Ruth H. Hemmer

HEMMER, HESS

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Date: 12/4/2014 at 22:48:01

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Saturday, April 23, 2011

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Ruth H. Hemmer, 86, of Dyersville, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Dyersville.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 25, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Dennis Quint officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery, Worthington. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at

3 p.m. and a Catholic Daughters of the Americas/American Legion Auxiliary rosary will be recited at 4 p.m.

Ruth was born on May 4, 1924, in Dubuque, daughter of Leo and Madeline (Hess) Hemmer.

After graduating from Xavier High School, she worked for the Jaeger Butter Tub Factory and later for the Iowa Telephone and Telegraph Co. as a customer service representative, the Dyersville Sales Barn, and the Plaza Theatre. In later years, she worked at the M.M. Hoffmann/James Kennedy Public Library.

She was an active member of the Dyersville Historical Society, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, the American Legion Post 137 Auxiliary, the Dyersville Golf and Country Club, the Dyersville Hospital Auxiliary and the Mount Hope Cemetery Board.

Ruth loved to play bridge, golf, bowl, travel and spend time in the garden.

Surviving are a sister-like cousin, Geraldine Engler, of Dyersville; a very close extended family and a wealth of good friends. These lucky friends and family were often the beneficiaries of her warm hospitality and wonderful cooking.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Lois Hemmer.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.