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Lake City – Emma Dettmann, 98,
formerly of Sac City, died Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Stewart Memorial Hospital in Lake City. Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 27
at the Lampe Funeral Home in Lake City.
Emma Minnie Dettmann was born on August 12, 1911 in Sac County to Henry and Emma (Leege)
Dettmann.
She was baptized on October 12, 1911 and confirmed March 28, 1926 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Coon Valley Township. She
graduated from the Lytton Consolidated
School,
in Lytton with the class of 1931. Emma worked at the Sac City Creamery for 8
years; then after moving to Pasadena, CA, she worked in the school system for 8 years. Upon returning to Iowa, she worked for 4 years at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City before retiring in 1975. One of the highlights of her time in California was being on Bob Barker’s “The Price Is
Right.” Emma enjoyed gardening,
playing cards, and baking fruit cakes and candy at Christmas.
Emma is survived by her,
nieces and nephews, Janet (Ralph) Hawblitzel of
Glendora, CA, Barbara Pickett of Evansville, IN, Gerald (Pam) Dettmann of Glendora, CA, Beverly (Robert) Lawson of
Piketon, OH, Burdette Dettman of Tucson, AZ, Betty
Croissant of Salt Lake City, UT, and Bonnie (Michael) Schlag
of Largo, Fl. She was preceded in
death by her parents; brothers, Theodore, Albert, Erich, Fredrich,
and Vernie Dettmann; and
sisters, Eltora Ellis and Evelyn Wisenborn.
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