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Birth	:	7 May 1909 Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	11 Mar 1997 Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Saint Francis Cemetery, Dyersville, Delaware County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4879860, -91.1355320
Description	:	DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Johanna Ament, 87, of Dyersville, died Tuesday, March 11, l997, at the Keokuk (Iowa) Convalescent Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. The Rev. Ed Petty will be presiding at the Mass with Monsignor Ernest Ament, the Rev. Dick Ament and Abbot Brendan Freeman concelebrating. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish rosary scripture service at 7 p.m. Mrs. Ament was born on May 7, 1909, in Manchester, daughter of Bernard and Josephine... Read More	DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Johanna Ament, 87, of Dyersville, died Tuesday, March 11, l997, at the Keokuk (Iowa) Convalescent Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. The Rev. Ed Petty will be presiding at the Mass with Monsignor Ernest Ament, the Rev. Dick Ament and Abbot Brendan Freeman concelebrating. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish rosary scripture service at 7 p.m. Mrs. Ament was born on May 7, 1909, in Manchester, daughter of Bernard and Josephine (Hogan) Smith. Johanna married Lester J. Ament on April, 20, 1932, in Hopkinton. They celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in 1993. Johanna grew up in Castle Grove, attending the former Visitation Academy, Dubuque, as a boarding student in grades 2-12, graduating in 1927. She graduated from the St. Joseph School of Nursing, Chicago, in 1930. She was involved in community health projects for many years, including serving on the committee that established the Dyersville Area Community Hospital; and the opening of Oak Crest Manor Nursing Home, where she was the first director and head nurse. She later worked as a school nurse at Western Dubuque School, Epworth, for five years. Johanna served on the National Catholic Rural Life Conference Board under Monsignor Liguitti and Bishop Edward O'Rourke. In recognition of her work with the National Council of Catholic Women, serving as Parish, Deanery and Archdiocesan President and on the National Nominating Committee, she was awarded the Lactare Medal and the title of Papal Dame by the Pope. Until her stroke ten years ago, she was an active member of St. Francis Xavier Parish for 54 years and was a member of the St. Teresa Study Club. She helped found the Matthias M. Hoffman Library, Dyersville, and was active in the Democratic Party and the Dyersville Golf and Country Club. For 13 years, Johanna was a supervisor in her independent Shaklee Distributorship and served hundreds of eastern Iowans. She enjoyed quilting, playing bridge and was well known for her culinary dinners, serving many festive celebrations where music and family song fests followed. Surviving are three daughters, JoAnn (Paul) Hesselmann, of Tolono, Ill., Marilyn (Michael) Frank, of Cedar Rapids, and Marie Therese (Fred) O'Brien, of Keokuk; 17 grandchildren,; 35 great-grandchildren, a brother-in-law, Right Rev. Monsignor Ernest P. Ament, of Bellevue; and a sister-in-law, Bernadine Geisler, of Dubuque. She was preceded in death by her husband, Les, on Aug. 12, 1993. Memorials may be given to St. Francis Xavier Basilica, New Melleray Trappist Monastery and Hospice of Lee County, 2218 Ave. H., Fort Madison, Iowa, 52627. Mug - Johanna AmentEdition: WISCONSIN Page: A8 Copyright (c) 1997 Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) ~ Civic leader. Ament, a graduate of the St. Joseph School of Nursing in Chicago, served on the committee that established Dyersville Hospital, St. Mary's Unit. She was also instrumental in opening Oak Crest Manor Nursing Home and served as its first director and head nurse. In addition to serving five years as a school nurse for the WESTERN DUBUQUE SCHOOL DISTRICT, she was a member of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference Board. Recognizing her work with the National Council of Catholic Women and as a member of the National Nominating Committee, Ament received the lactare medal and title of Papal Dame from the Pope. She assisted in establishing the Matthias M. Hoffman Library, remaining active in the Democratic Party, and for thirteen years supervised her own independent Shaklee distributorship serving hundreds of eastern Iowans. Lyon, Randolph W. Faith and Fortunes: An Encyclopedia of Dubuque County. Iowa City, Iowa. Flynn Printing and Graphics, 1998

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Johanna Smith Ament's memorial is located at: Saint Francis Cemetery, Dyersville, Delaware County, USA.
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Johanna Smith Ament death on 11 Mar 1997 in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.4879860
Longitude: -91.1355320

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Coordinate: 42.4879860, -91.1355320

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Coordinate: 42.4486008, -90.9961014

14. Platt Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5978012, -91.1577988

15. Hogan Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.4500140, -90.9812590

16. Holy Trinity Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6003000, -91.0752000

17. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.3618000, -91.1478000

18. Johns Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.3819008, -91.0338974

19. Saint Clements Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5196190, -90.9617890

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22. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6241989, -91.1928024

23. Zion Reformed Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.3465000, -91.0813000

24. Pine View Cemetery
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