Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Hammes, Louise Elizabeth December 29, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com January 8, 2006, 1:13 am The Woodland Daily Democrat Hammes, Louise Elizabeth June 2, 1924 - Dec. 29, 2005 Louise Elizabeth Hammes died at Sutter Davis Hospital in Davis on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005 at age 81. Mrs. Hammes was born June 2, 1924 in Delaware City, Okla. to Oscar and Mary E. (Crawford) Garner. She had been a Yolo County resident for 13 years. After completing school in Oklahoma, she worked as a switchboard operator at Edwards Air Force Base. For the next 18 years, she and her husband, Charles, worked at various Air Force bases throughout the world. In Morocco, she worked with the chaplaincy services and traveled to Germany to confer with the European bases chaplain's groups for a multi-service program to be used in the military. She also worked with the Family Services Unit at each base, helping new families settle in and assisting in emergency situations. Survivors include Mrs. Hammes' husband of 49 years, Charles L. Hammes; her son, Robert Johnson and his wife Joan, all of Davis; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; her sister, Kathryn Wathen of Lawton, Okla. and her brother, Owen Garner of Grove, Okla. She was preceded in death by her son, Ross Hammes and her parents. The family requests memorials in Mrs. Hammes' name be directed to the charity of the donor's choice. Services: Respecting the wishes of Mrs. Hammes, private services will be held in Davis on Saturday, Jan. 14. Interment will also be private. Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors is assisting the family with arrangements. Published in the Daily Democrat on 1/7/2006. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to the deceased. No other information available from submitter. http://www.legacy.com/dailydemocrat/LegacyHome.asp File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/h/hammes1533gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb