OBITUARY: Deon Hermann, 1920-2004, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Adapted from: Mitchell County Press-News online - 10/27/2004]



                            Deon Hermann

A Mass of Christian Burial for Deon Hermann, age 84, of Osage, Iowa,
was held on Thursday, October 21, 2004, at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Osage with Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating. Burial was
at St. Mary's Cemetery in Greene, Iowa, with Monsignor Walter Brunkan
officiating. Deon died Monday, October 18, 2004, at her home.

Deon Helen Hermann was born June 8, 1920, the daughter of Louis and
Zula (Brown) Ramker, on a farm five miles east of Greene, Iowa.

She attended country school until the third grade, where she attended
Sacred Heart School in Greene, so she could receive her First Holy
Communion. Following that year, she attended the country school,
until returning to Sacred Heart School for seventh through tenth
grades. She attended Greene High School for her 11th and 12th grade
years. After graduating from Greene High School, Deon attended a
post graduate course at Hamilton Business School for the summer,
after which she taught country school north of Greene for seven years.

On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1946, Deon was united in marriage
to Art Hermann at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Greene. They
started farming and milked cows in the Greene area for 20 years.
In 1966, they moved to Osage, where they continued to farm northeast
of Osage. Deon was a substitute teacher in the old Mitchell School,
and in the Junior High in Osage. She also worked at Anthony’s Department
Store, as a cook at the Plaza Cafe, and later at the Faith Home, Inc.,
all in Osage. Deon enjoyed fellowship in her many clubs and organizations:
Study Club and VFW, both in Osage, and her Coldwater Community and
Westside Club in Greene.

She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Marilyn and David
Haugen of Hanlontown; a son, Mike Hermann of Hanlontown; grandchildren,
Corey Haugen and wife Carla of Lakeville, Minnesota; Mandi Lockwood
and husband Cory of North Liberty; Megan Van Duyn and husband Barry
of Lakeville, Minnesota; Nathan Haugen of Seattle, Washington; three
great-grandchildren, Aaron Bleil; Catie and Courtney Haugena; a brother,
Gerald Ramker and his wife, Norma, of Mason City. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Art Hermann in
1992, and by a granddaughter, Melissa Haugen in 1975.

Arrangements by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home.



    Copyright 2004, K. L. Kittleson