SCHELLHAMMER, Dilles (Martens) Sess --- 1921-2010
MACKLEMBURG, MARTENS, SESS, SCHELLHAMMER, WHITE
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Date: 1/2/2011 at 12:27:15
Dilles Schellhammer
Dilles A. Schellhammer, 89, of Waukon, formerly of Lansing, died Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 1 at 11 a.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lansing, with Pastor Laura Gentry officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, November 30 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.
Dilles Anna Sess Schellhammer was born March 12, 1921, the daughter of Charles and Ella (Macklemburg) Martens. She attended rural schools in the Postville area. October 17, 1938 she married Herbert Sess in Dubuque. They lived in the Village Creek area in rural Lansing. Herbert died in 1978. Dilles worked in the kitchen at Thornton Manor in Lansing for 16 years and did some housecleaning for area families. Dilles moved to Waukon in 1993.
November 12, 1994 she married Morris Schellhammer at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lansing. He died October 9, 2009. Dilles was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, where she was active in its ladies groups. She enjoyed playing cards, doing embroidery work and spending time with her family.
Survivors include her children, Jim (Melissa) Sess and Joan (Larry) White, both of Harpers Ferry; her step-children, Owen (Rosalette) Schellhammer of Strawberry Point and Gary (Colleen) Schellhammer of Waukon; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and several step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Herbert and Morris; nine brothers; two sisters; two half-brothers and one half-sister.
Honorary casketbearers are Owen Schellhammer and Reggie Adam. Casketbearers are Steve McKee, Spencer Adam, Greg Johanningmeier, Larry Schellhammer, Dennis Kleppe and Ron Nesvik.Waukon Standard, December 1, 2010
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