Lehrman, William 1864-1931

LEHRMAN, JACOBS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Plymouth CC
Date: 6/15/2004 at 20:39:18

FALL FROM TOP ELEVATOR FATAL TO WM. LEHRMAN

A deep shadow was cast upon this entire community last Thursday evening
when the shocking news of the tragic death with which Mr. William
Lehrman, Sr., met was spread over the wires in every direction.

The deceased, William John Henry Conrad Lehrman, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Lehrman, was born in Jackson county, Iowa, August 29, 1864.
He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on March 21, 1881, at Fort Wayne,
Ind., by the now sainted Rev. H.G. Sauer. On August 17, 1887, he was
united in marriage with Miss Wilhelmine Jacobs at Mechanicsville, Iowa,
by the Rev. J. H. Brammer. In the same year he with his young wife came
west to Sioux county and established his own hearth on a farm six miles
southeast of Maurice and resided there until death. To this happy union
eleven children were born, five sons and six daughters. Frank, the
oldest of the sons, preceded his father in death.
LOST BALANCE AND FELL
Mr. Lehrman, together with his faithful helpmate, by hard and honest
labor, was successful in accumulating enough earthly goods to enable
them to live at ease in the older days. The Lord in whom they had put
their trust had indeed visibly blessed the labors of their hands.
Advancing in age he no longer engaged in the harder work on the farm,
but would help his son whenever he could and felt able to. And so, when
last Thursday evening his son was unloading the last load of corn for
the day with an elevator, he went up into the high corn crib to spread
the corn. And there it happened that, while he apparently shifted the
spout of the elevator, he must have lost his balanced and fell from a
height of 16 feet to the cement floor of the alleyway breaking his neck.
This occurred at about 6:30 o'clock. No one was there to witness the
accident. However, about 20 minutes after the corn had been unloaded
and the family was about ready to take their supper the father had not
yet made his appearance, and when, upon calling him, no answer was
received his son and his help went in search of him, and, coming to the
corn crib found him prostrated on the floor with life totally extinct.
LEAVES TEN CHILDREN
He attained the age of 67 years, 1 month, and 9 days and leaves to mourn
his loss his widow, 4 sons; Oscar, William, Lorenz, and Harold, all of
this community; 6 daughters, Mrs. Henry Bremer, of Ocheyedan, Mrs. Earle
Cooper of LeMars, Mrs. Frank Stubbert of Sioux City, Mrs. John Van
Gelder of Rock Rapids, Evelyn and Carmen; eleven grandchildren; his only
surviving brother, Henry, of Stanwood, Iowa.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, Oct. 12 at 1 o'clock from
the home and at 2 o'clock from St. John's Lutheran church, 4 miles east
of Ireton, with Rev. C.D. Nuoffer in charge, who preached on the text
found in Isaiah 57:2, in the presence of a very large concourse of
relatives, friends, and acquaintances. A choir consisting of Mrs.
Herbert Vander Hamm, the Misses Leona and Luella Vander Hamm and Messrs.
Walter and Leonard Vander Hamm , with Miss Delah Vander Hamm at the
instrument say at the house, “Asleep in Jesus” and at the church
“Beloved, It is Well.”

Interment was made in St. John's Lutheran cemetery. Very large funeral
crowd, an overflow crowd in attendance.
[Death date is calculated as September 10, 1931]