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Inez Hartkemeyer Eggers, 96, of State Center, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at State Center Manor.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church in State Center. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church. Visitation will be on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Inez and her family.

Inez Charlotte Victoria Hartkemeyer was born on Nov. 15, 1912, in Benton County. She was the daughter of Louis and Alma (Holst) Hartkemeyer. Inez graduated from Belle Plaine High School and went on to train to teach school. She was a resident of rural State Center.

Inez taught country school and worked at nursing homes, including Bryant Nursing Home in State Center and the Marshall County Care Facility. She enjoyed church, her family, cooking, gardening, flowers, watching ISU ballgames, and quilting with ladies from her church.

She is survived by one daughter, Ruth (Eugene) Moody of Maxwell; four sons, Robert (Kay) Eggers of Naples, Fla., Richard (Pam) Eggers of Bellevue, Wisc., Russell (Linda) Eggers of Des Moines, and Roscoe (Kay) Eggers of State Center; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren, her brother, Harold (Marjory) Hartkemeyer of Belle Plaine, and her sister, Viola McGrath of Cedar Rapids.

She is preceded in death by two brothers, Lester and Ewalt Hartkemeyer, and three sisters, Esther Canale, Alice Hartkemeyer and Wilma Failla.