Darlene "Kelly" Hemme, 91, Pipestone, formerly of Luverne, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003, at Good Samaritan Village in Pipestone.
Services were Saturday, March 1, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Darlene Schuetts was born to Pearl and Bessie (Greenhagen) Schuetts on April 12, 1911, in Kewanee, Ill. When she was a young girl, she moved with her parents to Luverne where she was raised and received her education. After her graduation from Luverne High School in 1929, she attended Mankato State College in Mankato.
She married Eldo Hemme on Aug. 25, 1934, in Canton, S.D. Following their marriage, they farmed near Hardwick and then Jasper. After their retirement from farming, they moved to Pipestone. They moved to New Ulm a few years later. Mr. Hemme died on Aug. 31, 1968. After his death, she returned to Pipestone and later Jasper. In 1988, she moved to Palisades Manor Nursing Home in Garretson, S.D. In 1996, she became a resident of Good Samaritan Village in Pipestone.
Mrs. Hemme was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper. She enjoyed sewing and made many clothes for her grandchildren. She also enjoyed doing crafts.
Survivors include four sons, Roger (Shirley) Hemme, Lancaster, Calif., James Hemme, Florence, Colo., Wilburt Hemme, Aurora, Colo., and Leon (Gail) Hemme, Fort Collins, Colo.; one daughter, Jerene (Robert) Milliken, Glenview, Ill.; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hemme was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and one brother, Kenneth Schuetts.
Hartquist Funeral Chapel, Pipestone, was in charge of arrangements.
