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Lillian Hankemeier
LILLIAN HANKEMEIER
Anamosa
Lillian L. Hankemeier, 96, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Anamosa Care Center following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa, where friends may call after 1 p.m. Interment will be in Antioch Cemetery at a later date.
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In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Camp Courageous of Iowa or a memorial of your choice.
Surviving are seven children, Glen (Nancy), Gerald (Karla), Daniel (Oliva), James, Hans (Barb), Karmen (Ken Funk) Farrington and Carla (Ken) Schuette; 21 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ernestine Davis.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ben; a son, Loren; a grandson, Todd; and three siblings, Stuart, Ethel and Wilma.
Lillian Lucile Fuglsang was born Nov. 28, 1919, in Jackson County, Iowa, the daughter of Hans and Bertha Sumtum Fuglsang. She graduated from Baldwin High School in 1939 and then attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls.
She then taught in the area rural schools. Lillian married J. Benjamin Hankemeier on June 4, 1941. Ben preceded her in death Oct. 20, 1997. Lillian was a mother and homemaker most of her life. When she had time, she enjoyed writing, and belonged to the Anamosa Writers Club.
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