Elmer Joseph Schleimer 1916 - 1999

SCHLEIMER, SCHOENHERR

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/13/2014 at 11:21:13

29 April 1999

MAPLETON, Iowa — Elmer Joseph Schleimer, 83, of Mapleton died Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Mapleton.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mapleton, with the Rev. Edmund Tiedeman officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, with military rites conducted by American Legion Loren Hollister Post 496 of Mapleton. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with a vigil wake service at 7 p.m., at Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton.

Mr. Schleimer was born March 9, 1916, near Mapleton, the son of Theodore and Ottilia (Schoenherr) Schleimer. He moved with his family to the family farm in 1917. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He farmed on the family farm.

He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and American Legion Loren Hollister Post 496. He enjoyed Polka music and watching television.

Survivors include two sisters, Elizabeth Schimmer of Remsen, Iowa, and Mary Mohrhauser of Cresco, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ottilia Erlemeier and Josephine McGrain; and seven brothers, Theodore Jr., Paul, Louis, Leo, Joseph, Emil and Sylvester.