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Lorraine Mitchell
1914 - 2006
Mason City - Lorraine Mitchell, 92,
of Mason City, died Tuesday (Dec. 5, 2006) at Good Shepherd Health Center in
Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday (Dec. 8, 2006) at
the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. Jim
Stiles of First United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be held one
hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Lorraine Lemke was born April 24, 1914, the daughter of William and Ethel
(Whitney) Lemke, of rural Garner. She attended rural school through eighth grade
and graduated from Klemme High School in 1931. She was baptized and joined
Liberty Methodist Church near Klemme. She later transferred to First United
Methodist Church in Mason City and continued to be member there. Lorraine and
her sister, Ethel, came to Mason City in 1931. She worked various places and
spent five years at Weeds Pharmacy, 400 N. Federal Ave. On March 18, 1939, she
was united in marriage to Monnie J. Mitchell at the Methodist church in Mason
City. She continued to live in Mason City. Her husband, Monnie Mitchell, passed
away on Oct. 14, 1975. They spent six winters in Mesa, Ariz. Lorraine continued
to spend her winters in Mesa until 1997 when she and her sister, Ethel Volkman,
moved to the Willows. After the death of Ethel she moved to The Manor and
Kentucky Ridge before moving to Good Shepherd in 2004. She was a former member
of Midland Study Club, a Real Estate Broker with W.L. Patton for 10 years, and a
Gray Lady for Red Cross for many years, and activity chairman at her church for
WSCS for a number of years.
She is survived by three brothers, William W. Lemke of Weyerhauser, Wis., Byrnes
Lemke and wife, Stella, of Mason City, and Laurice Lemke of Garner; 10 nieces
and nephews, Gwen Suntken and husband, Byron, of Meservey, Paige Rohlf and
husband, David, of Altoona, Iowa, Lynn Lemke and wife, Valerie, of Olathe, Kan.,
Michele Greiman and husband, Stan, of Garner, Brenda Lemke of Houston, Texas,
Linda Lindsay and husband, Jay, of Rock Falls, Steven Lemke and wife, Jeannie,
of Mason City, William D. Lemke and wife, Sien, of Valhalla, N.Y., Bryant Lemke
of Minneapolis, Minn., and Bernard Lemke of Charlotte, N.C.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her husband, her parents; two sisters and
their husbands, Helen (Ralph) Sellner and Ethel (Arnold) Volkman; and three
sisters-in-law, Lavonne Lorenson Lemke, Lou Rabun Lemke, and Marjorie Meinders
Lemke.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in
Mason City.
source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 7 December 2006
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Alta Lorraine Lemke Mitchell: born 24 Mar 1914 Garner,
Hancock County, Iowa - died 5 Dec 2006 Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Grave marker at Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa
Daughter of William Henry August Lemke, born 1886 - died 1977 and Ethel Mae
Whitney, born
1886 - died 1969
Wife of: Monnie John Mitchell, born 1905 -
died 1975
Sister of:
Helen Martha Lemke Sellner (1910-1996)
Ethel Lemke Volkman (1912-2000)
William W. Lemke (1919-2012)
Byrnes Henry Lemke (1922-2011)
Laurice Allen Lemke (1929-2010)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 69968632
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