Beata Lammers

Beata Lammers

HARTINGTON — Beata Lammers, 90, Hartington, died Jan. 6, 2024, at Arbor Care Center, Hartington. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Jan. 11, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Hartington, with Rev. Kevin Vogel officiating. Burial will be at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Fordyce. Pallbearers will be Kelly Lammers, Dave Wubben, Anthony Wubben, Adam Wubben, Nathan Lammers and Blaine Lammers. Honorary pallbearers will be all of her nieces and nephews. Visitation will be one hour prior to the Mass Thursday, at Holy Trinity Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.

Beata was born March 5, 1933, to Anton J. and Cecelia C. (Sudbeck) Lammers on the family farm west of Hartington. She attended the Lammers Ranch School and St. John’s Elementary School in Fordyce and graduated from Holy Trinity High School, Hartington. Beata lived and worked on the farm nearly her whole life, taking care of her parents, gardening, mowing and keeping up their home. She and her brother, Linus, moved into Hartington in January 2016. Beata moved to the Arbor Care Living Center in February 2023.

Beata liked to socialize but also enjoyed farm life. She said the most significant change in her lifetime was when they got electricity to the farm July 26, 1946. She enjoyed spending time with family and loved playing Sheephead. She especially enjoyed family history and reminiscing about the old days.

She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Fordyce, and St. John’s Ladies Guild. She joined Holy Trinity Catholic Church when they moved to Hartington. She was also a member of the Help You Neighbor Club of Pleasant Valley, helping other members whenever the need arose. She enjoyed bowling, watching baseball and traveling to see her nieces and nephews.

Survivors include her brother, Roman (Margie) Lammers, Calimesa, Calif., and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, John “Jack” Lammers, in 2016; Richard “Dick” Lammers, in 2023; and Linus Lammers, in 2023; two infant sisters, Lorrayne and Catherine; and nephews, Brian and Gary Lammers.