Kathleen Lammers

Kathleen Lammers, age 85, of Carroll, Iowa, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Holy Spirit Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Father Timothy Johnson. The family will receive friends beginning at 9 A.M. Saturday at Holy Spirit Church until the time of the funeral mass. Lectors will be grandchildren, Trevor Caughey and Kerry Cooper. Gift Bearers will be grandchildren, Kimberly Drake and Corrin Hale. Music will be by Barb McDermott and the Holy Spirit Choir with Kay’s grandchildren Corrin Hale and Jordan Hale as soloists. Honorary Pallbearers will be grandchildren, Jon Cooper, Tanner Caughey, Tyler Caughey, Taylor Caughey, Jordan Hale, and Kiley Hale. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll. The Sharp Funeral Home of Carroll is in charge of funeral arrangements and online condolences may be left for Kay’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com. Kay was born on January 17, 1927, at Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Amelia (Heller) Mitchell. She graduated from St. Angela Academy and attended college in Kansas. On February 8, 1948, she was married to Bryce Hale with whom she had five children. Mr. Hale died in 1968. Kay married William Lammers on December 6, 1970, and they had one child. Mr. Lammers died in 1990. Kay lived most of her life in Carroll where she raised her family and was a homemaker. Kay enjoyed crossword puzzles, playing scrabble, reading, flowers, music, and spending time with her family. Survivors include her children, Shannon Cooper and her husband Chris of Milford, Sheila Hale of San Diego, California, Sherri Caughey and Ron of Carroll, and Kevin Hale and his wife Becky of Spirit Lake; ten grandchildren, Kimberly (Nicholas) Drake, Kerry Cooper, Jon (Melia) Cooper, Trevor (Jodi) Caughey, Tanner Caughey, Tyler Caughey, Taylor Caughey, Corrin Hale, Jordan Hale, and Kiley Hale; six great grandchildren, Drew Cooper, Spencer Cooper, Brooklyn Cooper, Zachary Drake, Sophie Kay Drake, and Camron Caughey; and by one sister, Geraldine Fitzsenry of Sacramento, California. Kay was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; two sons, Bruce Hale and Casey Lammers; two sisters, Lucille Roth and Mary Ellen Mitchell; and by four brothers, Edward Mitchell, Patrick Mitchell, John Mitchell, and Thomas Mitchell, Jr.

Kathleen Lammers

January 17, 1927 - February 11, 2012