Earl Eugene HAMMEN, Sr.

HAMMEN, KAPSCH, REDING, HODSON, HOGLE, KOLB, HANSEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/19/2006 at 23:51:10

Earl Eugene Hammen, Sr., 79, of Clarion, died Saturday, February 24, 2001, at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines. Burial was in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Clarion. Earl Eugene Hammen, Sr. was born August 2, 1921, the son of Zeno Nickolas Hammen and Bertha Hannah (Kapsch) Hammen, in Jolley, Iowa. Earl and Corene Mary Reding were married November 12, 1946, in Rockwell City at St. Francis Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife, Corene; children, Jeanne Hodson and husband, Gale of Altoona, Earl Jr. and wife, Carmel of Clarion, Tim Hammen and Karol Johnson of Thornton, David of Clarion, Kathleen Hogle and husband, Tony of Clarion, Richard and wife, Sue of Clarion, Edward and wife, Mary of Clarion, Elaine Kolb and husband, Polk City; brothers, Keevan Hammen of Rockwell City, Emmett Hammen of Lake View, Dean Hammen of Shaumburg, Illinois; one sister, Bernadine Hammen Hansen of Pomeroy; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Earl was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Donald “Dude”, Hubert, Bill, Dale and Junior Hammen.

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