SCHELLHAMMER, Morris Ralph 1922-2009
UREN, SCHELLHAMMER, FULGHUM, SESS, MARTENS, REPPE, WHITE, MEYER, WEIPERT
Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 11/5/2009 at 10:41:37
Morris R. Schellhammer, 87, of Waukon died Friday, October 9, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 13 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Pastor Laura Gentry officiating. Burial will be held in Lansing Ridge Cemetery, rural Lansing.
Morris Ralph Schellhammer was born July 30, 1922 on his parents' farm in Center Township, rural Lansing, the son of George and Minnie (Uren) Schellhammer. He was baptized and confirmed at Churchtown Presbyterian Church in rural Lansing and attended Churchtown School. Morris went to work for farmers in the Churchtown area and helped at home after his mother died when he was 13 years old.
December 25, 1941 he married Rose-Mary Fulghum in Decorah. They farmed together in Jefferson Township for over 40 years. He also did electrical work with Leo Klocke for many years.
Rose-Mary died in 1990. November 12, 1994 he married Dilles Martens Sess at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lansing.
Morris was a past member at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon and was a member at Our Savior Lutheran Church since he has been married to Dilles. He enjoyed working with horses on the farm as well as raising and breaking riding horses. Morris also enjoyed taking trips to visit family in Minnesota and Montana, fishing, deer hunting, and playing cards - especially euchre and five hundred.
Survivors include his wife, Dilles of Waukon; two sons, Owen (Rosalette) Schellhammer of Strawberry Point and Gary (Colleen) Schellhammer of Waukon; two step-children, Joan (Larry) White and Jim (Melissa) Sess, both of Harpers Ferry; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Glenn (Margaret) Schellhammer of Ames; three sisters, Marian (Thomas) Reppe of Winnifred, MT, Elsie Meyer of Manchester, and Lila Weipert of McGregor; and a sister-in-law, Mary Schellhammer of Milwaukee, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Rose-Mary; and a brother, Ernest Schellhammer.
Honorary casketbearers were Denice Schiffman, Stacey, Sara and Tyler Schellhammer, Jaelehn Smith, and Jaydon and Jaymason Griffin. Casketbearers were John and Shawn Schellhammer, Bob Hansmeier, Steve McKee, and Duane and George Miller.
Waukon, Iowa newspaper, THE STANDARD, October 14, 2009. An identical obit also appeared in the Prairie du Chien, WI Courier Press.
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