Kevin D. Hammer, 66, of Wayne, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 at Providence Medical Center in Wayne.
Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wayne. Visitation will be Friday, Nov. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wayne. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Wayne.
Memorials may be directed to Our Savior Lutheran Church Foundation.
Arrangements are with Hasemann Funeral Home of Wayne.
Kevin Dale Hammer was born March 4, 1955 to Willard Ferdinand and Leona Sophia Margaretha (Test) Hammer in Wakefield. He graduated from Wayne High School. Kevin was employed with Fredrickson Oil and after marriage he began working for Schmoldt Trucking. Kevin started his own radiator repair business which he operated for several years, before going to work at Fletcher’s Farm Service. Kevin married Deb Litz Oct. 15, 1983 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wayne. He then began working for Gerholdt Concrete for 19 years, retiring in 2015. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, now Our Savior Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife Deb; daughters, Michelle Hammer and Barb Hammer; sons, Tim Hammer and Jeff Hammer; nine grandchildren; sisters Sharon Campbell of Ames, Nancy (Kevin) Brockmoller of Yankton, South Dakota, Connie (Doug) Spahr of Wayne, Janice (Dan) Johnson of Norfolk, and Judy Hammer of Yankton, South Dakota; sisters-in-law, Karen McDonald of Wayne and Janice (Hammer) Poppe of Wayne; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Barbara Jean Hammer; brothers, Ronald Hammer and Roger Hammer; great nephew, Daniel; and brother-in-law, Charlie Campbell.
