Loyola M. "Lola" Hemker, 87
Freeport
Sept. 4, 1922 ~ July 4, 2010
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Thursday, July 8, 2010 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport for Loyola Hemker who died peacefully on Sunday, July 4 surrounded by her family at the Melrose Area Hospital. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursday at the church in Freeport.
Loyola Marie Hofmann was born September 4, 1922 in Albany, Minnesota to Frank and Gertrude (Ohmann) Hofmann.
On January 23, 1945 she married Virgil Hemker at Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Albany, Minnesota. She was a Den Mother and Cub Scout leader for several years. She taught CCD for many years in Freeport. Lola was a homemaker all her life and being a wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother were the things she cherished the most.
Lola was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport, Christian Mothers, Catholic Order of Foresters and the Holy Rosary Court #532.
Survivors include her children, Mary "Cathie" Butkowski of St. Joseph, Jim (Jean) Hemker of Freeport and Therese "Terry" (Michael) O'Connell of Eden Prairie; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Joan Hemker of Freeport; brother and sisters, Robert (Darlene) Hofmann of Cottage Grove, MN, Helen Crowe of WI, Clara Baggenstoss of IA, and Mary Ann St. Arnault of CO; and sister-in-law, Marilyn Hofmann of St. Cloud, MN.
Lola was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Virgil Hemker; son, Mark Hemker; sisters, Jane Hogan, Florence Pietraszewski and Monica Schmidt; brothers, Tony, Victor, Joe, Vernon, Larry and Pat Hofmann.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Sacred Heart Parish in Freeport.

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