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Frank Hammelman, age 80, of Geneva, passed away on September 7, 2023, at Delnor Community Hospital.

He was born October 7,1942, in Sterling, lL to Raymond and lola (nee Bennett) Hammelman in Sterling,11. He graduated from Rock Falls High School and Northern Illinois University where he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in music education. He began teaching in the Somonauk School district in 1964. He moved to the Yorkville school district in 1966 where he taught high school band and began the district orchestra program which is still in existence today.

In 1970, he met his future wife, Virginia, when she moved to Yorkville to teach first grade. They married in 1971. He left teaching in 1979 and began a career in sales, first in Portage, Michigan, and later in St. Charles. He started his own company, Cardinal Services, in 1992.

Frank began playing the trumpet at the age of 10 and continued playing for 60 years, performing throughout the area as an adult. He was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church where he helped start the Bethlehem Brass, a group that played festival Sundays in the church but also played for other events and donated all the proceeds to charity.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia (Gini), sons, Eric (Janet) of Chicago and Mark (Mary) of Washington, IL; three grandchildren, Megan, Emma, and Ryan, a sister Rita of Palmer, Texas, as well as cousins and niece and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 14 at 11:00 A.M. at Bethlehem LutheranChurch,1145 N. 5th Ave. (Route 25), St. Charles. Visitation will be from 9:30-11:00 at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made out to Bethlehem Lutheran Church.1145 N. 5th Ave. St. Charles, Illinois 60174. Burial will be private

For more information, please call Yurs Funeral Home 630-584-0060.

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