Marie Elizabeth (Wiegert) Felderman Hankemeier 1919-2010

WIEGERT, WOHLERS, DUESING, FELDERMAN, BORMANN, HANKEMEIER, FRERICH, MCLIMANS, SIEVERDING, STROHMEYER, CARTER, DRAHN

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Date: 11/7/2017 at 19:10:12

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Wednesday, November 17, 2010

BELLEVUE, Iowa - Marie Elizabeth (Wiegert) Felderman Hankemeier, 91, of Bellevue, died Sunday morning, Nov. 14, 2010, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at St. John Lutheran Church, St. Donatus. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, at Hachmann Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Belle-vue. Friends also may call after 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church.

She was born on April 22, 1919, in La Motte, daughter of Fred and Regina (Frerich) Wiegert.

She married Orville Felderman on Oct. 6, 1937; he preceded her in death in 1974. She later married Ardo Hankemeier; he preceded her in death in 1993.

Marie was a very kind, giving and friendly person who would talk to anyone. Her faith was very important to her. She was a lifelong member of St. John Lutheran Church, St. Donatus, and St. Paul Lutheran Church, La Motte.

In her spare time, Marie enjoyed sewing, quilting, crocheting and baking. Family meant the world to her, and she valued every moment with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Surviving are her two sons, Ernie (Janice) Felderman, of La Motte, and Darel (Jeanette) Felderman, of Bellevue; a daughter in-law, Yvette (Fred) McLimans, of Dubuque; three stepchildren, Ronald Hankemeier, Linda (Randy) Duhme and David Hankemeier; nine grandchildren, Leland and Mark Felderman, Leita Marks, Heather Sieverding, Chad Felderman, Terra Strohmeyer, Kari Carter and Heath and Chris Felderman; 15 great-grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren; six stepgreat-grandchildren; and twelve stepgreat-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; a son, Leroy Felderman; a granddaughter, Regina Felderman; and eight brothers and sisters, Frieda Drahn, Albert, Viola Bormann, Fred, Helen Duesing, Lula Wohlers, Henry and Karl.

The family wishes to thank the Finley Intensive Care Unit for the great care and compassion shown to Marie.