Obituary of Ernest Offermann

Survivors include his wife, Doris; 2 sons: Steve (Vicki) Offermann of Urbandale and Jason (Cindy) Offermann of Guttenberg; 2 daughters: Kate (Larry) Steffensmeier of Dyersville and Tammy (Mark) Angen of Cedar Falls; 7+ grandchildren: Jessica Offermann, Lindsay Ducker, Alesha, Sophie and Kolbey Steffensmeier, Connor Offermann, Emma Angen and 1 child due in August; 3 sisters: Norma Stevens of Monticello, Lois (James) Jasper of Peosta and Theresa (Al) Merkes of Dubuque; 1 sister-in-law, Doris Offermann, of Earlville; his mother-in-law, Lorraine Dunkel; brothers and sisters in law: Marylin (Leon) Kern of New Vienna, Diane (Robert) Recker of Hopkinton, John (Karen) Dunkel of Dubuque, Tom (Janine) Dunkel, Paul (Sue) Dunkel, Karen (Dennis) Nurre, all of Dyersville and Pat (Ann) Dunkel of Worthington. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Leon, a step-grandson, Austin Gerner, and his father-in-law, James Dunkel. Ernie was born on November 19, 1939, in Worthington, Iowa the son of Alfred and Malvina (Bonert) Offermann. He served in the Iowa National Guard in 1959. On September 29, 1962, he married Doris Dunkel in Dyersville, Iowa. Together they farmed northwest of Dyersville and Ernie did welding at S&R Manufacturing in Earlville. Ernie was currently developing Scenic Hill Terrace, a subdivision on his land. In addition to that, Ernie loved to spend some time lending a helping hand to anyone who needed it, farming both crops and hogs, hunting and fishing with his grandchildren, fixing things, mowing his lawn and having coffee at Farmers Shipping.