John Stammeyer 1854-1917

STAMMEYER, SCHMIDT, POTTER, HAMMILL

Posted By: Joe Conroy (email)
Date: 8/14/2010 at 11:31:57

The Carroll Times
Carroll, Iowa
27 Dec 1917
Page 1

John Stammeyer passed away at the hospital Thursday morning, December 20, as a result of the stroke of apoplexy which he sustained the week before. The funeral was held Saturday morning from the St. Lawrence church and he was laid to rest in S. S. Peter and Paul's cemetery.

Mr. Stammeyer was a quiet unassuming man, who went about his daily work with a cheerful and happy spirit, although his health for several years past had not been good. His life centered about his church and his family. His children being deprived of their mother at an early age, it remained for him to be both father and mother to the small group.

He was born in Kentucky, January 4, 1854, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stammeyer. When eight years old he moved with his parents to Dubuque and four years later came with his aunt, Mrs. Clara Drees, and a party of relatives and friends to Mt. Carmel, where a Catholic colony was formed.

After reaching young manhood, he was married in S. S. Peter and Paul's church, this city, to Miss Anna Schmidt, and has since made this city his home. His wife passed away in 1902.

He leaves to mourn his loss four children: Katherine (Mrs. C. J. Potter), John J., Margaret G., and William F. One daughter, Gertrude, was killed on the railroad in 1904. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Pat Hammill and Miss Katherine Stammeyer.

(Contributor Note: Anna (Schmidt) Stammeyer died 1 February 1903. - J.C.)