Elizabeth "Betty" Hammell

Elizabeth (Betty) Lucille Hammell, 100, of Caledonia, MN died October 29, 2026, at Mayo Hospital, LaCrosse, WI. Visitation will be Sunday, November 8, from 3-6 p.m. at St. Mary’s Holy Family Hall, Caledonia. Visitation will also take place Monday, November 9 from 10-10:45 a.m. at Holy Family Hall, prior to an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Caledonia.

Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. A funeral luncheon will be served in St. Mary’s Holy Family Hall. McCormick Funeral Home, Caledonia, MN is assisting the family.

She was born June 26, 1926. Betty attended Hanover #3 School in Allamakee County. She was a teacher for two years in a one-room school near Dorchester. June 25, 1946, she was united in marriage to Walter Hammell at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Hanover. They farmed on the Sand Cove near New Albin until they moved to Minnesota in 1969 where they farmed on Jefferson Ridge, outside of Caledonia. Betty had been active in St. Mary’s CCW. She enjoyed playing euchre and spending time with family and friends.

She is survived by her sons Tom, Mike (Pauline), Linus (Mary), Bernie (June), Tony (Luan), Ted (Karen), and Chris (Laurie); her daughters Jane and Jule (Dan); 26 grandchildren; and 41 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Walter; a grandson, Jared Hammell; a granddaughter, Corrinne Meling; a great-granddaughter, Kendal Hammell; her brothers and sisters and their spouses, Cyril (Lucille) Byrnes, Marjorie (Charlie) Cavanaugh, Kathleen (Bernard) Roerkohl, Thomas and Canice Byrnes, Mary (John) Schulte, John (Barbara) Byrnes, and Joe (Ellen) Byrnes; her brothers- and sisters-in-law, John (Mary) Hammell, Raymond (Judy, and former sister-in-law Marge) Hammell, Mary (John) Blake, Agnes (Cyril) Troendle, and Margaret (Pat) Blake.