Barbara Mae Hinkemeyer

Barbara Mae (DeWitt) Hinkemeyer, 74, of Cass Lake, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at her home.

A memorial service will held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1659 Adams Ave. Bemidji with Robbie Gaude officiating. Inurnment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Cass Lake.

Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Bemidji assisted the family with arrangements.

She was born in May of 1935, to Fred and Katherine DeWitt in Cass Lake. She graduated May 1953 in Cass Lake and a few days later married her beloved husband, Elmer Hinkemeyer. She loved being with different people. She worked at Nabors, Teals, Teals Market in Cass Lake and other places.

She is survived by her son, Curtis (Sharon) Hinkemeyer; three granddaughters; two great-granddaughters; sisters, Elverna (Robert) Dawson of North Wales, Pa. and Leila (Larry) Smith of Sterling, Colo.; brothers, Donald DeWitt of Ellinwood, Kan., Vernon (Jeanette) DeWitt of Ottumwa, Iowa and Lewis (Dennie) DeWitt of Great Bend, Kan. and many nephews and nieces; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years; her parents; brothers, Harold DeWitt, Arther DeWitt and Leslie DeWitt and sisters, Ester (Dave) Neighbors and Lucy Vermette.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the family.

Online guestbook at olsonschwartzfuneralhome.com.

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