Frances Romer (1905-2011)

HAMILTON, ROMER, DEEN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 1/16/2011 at 09:17:08

Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, January 15, 2011

Obituary-

Frances Romer

Frances L. (Hamilton) Romer, 105, a resident of Maquoketa Care Center in Maquoketa, died Saturday, January 8, 2011, at the care center. A celebration of her life will be held on Monday, January 17, 2011 at Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa, where friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time. Interment will be in Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery in Monmouth, Illinois.
Francis Lee Deen was born December 31, 1905, in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of William T. and Alta Irene (Main) Deen. She was raised in Monmouth, Illinois and graduated from high school there. She married Raymond T. Hamilton on July 7, 1928, in Momouth, Illinois. He passed away on May 7, 1959. She later married Lester Romer in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1972. He passed away on January 14, 1984.
Frances moved to Maquoketa in 1954 with her first husband, Ray. They bought Mann’s Ready to Wear Store at Main and Platt and renamed the store Hamilton’s Ladies Apparel. Frances operated the store after Ray’s death, until she sold the store in 1973. She was a member of the United Church of Christ in Maquoketa and a 50 plus year member of the Mildred Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Monmouth, Illinois. Frances also belonged to the Maquoketa Country Club for 40 years.
Survivors include one son, James D. (Jane) Hamilton of Windsor Heights, Iowa; two grandsons, Thomas J. (Kathy) Hamilton of Clive and William D. Hamilton of Des Moines; 3 great-grandchildre, Rebecca, Amanda and Joseph Hamilton, all of West Des Moines. And one step-grandson, Nick Overmann of Clive. She was preceded in death by her husbands, her parents, one sister, Martha Deen Blair Warfield, one brother, Lowell Deen and a nephew, Jon Deen.
Memorials may be made to Maquoketa United Church of Christ.