Mabel Helen Kremer (Hoffmann)
April 28, 1915 — August 24, 2010
Mabel Helen (Hoffmann) Kremer, 95, died Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at her home near Prairieburg. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, August 28, 2010, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Prairieburg, by Father Wayne Droessler. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2010, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City. Burial: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Castle Grove, Iowa.
Survivors include 9 children, Betty Williams of Arlington, Texas, Richard N. Kremer of Clovis, California, JoAnn (Don) Stadtmiller of Longmont, Colorado, Dorothy (Merle) Johnson of Bayview, Idaho, John J. (Rose) Kremer of Oswego, Illinois, Allen (Charlotte) Kremer of Pearland, Texas, Thomas Kremer (Penny Schild) of Gillette, Wyoming, Cletus Kremer of Coggon, Iowa, Mary Kremer of Las Vegas, Nevada; sisters Bernice (Melvin) Mai of Dubuque, Iowa, Norma Fortmann of Worthington, Iowa; brother Monroe (Ardella) Hoffmann of Worthington, Iowa; and one brother-in-law, George (Rose) Mullis of Central City, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1987; her parents; sisters, Martha Kremer and Hazel Mullis; brother, Donald Hoffmann; and son-in-law James K. Williams.
Mabel was born April 28, 1915, the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Leona (Meyer) Hoffmann, on the farm northeast of Dyersville, Iowa, in Hickory Valley. She began her elementary school education at St. Francis one room country school at Hickory Valley in Dubuque County, located 5 miles Northeast of Dyersville, where she completed 1st – 6th grades. She then went to town and stayed with her grandfather and completed 7th grade at St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville. Mabel was one of Catholic faith and made her solemn communion and confirmation at St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville. On January 10, 1940, Mabel was married to John G. Kremer at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, Iowa, by Rev. Father John Herbers. To this union, nine children were born. Together they farmed the family farm near Worthington from 1940-1943. In the spring of 1943, they moved by horse and wagon to a farm west of the red bridge, Central City, Iowa. They farmed with 2 teams of horses: Beauty, Nellie, Mabel and Dick. In 1950, they purchased the farm near Prairieburg. Mabel was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Prairieburg. She served as past President of the Altar and Rosary Society, taught religion at St. Joseph’s, Prairieburg and Immaculate Conception Church at Castle Grove. She was one of the original members of the Hills Mill Homemakers Club. Mabel was an excellent gardener with a “green thumb” to envy. She loved her vegetable garden and flower gardens, sharing many vegetables, plants and bulbs with her friends. In the winter, she enjoyed making quilts for her children and donated many of them to Camp Courageous of Iowa. She was an avid card player at the Senior Center in Central City and Coggon. Winning 2 quarters was a “big deal.” Mabel loved to travel and visit her children and grandchildren, always sharing her adventures with her friends.
Memorials may be made to Camp Courageous of Iowa, PO Box 418, Monticello, Iowa 52310-0418 in Mabel’s memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Mabel at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Survivors include 9 children, Betty Williams of Arlington, Texas, Richard N. Kremer of Clovis, California, JoAnn (Don) Stadtmiller of Longmont, Colorado, Dorothy (Merle) Johnson of Bayview, Idaho, John J. (Rose) Kremer of Oswego, Illinois, Allen (Charlotte) Kremer of Pearland, Texas, Thomas Kremer (Penny Schild) of Gillette, Wyoming, Cletus Kremer of Coggon, Iowa, Mary Kremer of Las Vegas, Nevada; sisters Bernice (Melvin) Mai of Dubuque, Iowa, Norma Fortmann of Worthington, Iowa; brother Monroe (Ardella) Hoffmann of Worthington, Iowa; and one brother-in-law, George (Rose) Mullis of Central City, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1987; her parents; sisters, Martha Kremer and Hazel Mullis; brother, Donald Hoffmann; and son-in-law James K. Williams.
Mabel was born April 28, 1915, the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Leona (Meyer) Hoffmann, on the farm northeast of Dyersville, Iowa, in Hickory Valley. She began her elementary school education at St. Francis one room country school at Hickory Valley in Dubuque County, located 5 miles Northeast of Dyersville, where she completed 1st – 6th grades. She then went to town and stayed with her grandfather and completed 7th grade at St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville. Mabel was one of Catholic faith and made her solemn communion and confirmation at St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville. On January 10, 1940, Mabel was married to John G. Kremer at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, Iowa, by Rev. Father John Herbers. To this union, nine children were born. Together they farmed the family farm near Worthington from 1940-1943. In the spring of 1943, they moved by horse and wagon to a farm west of the red bridge, Central City, Iowa. They farmed with 2 teams of horses: Beauty, Nellie, Mabel and Dick. In 1950, they purchased the farm near Prairieburg. Mabel was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Prairieburg. She served as past President of the Altar and Rosary Society, taught religion at St. Joseph’s, Prairieburg and Immaculate Conception Church at Castle Grove. She was one of the original members of the Hills Mill Homemakers Club. Mabel was an excellent gardener with a “green thumb” to envy. She loved her vegetable garden and flower gardens, sharing many vegetables, plants and bulbs with her friends. In the winter, she enjoyed making quilts for her children and donated many of them to Camp Courageous of Iowa. She was an avid card player at the Senior Center in Central City and Coggon. Winning 2 quarters was a “big deal.” Mabel loved to travel and visit her children and grandchildren, always sharing her adventures with her friends.
Memorials may be made to Camp Courageous of Iowa, PO Box 418, Monticello, Iowa 52310-0418 in Mabel’s memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Mabel at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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