Monday, October 19th, 2020
Audrey Niekamp
Audrey J. 'Auddi' Niekamp, age 90, of Chickasaw died at her home on Friday, October 16, 2020. She was born August 14, 1930 in Celina to the late Cletus 'Chalk' & Ena (Haslinger) Garman.
She married Donald Niekamp on July 8, 1950, at Immaculate Conception Church in Celina and he died April 2, 2002.
She is survived five children, Diane (Marv) Boeckman of Wapakoneta, Sandi (Steve) Rammel of St. Marys, Rick (Jan) Niekamp of Coldwater, Karen (Tom) Hess of Chickasaw and Pam (Dennis) Schulze of New Bremen; 22 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren, and siblings and in-laws, Jan Garman of California, Kathy Feltz of Coldwater, Juanita (Joe) Delellis of Miamisburg, Janet Imwalle of The Villages, Florida, Maurice (Diane) Niekamp of New Bremen, Larry (Betty) Niekamp of Minster, Dale (Shirley) Niekamp of Coldwater, Mike (Brenda) Niekamp of Celina and Roberta Niekamp of Celina.
Auddi was preceded in death by 2 grandchildren, and in-laws, Harold Feltz, Bernice (Mark) Kremer, Ruth (Evart) Dorsten, Doris Niekamp, Cyril Niekamp and Ed Imwalle.
She was a member of Precious Blood Catholic Church, Chickasaw, it's Ladies Sodality she was a former member of the St. Marys's Tri-Squares, a 4-H advisor for 31 years, member of the Stateline writers club, a founder of Chickasaw's mini 4-H club and a library storyteller.
A mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30am on Thursday October 22, 2020 at Precious Blood Church seating will be limited due to CDC guidelines. Burial will follow in Precious Blood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 pm Wednesday with no viewing before mass at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater where visitors are asked to follow CDC guidelines.
Memorial contributions may be made to Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland 10415 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44106 or State of the Heart Care.
Condolences for the family may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
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