Dorothy E. Hankemeier (1926-2020)

HANKEMEIER, GALLOWAY, PAULSEN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/28/2020 at 22:18:20

Dorothy E. Hankemeier, 94, of Delmar, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Wheatland Manor in Wheatland, Iowa.

A public visitation will be held from 12 P.M. to 1 P.M. on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. A private funeral will be held and later uploaded to the funeral home website following the service. Burial will be at Union Cemetery, rural Maquoketa, Iowa.

Masks and social distancing will be required due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Dorothy Evelyn Paulsen was born on October 5, 1926 in Clinton County, Iowa, to Marvin Albert and Norma Anita (Galloway) Paulsen. She married Clarence Edwin Hankemeier on September 10, 1950 at the home of her parents in rural Lost Nation, Iowa. Four children were born to this union, Nancy, Lynn, Lori and Dale.

Following graduation from Elwood High School, Dorothy went to Cadet Nursing School and interned at the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Penicillin was the cure all during that period and was given to children hourly or several times a day. Upon graduating, Dorothy moved back to Iowa where she worked for Dr. Swift in Maquoketa as a Surgical Nurse. After her marriage in 1950, she became a housewife, raised a family, and farmed with her husband doing chores and tending to little animals. People would stop by often to purchase eggs from her. After the children were out of school, Dorothy returned to nursing and worked at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa until retiring.

In retirement, Dorothy enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening and flowers. She also liked listening to Country and Polka music, doing crossword puzzles, and crocheting.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Nancy (Steve) Baker of Montrose, CO, Lynn Hankemeier of Tipton, IA, Lori Wenger of Lost Nation, IA, and Dale (Becky) Hankemeier of Elkhart, IA; 8 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren; and brothers Darrell Paulsen of Lost Nation, IA, and Harlan Paulsen of FL. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clarence on September 24, 2000, an infant brother Wayne, and a sister Arla Underwood.

Condolences and memorials may be sent to Carson Celebration of Life Center, 318 West Pleasant Street, Maquoketa, Iowa 52060 c/o Dorothy Hankemeier Family.

The Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa is caring for the family. Please feel free to call or stop at the funeral home with notes of support or leave words of comfort on the funeral home website at www.CarsonAndSon.com.
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