Hattie Neff

Hattie Neff MUSCATINE, Iowa--Hattie Neff, 92, Muscatine, died on March 9, 2015, at Lutheran Living, Muscatine. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Muscatine Memorial Park. Pastor Don Swanson will be officiating. Per Hattie's request, there will be no visitation. Nichols Life Tribute Funeral and Memorial Services, Muscatine is caring for the arrangements. Hattie was born in Neulandermoor, Germany, on May 1, 1922, to Dietrich Schlichting and Katharina Drewes Schlichting (Allbee). She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was one-year-old. She became a naturalized United States citizen on March 31, 1939. Hattie worked in the button industry most of her life, starting as a child sewing buttons on cards; and then as an adult, she worked in a local button factory. She attended First Baptist Church in Muscatine. Survivors include her niece, Judy (Campbell) Tranmer of Iowa City; a nephew, Ron Campbell of Destin, Florida; and a niece, Janet Bunn of Muscatine. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Hans Fulgrabe and Clarence Schlichting; and her sisters, Elizabeth Campbell and Naomi Bunn. [more]

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