Nadine E. Lammers
September 9, 1917 — June 24, 2011
Nadine Lammers, 93, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Rockwell City, Iowa, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, Iowa. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 27 at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, by Father Tom McDermott. Family will greet friends one hour prior to service at the church on Monday. Graveside service: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at St. Francis Cemetery in Rockwell City. Family will greet friends from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Golden Buckle Apartments Community Room, 500 E. Lake Street, Rockwell City.
Nadine Elizabeth (Rafferty) Lammers was born on Sept. 9, 1917, in Boone, Iowa. She graduated from Rockwell City High School and entered nurse’s training at St. Anthony School of Nursing in Carroll, Iowa, graduating in 1938. During WW II, she was a hospital nurse. Afterwards, she was an office nurse for Dr. David Carver in Rockwell City and later, a night nursing supervisor at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City. She also spent six years as Director of Nursing at Sunnyknoll Care Center in Rockwell City.
Nadine married George Joseph Lammers, Sr. at Carroll on April 21, 1941. George served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, they moved to Rockwell City where George worked as a shoe repairman and upholsterer, and Nadine was a nurse. They were active members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
George preceded her in death in 1976. Also preceding her in death were her parents, Charles Parnell Rafferty Sr. and Minnie Seavert Rafferty; a son, Denis George Lammers; and her brother, Charles Parnell Rafferty, Jr.
Survivors include four children, Martha (Don) Pauley, Clear Lake, Iowa, George Lammers, Jr., Mayhill, New Mexico, Warren (Kim) Lammers, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Alice (John) Boeckman, Bellevue, Nebraska; 15 grandchildren: Theresa O’Byrne, Sarah German, Jim Pauley, Valerie, Benjamin, David, Peter, Chelsea, Whitney, Andrew, and Davonte Lammers, Kayti Meade, Bridget Boeckman, Monica Boeckman and Dan Lammers; and one great grandchild, Emma Lammers, (with two more expected).
Following retirement, Nadine enjoyed volunteering for the church and community. She visited the sick as a Eucharistic Minister and made quilts for raffles to benefit missions. She was instrumental in planning and assembling 16 benefit quilts, as well as many others for her family. She also enjoyed working as a volunteer in the literacy program at the Rockwell City Medium Security Prison and was very proud of her students’ progress.
Nadine was a woman of deep faith, for whom a highlight of her retirement years was a pilgrimage to Rome and Yugoslavia. She was very proud of her family and the many talents and accomplishments of her children and grandchildren. Nadine moved to Cedar Rapids in 2010 for residential care near her family.
Memorials may be directed to the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, 315 18th Ave., Hiawatha, IA 52233, in memory of Nadine.
Nadine Elizabeth (Rafferty) Lammers was born on Sept. 9, 1917, in Boone, Iowa. She graduated from Rockwell City High School and entered nurse’s training at St. Anthony School of Nursing in Carroll, Iowa, graduating in 1938. During WW II, she was a hospital nurse. Afterwards, she was an office nurse for Dr. David Carver in Rockwell City and later, a night nursing supervisor at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City. She also spent six years as Director of Nursing at Sunnyknoll Care Center in Rockwell City.
Nadine married George Joseph Lammers, Sr. at Carroll on April 21, 1941. George served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, they moved to Rockwell City where George worked as a shoe repairman and upholsterer, and Nadine was a nurse. They were active members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
George preceded her in death in 1976. Also preceding her in death were her parents, Charles Parnell Rafferty Sr. and Minnie Seavert Rafferty; a son, Denis George Lammers; and her brother, Charles Parnell Rafferty, Jr.
Survivors include four children, Martha (Don) Pauley, Clear Lake, Iowa, George Lammers, Jr., Mayhill, New Mexico, Warren (Kim) Lammers, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Alice (John) Boeckman, Bellevue, Nebraska; 15 grandchildren: Theresa O’Byrne, Sarah German, Jim Pauley, Valerie, Benjamin, David, Peter, Chelsea, Whitney, Andrew, and Davonte Lammers, Kayti Meade, Bridget Boeckman, Monica Boeckman and Dan Lammers; and one great grandchild, Emma Lammers, (with two more expected).
Following retirement, Nadine enjoyed volunteering for the church and community. She visited the sick as a Eucharistic Minister and made quilts for raffles to benefit missions. She was instrumental in planning and assembling 16 benefit quilts, as well as many others for her family. She also enjoyed working as a volunteer in the literacy program at the Rockwell City Medium Security Prison and was very proud of her students’ progress.
Nadine was a woman of deep faith, for whom a highlight of her retirement years was a pilgrimage to Rome and Yugoslavia. She was very proud of her family and the many talents and accomplishments of her children and grandchildren. Nadine moved to Cedar Rapids in 2010 for residential care near her family.
Memorials may be directed to the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, 315 18th Ave., Hiawatha, IA 52233, in memory of Nadine.
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