Mrs. DONALD (Lillian Mary Fetketter) KERMEEN 1921-2004

KRUEGER, FETKETTER, KERMEEN, ONSGARD, HANENBERGER, BORNHOLDT

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Date: 7/14/2005 at 18:14:17

Mrs. DONALD (Lillian Mary Fetketter) KERMEEN

Lillian M. Kermeen, 82, of Waukon, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Saturday, January 10 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Waukon with Rev. Steve Campbell officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing. Martin Funeral Home, Waukon, was in charge of arrangements.

Lillian Mary Fetketter was born January 30, 1921, in Waukon, the daughter of Walter and Ella (Krueger) Fetketter. She was baptized and confirmed at French Creek United Methodist Church in rural Lansing and attended French Creek #2 rural school and graduated from Waukon High School in 1939. Lillian also attended a business college in Dubuque. After she was done with school, she stayed in Dubuque to work for Hugo Apfeld Insurance as a secretary.

On September 19, 1944, she married Donald G. Kermeen at French Creek United Methodist Church. Lillian and Donald moved to California and then returned to the French Creek area where they farmed before moving to Waukon in 1999.

Lillian moved into the Good Samaritan Center in June of 2002. She was a former member of French Creek United Methodist Church and a past president of its ladies circles. She was also a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and its ladies circle. Lillian enjoyed spending time with her family, working on the farm, gardening, golfing, quilting, and she loved to cook.

Survivors include her husband, Donald of Waukon; a daughter, Pam (Fred) Onsgard, and a son, Gary (Ellen) Kermeen, both of Spring Grove, Minn.; three grandchildren, Brian Onsgard, Ginny Hanenberger, and Lisa Bornholdt; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles (Delores) Fetketter of Eitzen, Minn.; and a brother-in-law, Robert (Mildred) Kermeen of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Casketbearers were Darryl Fetketter, Alex Berns, Kermit and Tom Renk, and Allan and Chad Meiners.

©Waukon Standard 2004
source: Waukon Standard, Waukon, Allamakee Co. IA, 1/14/2004