Bohnenkamp, Kathleen 1935-2008

BOHNENKAMP, LYLE, BROWN

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/6/2017 at 21:54:54

REMSEN, Iowa -- Kathleen Bohnenkamp, 73, of Remsen died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Remsen, with the Rev. William McCarthy officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Remsen. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Tuesday, with a 3 p.m. rosary by the Christian Women's Guild and a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen.

Kathleen was born Nov. 1, 1935, in Beresford, S.D., to Ralph and Margaret (Brown) Lyle. Kathy was raised in the Beresford area and attended grade school at North Spink Country Grade School for eight years and then attended Mount Marty High School at Yankton, S.D., graduating in 1953. She then went on to college at Briar Cliff in Sioux City, graduating in 1957 with a major in home economics education and a minor in social studies. She then taught home ec for a short time at Pilger, Neb.

On June 8, 1957, she married Tom Bohnenkamp at Garryorven, S.D. They made their home near Remsen, where they were engaged in farming. She also taught at both Remsen Union School and St. Mary Catholic School.

She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Christian Women's Guild. Kathy enjoyed cooking, playing cards, golfing, bowling and family gatherings.

Survivors include her husband, Tom; a brother-in-law, Richard and his wife, Dorothy, all of Remsen; two sisters-in-law, Marjorie and her husband, David Henrich of Tucson, Ariz., and Jeanette Bohnenkamp of Ames, Iowa; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother-in-law, Dr. Virgil Bohnenkamp.

Pallbearers will be Roger, Jerry, Jim and Phillip Bohnenkamp, Jerry and Jeff Henrich. Honorary pallbearers will be Dale and Marilyn Drum, Clarence and Veronica Harpenau, Paul and Ethel Homan, Don and Sylvia Konopasek, Don and Pat Schiltz, Dave and Shirley Vander Hamm, Lloyd and Phyllis Wolf.

Sioux City Journal
Monday, December 15, 2008
Sioux City, Iowa