Homan, Mrs. Peter J. (Rose) 1887-1949

HOMAN, WENNER, FABER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/12/2007 at 17:28:23

Funeral Monday for Mrs. Homan
Solemn Requiem Mass Sung
For Beloved Remsen
Woman, Crash Victim

Funeral services for Mrs. Peter J. Homan, 62, who was killed instantly last Thursday in a car accident near Hinton, were conducted at St. Mary’s Catholic church Monday at 9:30 a.m.

The solemn requiem mass was presided over by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. M.A. Schemel, celebrate; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Fisch of Le Mars, deacon; the Rev. Father John Thoenissen of Hospers, sub-deacon, and the Rev. Father G. R. Wingert, master of ceremonies.

Burial was in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery.

Mrs. Homan, a life-long resident of the Remsen community, met her untimely death in a two-car collision about noon last Thursday while she and her daughter, WAF Capt. Elaine Homan were traveling to Sioux City.

Both were rushed to Sacred Heart hospital, but Mrs. Homan was pronounced dead upon arrival, Capt. Homan was given emergency treatment for a bad cut on her knee, and other cuts, scratches and bruises about her body. She was released Friday.

Mrs. Homan, a beloved woman in the Remsen community, was born May 18, 1887 on the old Henry Wenner homestead in Meadow township. One of 11 children she was the daughter of Henry and Anna Faber Wenner.

She was reared in the Remsen community and later attended St. Mary’s grade and high school, being in the second graduating class in 1905.

After her graduation she attended the girls’ normal teaching school in Le Mars, and for four years before her marriage she taught in the rural schools in Plymouth county.

On Feb. 1, 1910 she married Peter J. Homan, manager of the M.A. Moore Lumber company at Craig, Iowa, at St. Mary’s Catholic church. The couple resided at Craig until about 1917 when they returned to Remsen and Mr. Homan engaged in the managing of the Home Lumber company with his brother, Nick.

In 1923 they left Remsen for Fond du Lac, Wisc., wh ere Mr. Homan bought an interest in the W.J. Nuss lumber company.

After a year there the family returned to Remsen and took over the farm of Mr. Homan’s father, Peter, Sr., which is now occupied by Gerald Homan.

Returning to the lumber business, Mr. Homan bought an interest in the Ahmann Lumber Co., in 1944 and in company with his son, Gordon, who joined him in 1945, has operated it to date.

The death of Mrs. Homan came as a shock to the entire Remsen community and was particularly jarring to the many immediate relatives. For the suddenness of her passing whisked one of Remsen’s best known women and mothers from a very active and alert life. Busied as she was with her household duties, she reared a fine family of seven children and still had time for church, civic and club activities.

She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Christian Mothers sodality, St. Mary’s Alumni association, St. Mary’s choir and two card clubs.

Besides her husband she is survived by seven children: Gordon, Paul, Peter and Gerald of Remsen, Capt. Elaine Homan of the WAF at Francis E. Warren Air Force base, Wyo., Robert of Inglewood, Calif., and Mrs. J. E. (Marion) Frampton of Long Beach, Calif.

A son, Donald who died in infancy; two sisters, Mrs. Mike Lamberto and Mrs. Frank Tritz and her parents preceded her in death.

Surviving grandchildren are John, Mary, Ann, Douglas and Donald, the children of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Frampton; Jeanette and Rose Marie, children of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Homan and Mary Louise and Robert, Jr., children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Homan.

Pallbearers were Louise Schoofs, Clarence Groff and Robert Lorge, three nephews on the Homan side; and Joe Alesh, Jr., Maurice Keffler and Harry Tritz, three nephews on the Wenner side.

Among relatives from a distance attending the funeral were:

From Le Mars: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Alesch, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Kellen, daughter Harriett, and son Nick, Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Meis and daughter Mary Anne, sons David and Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Schnepf, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kellen, Mr. and Mrs. John Alesch, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Duster and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Meis.

From Sioux City: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hefner, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wenner and Mrs. Henry Ahmann.

From Granville: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lechtenberg and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schilmoeller. (incomplete)
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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel: Friday, August 19, 1949

Collision In Rain Claimed Life of Mrs. Peter Homan
Crash Took Place Thursday Morning South of Hinton

A violent collision on highway 75 about a mile south of Hinton Thursday morning claimed the life of Mrs. Peter Homan of Remsen. Her daughter, Miss Elaine Homan was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital where she was reported to be suffering from shock and minor cuts and bruises.

C.H. Hayden, a tile contractor from Omaha and driver of the other car in the collision, was not seriously injured, although he suffered bruises on his legs.

Mr. Hayden was driving north in a 1948 Hudson sedan. He told officers who investigated the accident that his right wheels skipped off the pavement when he applied his brakes approaching the rear of a truck traveling north.

The Homan car, a 1948 Plymouth sedan, was traveling south, and as the Hayden car pulled back onto the paving it apparently shot across the road into the path of the Homan vehicle.

The accident occurred during a rain about 11 a.m. Both Mrs. Homan and her daughter were given first aid and rushed to the Sacred Heart hospital in Wiltgen’s ambulance, but Mrs. Homan’s death occurred before the ambulance reached the hospital.

Both cars were damaged extensively. They were taken to Brown’s garage in Hinton.

Miss Homan, who is a captain in the W.A.C., arrived home on leave Sunday. She is stationed at the Army Air Base in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Mrs. Homan’s body was taken to the Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen. Funeral arrangements had not been completed late Thursday afternoon.

She is survived by her husband and seven children, Gordon Homan, Remsen; Mrs. J. E. (Marian) Frampton, Long Beach, Calif.; Gerald, Remsen; Robert, Inglewood, Calif.; Peter, Jr., and Paul, at home; and Elaine.

Also surviving are the following sisters, Mrs. Leo Alesch, LeMars; Mrs. Matilda Keffeler, Mrs. N.B. Homan, Mrs. A.M. Beck and Mrs. Nick Treinen, all of Remsen, Mrs. Nick Kellen, LeMars; Mrs. George Heffner of Sioux City; and one brother, Henry Wenner of Sioux City.

Accident report – (source unknown for the following report)

Mrs. Peter J. Homan, about 61, was killed instantly in a car accident about one mile south of Hinton about noon today.

Injured in the accident was Capt. Elaine Homan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homan who is in Sacred Heart hospital for treatment.

Her condition was reported fair at 2:15 this afternoon, by attendants who said she was suffering lacerations about the legs, bruises and shock. There were no broken bones on first examination

Mrs. Homan and Capt. Homan were enroute to Sioux City when the accident occurred. They were traveling the detour route about one mile south of Hinton when another car attempted to pass a truck and crashed head-on into the Homan machine.

Survivors include the husband, Mr. Peter J. Homan, manager of the Ahmann Lumber company; and the following children: Gordon, Paul, Peter and Gerald of Remsen; Capt. Elaine Homan of the WAC, Robert, of Inglewood, Calif., and Mrs. J.E. (Marion) Frampton of Long Beach, Calif.

Surviving brothers and sisters include Mrs. Mathilda Keffeler, Mrs. Nick Treinen, Mrs. N.B. Homan, Mrs. A.M. Beck, all of Remsen; Mrs. George Hefner of Sioux City, Henry Wenner of Sioux City and Mrs. N.J. Kellen and Mrs. Leo Alesch of Le Mars.

~source of the obituary: newspaper unknown, but quite possibly the Remsen Bell.
~note: date of death is Aug. 18, 1949