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Hemesath, Germaine
Germaine Hemesath, 80, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Home, Postville. Cause of Death: age related. Services will be Friday, 10 a.m., at St. Luke's Catholic Church, St. Lucas, Iowa. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke's Catholic Church. There will be a 5 p.m. Rosary and 7 p.m. Scripture Service one hour at church before services.
Burial will be at St. Luke's Cemetery.
Germaine is survived by her 2 daughters; Diane (Richard) Mohs of Fayette and Joyce (Jerry) Cerny of Cedar Rapids; her one brother, Eugene Bodensteiner of St. Lucas, one sister, Vivian Hemesath of Ossian and three grandsons.
Germaine was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; and her parents.
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