Minnie (Hansmeier) Moyer - 1895-1990

HANSMEIER, KRUMME, MOYER, SMEDSRUD, KRUGER

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 7/21/2011 at 18:39:17

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON STANDARD, October 23, 1990
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services were held Monday, October 22 at Zion United Church of Christ for Minnie Marie Moyer, age 95, of Waukon, Iowa. Rev. Henry Heinbuch conducted the 11 a.m. services. Burial was in the Oakland Cemetery with Martin Funeral Home of Waukon in charge of arrangements. Casket bearers were Marvin Hansmeier, Donald Hansmeier, Robert Hansmeier, Harvey Hansmeier, Donn Smedsrud, Roger Schlitter, Tom Regan, and Merlin Kruger.

Minnie Marie was born January 22, 1895 in Jefferson Township to Simon and Wilhelmina (Krumme) Hansmeier. She graduated from the Waukon High School in 1912. She taught country school in Ludlow and Jefferson Townships from 1914-1924. From 1944-1950 she was in charge of the school lunch program for the Waukon Schools and worked for Ryerson Steel Company in Chicago, Illinois from 1952-1960 when she retired. In 1987 she became a resident of the Good Samaritan Center. She was a lifetime member of Zion UCC.

Minnie died Friday, October 19, 1990 at the Good Samaritan Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, her two sisters, Martha Kruger and Clara Hansmeier and 4 brothers, Albert Hansmeier, Paul Hansmeier, Ben Hansmeier, and Len Hansmeier.

She is survived by a son, Donald Moyer of Downers Grove, Illinois; a daughter, Marian Smedsrud of Waukon, Iowa; 5 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

NOTE: The obituary did not mention her marriage to William Moyer and it is not known when he died.