Evelyn Juliana (Willenbring) Demmer 1922-2007

DEMMER, WILLENBRING, HOEGER, VASKE, LOEFFELHOLZ, WULFEKUHLE, TAUKE, SCHMIDT, DONAHUE, LUENSMANN, MENKE, CLEMEN

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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Tuesday, May 15, 2007

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Evelyn J. Demmer, 85, of Dyersville, Iowa, died Sunday, May 13, 2007, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville, after a brief illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville. Burial will be in

St. Joseph's Cemetery, Farley. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where a parish scripture service will be at 4 p.m.

She was born on Feb. 22, 1922, in New Vienna, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Hoeger) Willenbring. She married John A. Demmer on Jan. 3, 1946, in New Vienna. He preceded her in death in 1987. They farmed in Ryan for a year then near Farley until their retirement in 1979, when they moved to
Dyersville.

Evelyn was active in her parish, cleaning the church from 1979 to 2002. She loved to visit, play cards and quilting.

Surviving are two daughters, Norma (Ken) Tauke, of Dyersville, and Donna (Charles) Vaske, of New Vienna; two sons, Dale J. (Pat) Demmer, of Dyersville, and Gary (Kay) Demmer, of Farley; 13 grandchildren, Sherry (Dean) Loeffelholz, Mark (Diane) Tauke, Karen (Craig) Wulfekuhle, Pam (Joel) Schmidt, Brenda (Jason) Donahue, Matt Vaske, Randy (Pam) Demmer, Terry Demmer, Christopher Demmer, Jenni (Brian) Luensmann, Lindsey Demmer, Caitlin Demmer and Casey Demmer; 13 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Mary Jane Willenbring; and a brother-in-law, Lawrence Demmer.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Lois, in 1960; four brothers, Norbert, Sylvester W., Cyril W. and Frank Willenbring; two sisters, Hilda Menke and Marie Clemen.

Information and online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.