Helen Jennie Hemmer

	Helen Jennie Hemmer, 89, of Burlington, Iowa, formerly of DuQuoin, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2001 at 8:53 p.m. at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa.
	Mrs. Hemmer was a homemaker and a member of Catholic Daughters.  She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in DuQuoin.
	She was born September 27, 1911 in Canova, South Dakota, the daughter of William C. and Tana (Verbrugge) Mitchell.  She married Fred A. Fritz Hemmer on May 10, 1937 at DuQuoin and he preceded her in death on September 23, 1986.
	Surviving are one sister, Marie Reid of Burlington, Iowa and two brothers, Ralph Mitchell of Watertown, South Dakota and John Mitchell of Omaha, Nebraska.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one brother, Glen Mitchell.
	Funeral services were Monday, February 12 at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Msgr. Harry Jerome officiating.  Interment was in Sacred Heart Cemetery in DuQuoin.
	Friends called at Neal-McClure Funeral Home Sunday, February 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday from 7:30 to 9:45 a.m. at which time well move to the church.  The Rosary was said Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home.
