HAMMEL, Dean Leroy 1928-2011

HAMMEL, WIRTH, LOCKIE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/19/2011 at 01:36:13

Dean L. Hammel

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CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Dean L. Hammel, 83, of Charles City, died Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City.

Funeral services for Dean Hammel will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Pastor Jim Beranek will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Charles City. Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and at the church Wednesday an hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family.

The Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City, 641-228-2323, is in charge of arrangements.

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

[ Mason City Globe Gazette online, December 19, 2011 ]
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Dean L. Hammel
Date Of Birth: February 10, 1928
Date Of Death: December 18, 2011

Dean L. Hammel, 83, of Charles City, died Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City.

Funeral services for Dean Hammel will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Pastor Jim Beranek will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Charles City. Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and at the church Wednesday an hour prior to the service.

Dean Leroy Hammel was born February 10, 1928, at Greene, the son of August and Vera (Wirth) Hammel. He graduated in 1946 from Charles City High School. On June 11, 1950, he was united in marriage to Virginia Lockie at Charles City. Dean farmed all his life in and around Charles City. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.

Dean was also a 30 year member of Saint Charles Rural Volunteer Fire Department, Floyd County Cattlemen for 30 years where he served as an officer, Washington School Watershed Board serving as secretary, fund raiser for 10 years for Just Friends and was a leader with his wife Virginia for the Floyd County Rural Youth Program.

Dean will be remembered as someone who was always ready to help his neighbors in time of need. He also enjoyed buying and selling cattle. His other interests included woodworking, traveling, gardening and helping Virginia with canning and freezing. Dean liked to run deliveries for Superior Lumber and visiting with the customers. Family was so very important to Dean and he looked forward to sharing his life with them, especially his grandchildren.

Living family members include three children and their families, Jerry (Jane) Hammel of Altoona and their children, Ryan and Kevin (Erin) Hammel and soon to arrive twin grandbabies, Becky (Kevin) McEnany and their daughter, Jessica of Charles City, and Heidi (Paul) Mehmen and their daughter Katelyn of Charles City; a brother, Robert Hammel of Charles City; and a sister, June Lokenvitz of Charles City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Virginia on June 28, 2006; a brother-in-law, Daryl Lokenvitz; and a sister-in-law, Mary Hammel.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family.

[ Hauser Funeral Home website obituary, 12/20/2011 ]

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