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[Email]MONTICELLO, Iowa - Germaine T. Haag, 89, of Monticello, died peacefully Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at her residence, surrounded by her family.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Monticello, with the Rev. Keith Birch officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery, Dyersville.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, at Kramer Funeral Home, Monticello, where there will be a parish scripture service at 8 p.m.
She was born on Feb. 8, 1922, in Dyersville, daughter of Bernard "Ben" and Frances (Sabres) Goerdt.
She graduated from high school, traveled and worked out of state. She then returned to Iowa and married Victor Haag in 1946, at St. Mary's Church in Dubuque; he preceded her in death. Germaine worked for HACAP in Monticello and Anamosa for 44 years, during which she organized the congregate meal site in Monticello.
Surviving are four children, Dennis Haag, of Waukon, Michele (Ray) McIntire, of Jesup, Jude (Rhona) Haag, of Olin, and Anne Foster, of Monticello; five grandchildren, Silvia Brown and Tony Brown, who were raised by Germaine, Andrea, Jerame and Timothy Foster; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Bernice Lund, of Santa Barbara, Calif.; a brother, Alvin Goerdt, of Clinton; and brothers and sisters-in-laws, Virgil Haag and Kathryn Haag, of Monticello, and Greg (Claretta) Haag, of New Orleans.
She also was preceded in death by her husband; a great-grandchild, JT Yarolem; and two brothers, Elmer and LaVern Goerdt.