Agatha Catherine Heimer, 96, of Austin, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at the Stacyville Community Nursing Home.

Agatha was born Nov. 8, 1914, in Stacyville, Iowa, to Anton and Gertrude (Simon) Halbach. In 1936, she married Marvin Arthur Heimer in Stacyville. Agatha was a homemaker and a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Austin. She loved bridge, golfing and gardening.

Survivors include six sons, Robert (Shirley) Heimer, Waukon, Iowa, Harvey (Paula) Heimer, Arkansaw, Wis., Ted (Judith) Heimer, San Francisco, Calif., Gary (Barb) Heimer, Nisswa, Minn., David Heimer, Portland, Ore., Jim (Nancy) Heimer, Austin, Minn.; 23 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; 32 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Esther Klapperich, Stacyville, Iowa, Anna Durben, Stacyville, Iowa.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Heimer; two sisters, Priscilla Halbach and Elizabeth Brown; two brothers, Ronald Halbach and Cornelius Halbach.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at St. Augustine Catholic Church with Father Jim Steffes officiating. There will be a 1 p.m. CCW rosary and a 3:30 p.m. wake service on Sunday at Mayer Funeral Home where friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m. and also one hour before the service at the church on Monday. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.

The casket bearers will be Agatha’s sons, Robert, Harvey, Ted, Gary, Dave and Jim.