M. H. [Melvin Hanks] OBERMEIER

OBERMEIER, HANKS, DEGARMO, DANIELS

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 9/15/2011 at 21:22:24

M. H. [Melvin Hanks] OBERMEIER

Superintendent, Math, Coach

'Obie' was what he went by . . . He came to Tingley as Superintendent, Coach and Math Teacher in 1940, was with us through 1945, then moved on to Beaconsfield and Shannon City, but returned to Tingley in 1951, and was here through the last graduating class in 1959. . . in fact, I've heard him say that they had to 'close the school to get him out!'

Obie appeared to be a very gruff man but it didn't take anyone very long to discover that he was kind-hearted. He worked well with both the boys and girls and was very much respected by all.

Obie was a fine teacher, but he will be remembered for his love of sports. He took girls' basketball teams to the State Tournament in 1952, 1954, and again in 1957. Also, the boys' baseball team played in the State Tournament in the Fall of 1951. (See Tingley High School Sports.)

Obie, Editha and Lynn were very much a part of Tingley's history! He passed away in 1964.

NOTE: Melvin Hanks OBERMEIER, son of Theodore and Bertha (HANKS) OBERMEIER, was born in New London, Henry County, Iowa, on March 17, 1903, and died in Mount Ayr on December 15, 1964. Editha Arleen (DeGARMO) OBERMEIER, daughter of Edd and Beatrice (DANIELS) DeGARMO, was born August 13, 1905, New London, Iowa, and died at the age of 98 years on January 29, 2004, Mount Ayr Health Care Center, Mount Ayr. They were interred at Burge Cemetery, New London, Iowa.

SOURCE: Tingley, Iowa Centennial: 1883 - 1983. p. 157. PSI, Inc. Belmond IA. 1983.

Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, September of 2011

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