Thiel, Robert Philip 1900-1935

THIEL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 12/15/2011 at 18:05:43

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
May 21, 1935

FIRST IN FAMILY OF SEVENTEEN TO CROSS DIVIDE.

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in St. Mary’s church at Remsen,
Rev. Father H. J. Schleler officiating for Robert Thiel, 35, well known and
popular Remsen resident.

He had been ill for four months with lung trouble.

Robert Philip Thiel was born February 23, 1900, on a farm three miles west
of Cherokee, and on attaining school age received his elementary education
in the rural school in that neighborhood. The family moved to Plymouth
County when he was seven years old, settled on what is now known as the old
Thiel farm three miles east of Remsen.

He worked as a mechanic in Omaha, Neb., and in Oregon and Utah. He spent a
year in Army service at Camp Lewis, Seattle, and from there went to
Portland, Oregon. On leaving there, he was employed on an ocean freighter
and his work took him to Honolulu, Japan and China, and on his return he
spent a year as a mechanic in the Chevrolet Motor works at Flint, Mich.
Four years ago he returned to Remsen and worked at various occupations,
including farming. Of late he made his home with his mother.

He is survived by his mother, six brothers and ten sisters, who are: Mrs.
George Wermsen, Marcus; Mrs. P. H. Christoffel, Remsen; Mrs. Elmer Donner,
Marcus; Mrs. Louis Means, Marcus; Mrs. Bernard Curry, Cleghorn; Mrs. George
Case and Mrs. Alphonse Pick, Remsen; Mrs. James Tracy, LeMars; Mrs. Roger
Reuter, LeMars; Miss Bernice, at home, and Frank, Mathew, Fred, Chris, John
and Urban, of Remsen.