Lorraine E. Linnemann

Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:00-6:00 PM
Monday, November 26, 2012 8:00-9:30 AM

Moss Funeral Home, Germantown

Monday, November 26, 2012

10:00 AM

St. Boniface Church, Germantown

Lorraine E. Linnemann, nee Kohrmann, 85, of Germantown, died Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis.

Mrs. Linnemann was born June 8, 1927 in Germantown to Gertrude (Winter) and Joseph Kohrmann, Sr.; they preceded her in death.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jennifer Haar; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Richard Jansen, Raymond “Bucky” Boeckmann, Edward “Artie” Thoele, Cletus “Skeets” Holtmann, Diane Kohrmann, Lawrence “Smokey” and Agnes Linnemann, and Clarence “Blackie” and Florence Linnemann.

She married Alfred “Pete” Linnemann on November 23, 1949 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Germantown; he survives in Germantown.

Also surviving are her children, Carol Ann (Sam) Gorman, Darlene “Lyn” (Danny) Haar, and Daniel (fiancée Marcia Wuebbels) Linnemann all of Germantown; 3 grandchildren, Carey (Matthew) Timmermann, Aaron and Ryan Linnemann; 2 great-grandchildren, Helana and Aisley Timmermann; her siblings, Florence Jansen of Germantown, Robert (Clara) Kohrmann of Albers, Mildred Boeckmann, Sally (Sep) Brueggemann, Jane Thoele, Roger Kohrmann, Marilyn (Virgil) Beckmann, Carolyn Holtmann, Joseph Kohrmann, Jr., and Joann (Jim) Haake all of Germantown; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Lorraine was the owner/operator of Lorraine’s Beauty Shop in Germantown from 1959-2004. She enjoyed playing cards, bingo, and quilting, and was an avid St. Louis Cardinal Baseball fan.

She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church and Altar Sodality and the Germantown American Legion Post 325 Auxiliary.

Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, November 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Germantown with Fr. James Buerster and Deacon Rich Bagby officiating. Interment will follow in St. Boniface Cemetery, Germantown.

Visitation will be Sunday, November 25, 2012 from 2:00-6:00 PM and again on Monday, November 26, 2012 from 8:00-9:30 AM at the Moss Funeral Home in Germantown.

The Germantown American Legion Auxiliary will hold services at 5:00 PM Sunday evening at the funeral home.

Memorials can be made to St. Boniface Cemetery or to the donor’s choice and will be received at the funeral home.