Gillmann, Paul D. 1904 - 1992

GILLMANN, KAMMEIER, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/28/2010 at 18:24:19

Paul D. Gillmann, 87, Rock Rapids, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1992 in a Sioux Falls hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident, Dec. 28, 1991 in Rock Rapids.

Services were Saturday, Jan. 11 at Immanuel Lutheran church in Rock Rapids. Rev. Stanley Hansen officiated. Organist was Mona Hasche and soloist was Marian Schnepf. Burial was in Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Rock Valley, under direction of Roste funeral home in Rock Rapids.

Paul Daniel Gillmann was born Oct. 17, 1904, at Madelia, Minn., the son of Rev. Emil H. and Carolyn (Schultz) Gillmann. He grew up and attended schools in Sioux county, Iowa. He was united in marriage to Elsie Kammeier at Elk Point, S.D. Following their marriage they returned to Iowa living at Merrill and Inwood. In 1938, they moved to Rock Rapids where he was a house painter. While living in Rock Rapids, Paul became the first school bus driver in Lyon County and drove for seven years. He was an active member of Immanuel Lutheran church in Rock Rapids. December 3, 1991, he and his wife, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

Survivors include his wife, Elsie of Rock Rapids; a son Donald Gillmann and his wife, Rachel of Redmond, Oregon; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Luise Linderkamp, Mrs. Elmer (Clara) Jacobs, and Mrs. Florence Kramer, all of Charles City, Iowa, and Mrs. Verna Lehmann of Akron.

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, and three sisters.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, January 16, 1992
Akron, Iowa