Anna Hacker

Visitation and PrayersSunday, July 19, 2009After 4:00 PM4:30 PM Rosary  ~  7:00 PM Vigil ServiceVisitation will resume at 9 AM Monday at Sacred Heart ChurchOhde Twit Funeral Home, Carroll, Iowa

Mass of Christian BurialMonday, July 20, 2009, 10:30 AMSacred Heart Church, Templeton, IowaRev. Dale Reiff, Celebrant

LectorsBev HartmanMitch Lindquist     Stanley Buelt

Gift BearersAnnas Grandchildren

MusicSacred Heart Mens ChoirJeanne Kerkhoff, Organist

Casket BearersStanley Buelt     Jon Nelson     Doug SpiesMitch Lindquist     Sue Lorek     Dania KampHeidi Nelson     LeAnn Thome     Daryl Thome

IntermentSacred Heart Cemetery Templeton, Iowa

     Anna Josephine, daughter of Frank and Mayme (Sebers) Sporrer was born on March 20, 1909, two miles west of Dedham, Iowa.     On June 30, 1931, she was united in marriage with Henry Hacker in Sacred Heart Church, Templeton, with Msgr. Huessman officiating.  The couple made their home in Templeton where Anna worked as a homemaker. In June 28, 1981, Henry and Anna celebrated their golden anniversary. Anna was a member of Sacred Heart Parish, Sacred Heart Guild, Christian Mothers Society and a 74 year member of the Catholic Daughters, Court 454, Templeton.     In 1997, Anna moved from her home in Templeton to an apartment in Manning to be near her husband, who was a patient at the Manning Plaza. She moved to Carroll in 2004, first living at the Swan House and then St. Anthony Nursing Home. On July 17, 2009 Anna died there at the age of 100 years, 3 months and 27 days.     Anna was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Henry, in 1997, a daughter Marlys Mary Ann Hacker in 1937, granddaughter Mary Kathleen Hacker, three grandsons: Michael Joseph Hacker, Donald Allen Hacker Jr. and Mark Roy Lindquist; brothers Jack Sporrer and Frank Sporrer and a daughter-in-law Eldora (Hicks) Hacker. She is survived by her children: Donald Hacker of Phoenix, AZ, JoAnn Lindquist Sybenga and husband John of Sun City, AZ, Henry Hacker Jr. and wife Sara of Fort Wayne, IN, Beverly Hartman and husband Gary of Omaha, AR and Marilyn Spies and husband Don of Marathon, FL; 16 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren.