HERKER, Sumae 1947 - 2016

HERKER, TAKEYAMA, DAVIS, ANDERSON, LAMBERSON, MICHAELSON, SCHUMACHER

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 10/17/2017 at 23:29:56

Sumae Herker, 68, of Clear Lake, Iowa died Monday August 22, 2016 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa.

Private graveside services were held in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Iowa with Chaplin Ed Bard of Hospice of North Iowa officiating.

Sumae was born Sept. 6, 1947 in Kagoshima, Japan the daughter of Jucuch and Kuni Takeyama.

She worked at a hospital in Japan as a nurse, where she met her future husband Donald Herker who was serving in the United States Marine Corps as an M.P.

They were married May 1, 1968 in Fukuoka, Japan. They lived in various places in the United States and overseas until his retirement from the service in 1983, when they moved to Clear Lake.

She enjoyed gardening, working in her flower beds, cooking, sewing, making quilts and going on the family camping trips which included competitive trout fishing. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband Don Herker, Clear Lake, Iowa, two children Rene (Scott) Davis, Forest City, Iowa and Joe Herker, Clear Lake, Iowa; four grandchildren Jessica Herker, Mason City, Iowa, Meagan Anderson, Forest City, Iowa her fiancé Justin Lamberson, Forest City, Iowa, Avery Herker, Clear Lake, Iowa, Jaxson Herker, Clear Lake, Iowa; three great grandchildren Wesley Lamberson, Erika Michaelson and Leo Lamberson; sister-in-law Beth Ann (Mark) Schumacher, Clear Lake, Iowa, brother-in-law Martin (Anita) Herker, Traer, Iowa, three sisters and one bother in Japan.

Sumae was preceded in death by her parents in Japan.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa. 641-357-2193. ColonialChapels.com