Hamm, Mary M. (1943-2011)

HAMM, FJELSTAD, GROE, STEFFENS, ROUSH

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/5/2012 at 23:00:49

Mary M. Hamm
(May 28, 1943 - December 26, 2011)

Mary M. (Fjelstad) Hamm, 68, of Lake Mills, Iowa, departed this earth on Monday, December 26, 2011, at the Muse Norris Hospice Unit in Mason City, Iowa, from complications of a stroke.

Mary (Fjelstad) Hamm was born on May 28th, 1943, to Leonard and Evelyn (Groe) Fjelstad. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills.

Mary graduated as valedictorian from Lake Mills High School in 1961. She, then, settled in Austin, Texas, where she was employed by the state of Texas. Upon retirement, she moved back to Lake Mills to be closer to her family. She worked for Principal Insurance until her retirement in May of 2008.

Mary was an avid reader. She loved to help out with the holiday baking and cooking. She was a very talented knitter. She loved being with her family.

Mary leaves behind a son, Eric Hamm, of Austin, Texas; her mother, Evelyn Fjelstad, of Lake Mills; her siblings, Bonnie (Dave) Steffens, David (Donna) Fjelstad, Gary (Nancy) Fjelstad, Jim Fjelstad, and Cynthia Fjelstad, all of Lake Mills, and Kate Roush, of Indianola, Iowa; along with many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father and grandparents.

The family would like to thank the Lake Mills Police and Rescue Squad for their assistance as well as Hospice of North Iowa.

She will be greatly missed by her family, but to be absent from the body is to be in the presence of the Lord.

Visitation with her family will be on Friday, December 30, 2011, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 E. Main, Lake Mills.

A private family service will be held on Saturday, December 31, 2011, with burial at Salem Memorial Cemetery.

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