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Josephine B. Thobe (Steinkamp) 1929-2002 Memorial card from Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home, October 2002 Josephine B. Steinkamp, age 98, died at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll on October 27, 2002. She was born on July 26, 1904 in Mt. Carmel, Iowa, a daughter of John and Theresa (Willeke) Thobe. She attended schools in Mt. Carmel. Josephine married Joseph Steinkamp on January 15, 1929 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Mt. Carmel. She worked for many years in the sewing department at St. Anthony Regional Hospital. She also worked for HR Cleaners and the Holiday Motel. Josephine was a member of St. Lawrence Church, the St. Lawrence Ladies Guild, and was a 50-year member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Survivors include three grandchildren: Danny Tigges of Carroll, Darcy Schonberger and her husband Rod of Shawnee, Kansas, and Patty Petty and her husband Dell of Coon Rapids, Iowa; two great grandchildren; Joel Schonberger and Byran Petty; a nephew, Marvin Thobe and his wife Bernice of Audubon, Iowa; two nieces; Lois Mazwell and her husband Warren of Carroll, and Phyllis Kane and her husband Edward of West St. Paul Minnesota; and a son-in-law, Victor Tigges of Willey, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Joseph; a daughter, Darlene Tigges; a sister, Christine Nees; a brother, Andrew Thobe; a great grandson, Brent Petty; and a nephew, John Thobe.
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