b. 22 Aug 1886, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 12 Nov 1939, At Home on Farm, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Teresa M Gries,   b. 15 Jul 1891   d. 14 Nov 1934, At Home on Farm, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	20 Apr 1909
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lawrence Heuberger,   b. 25 Dec 1912   d. 24 Oct 1992 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1939
  Children	+ 1. Dorothy Mae Heuberger,   b. 17 May 1940, Salem, Marion County, Oregon d. 29 Aug 2004, Milwaukie, Clacamas County, Oregon (Age 64 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. Living   3. David Lawrence Heuberger,   b. 20 Aug 1946   d. 9 May 1977 (Age 30 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 4. Living + 5. Living   6. Living
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2015

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY Bernice Margaret Heuberger, 89, of Milwaukie, Oregon, died Tuesday, February 3, 2004. She was born Feb. 18, 1914, the daughter of Peter and Theresa (Gries) Hammes the third of seven children. She grew up on a farm near Clear Creek. She went to Oregon in 1937 to visit her grandmother, Mary Welter Gries Heubergen and met Mary's stepson, Lawrence. They married in 1939 and had six children. She retired form Stayton Canning Co. She and her husband were members of the Salem Eagles Club and enjoyed dancing there. She belonged to the Sublimity Quilters Club. She moved to Vinyard Retirement Home in Milwaukie in 1993. She was an avid walker and liked to play bridge, pinochle and going to casinos. She enjoyed making quilts, cookies and cinnamon rolls for her family and making rhubarb wine. She is survived by two daughters, Dorothy Picteak and Arlene Pekkola both of Milwaukie, Ore.; three sons, Howard of Olney, Md., Melvin of Overland Park, Kan. and Paul of Salem, Ore.; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene Willis of Bettendorf; four brothers, Raymond Hammes of Coralville, Omer Hammes of Harper, Herbert Hammes of Sigourney and Wilfred Hammes of Bettendorf. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1992; a son David in 1977; and a brother Floyd in 2003. Funeral service were held Fri., Feb. 6 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Sublimity. Interment was at St. Boniface Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Boniface Catholic Church or St. John Baptist Catholic Church in Milwaukie. Weddle Funeral Home in Stayton, Oregon was in charge of the arrangements. SOURCE: Sigourney News Review, Sigourney, Iowa, February 11, 2004