Mary L. Holtkamp October 29, 1959 - November 12, 2005

Mary Lynn Holtkamp, 46, of West Point, died at 2:10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, at her home after a five year battle with cancer.

      The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16 at St. James Catholic Church in St. Paul, with Father Gary Beckman as Celebrant and Father Apo Mpanda as Con-Celebrant. Burial will be in the St. James Church Cemetery in St. Paul. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the church where the Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and a wake service will be held at 7 p.m. The family will meet with friends from 5:30 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to her children's education or Lee County Hospice. Link Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements.

      Mrs. Holtkamp was born Oct. 29, 1959, in Fort Madison, the daughter of Robert "Jerry" and Marilyn Elizabeth Bendlage Haden.