KLEMME BOOK

Isabelle Joan Lemke

1931 - 2022


Isabelle Joan Lemke 1931-2022 Isabelle “Issy” Lemke passed away peacefully on March 8, 2022 surrounded by family at ProMedica in West Des Moines, IA. Services will be held Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Creekside Church, 2743 82nd Place in Urbandale, IA. Family will greet friends following the service. Isabelle was born on January 3, 1931 in Seymour, IA to John and Antonietta (Saccaro) Sebben. She attended school in Seymour, Iowa. She was privileged to be on the Seymour High School Girls 6 on 6 basketball team beginning in her eighth grade year. Her team went to the state tournament for all five years. In 1947 Seymour won the state tournament and Isabelle was selected Iowa Girls State High School Basketball Tournament First Team. Isabelle went on to graduate with a teaching degree from NE Missouri State now Truman State in Kirksville, Missouri. Isabelle began her career as a third grade teacher at Klemme High School and met her future husband, Marvin “Mike” Lemke. The couple married on July 7, 1951. Isabelle continued working until the birth of their first child and then was a homemaker before returning to the workforce in the printing and advertising industry. She later worked for Printing Services, The Shopper Network, SuperValu, Stein Mart, and as a volunteer for Beacon Boutique. In her free time, Isabelle loved to sing. She was a member of the Hancock County Choir and local theatre, the Des Moines Women’s Club, a 50-year member of Sorority Beta Sigma Phi, and attended Creekside Church. She is greatly missed by her children, Michael Lemke, Sue Lemke, Jon (Peggy) Lemke and Nan (Vance) Hahn; 6 grandchildren, Tarah (Tom) Kuna, Nicole (Brad) O’Neill, Daisy (Nick) Heuer, Robert Lemke, Alex (Alexis) Hahn, and Chris Hahn; and 7 great-grandchildren, Keller, Avery, Asher, Mia, Caitlin, Lincoln and Macey. Isabelle was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Lemke. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be expressed online at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com. Visitation: Family will greet friends following the service. Service: Saturday, April 23, 2022; 10:00 am; Creekside Church; 2743 82nd Place, Urbandale, Iowa 50322 Disposition: Wednesday, March 16, 2022; Burial of Cremated Remains; Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, Iowa Arrangements: Hamilton's on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266; 515-224-0078