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Ethel Lemke Volkman

1912 - 2000

Ethel Volkman

Mason City - Ethel Volkman, 88, of Mason City, formerly of Nora Springs, died Friday (April 7, 2000) at the Good Shepherd Health Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Nora Springs Christian church, with the Rev. William Lemke and the Rev. Sharon Sauerers officiating. Burial will be at Park Cemetery in Nora Springs.

Visitation will be held from 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., in Mason City. Visitation will slao be held from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday at the Shecler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Ave. in Nora Springs.

Memorials may be directed to the Ethel Volkman Memorial Fund.

Ethel was born April 6, 1912, the daughter of William and Ethel (Whitney) Lemke, rural Garner. She graduated from Klemme High School in 1931. She and her sister moved to Mason City soon after graduation.

She was employed at Weeds Pharmacy for a number of years. On Sept. 12, 1937, she was united in marriage to Arnold A. Volkman at the First Methodist Church in Mason City. The couple lived in Nora Springs throughout their marriage - celebrating their 50th and 53rd anniversaries with relatives and friends at the Nora Springs Christian Church.

Ethel was a member of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ. She previously was a member of the Lucky Dozen Club, Crescent Club and a Bible study group. She organized a group of Girl Scouts in Nora Springs in 1940 - the first one there.

After Arnold's death in April of 1991, she lived with her sister, Lorraine Mitchell, in Mason City. They spent winters in Mesa, Ariz., until moving to The Willows in June of 1997.

Surviving are her sister, Lorraine Mitchell, of Mason City; and three brothers, William W. Lemke of Weyerhauser, Wis., Byrnes Lemke and his wife, Stella, of Klemme and Laurice and his wife, Marjorie, of Klemme; 10 nieces and nephews, William D. Lemke and his wife, Sien of Valhalla, N.Y., Bryant Lemke, of Minneapolis, Bernard Lemke, of Charlotte, N.C., Brenda Megale, of Houston, Texas, Linda Lindsay and her husband, Jay, of Rock Falls, Steven Lemke and his wife, Jeannie, of Tucson, Ariz., Gwendelyn Suntken and her husband, Byron, of Meservey, Paige Rohlf and her husband, David of Altoona, Lynn Lemke and his wife, Valerie, of Olathe, Kan., and Michelle Greiman and her husband, Stan, of Garner; 19 great-nieces and nephews; and three great-great-nieces.

Ethel was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and one sister, Helen Sellner, of Milwaukee.

Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel 515-423-2372


source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 8 Apr 2000, page A7, column 1

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Ethlel Volkman, 88, of Mason City, formerly of Nora Springs, died April 7, 2000 at the Good Shepherd Health Care Center.

Ethel was born April 6, 1912,the daughter of William and Ethel (Whitney) Lemke, rural Garner. She graduated from Klemme High School in 1931. She and her sister moved to Mason City soon after graduation

She was employed at Weeds Pharmacy for a number of years. On Sept. 12, 1937, she was united in marriage to Arnold A. Volkman at the First Methodist Church in Mason City. The couple lived in Nora Springs through out their marriage -- celebrating their 50th and 53rd anniversaries with relatives and friends at the Nora Springs Christian Church.

After Arnold's death in Sep of 1991, she lived with her sister, Lorraine Mitchell, in Mason City. They spent winters in Mesa, Ariz. until moving to the Willows in June of 1997.

Ethel was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and one sister, Helen Sellner.

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