Kathryn Hoyme

Kathryn Hoyme, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Gary K. Lee presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah and after 9:00 a.m. at the church on Saturday morning. Inger Kathryn Elizabeth (Clement) Hoyme was born on January 5, 1922, the daughter of Edgar and Clara (Wangsness) Clement on the family farm near Decorah, Iowa. Kathryn attended Winneshiek Country rural schools and graduated from Decorah High School in 1940. She married Norman Hoyme on May 18, 1944, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church. She was a farm mother and wife and worked at Luther College in food service and then at DECO for many years, retiring in 1988. Kathryn was a member of the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church. Kathryn’s survivors include her son: Charles (Martha) Hoyme, Flower Mound, TX and her daughter: Louise (Gordon) Ellingson, Waukon, IA. Nine grandchildren: Scott (Malissa) Hoyme, Denise (Bob) Robertson, Shaun (Cindy) Hoyme, Bryan (Mary) Hoyme, Elizabeth (Josh) Roe, Russell (Annette) Ellingson, Dr. Todd (Rachel) Ellingson, Cheryl (Dave) Fetketter, Laura (Dr. Mark) Smith and seventeen great grandchildren. Also surviving is a sister: Lilah Hughes, Luana, IA and a sister-in-law: Esther Hegg, Decorah, IA. Kathryn was preceded in death by her parents: Edgar and Clara (Wangsness) Clement. Her husband: Norman in 1985. One son: Nordean on Sept. 3, 1994. Two brothers: Willard and Edward Clement.