William Heinrich Kokemiller (1852-1924)

KOKEMILLER, KOKEMULLER

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 8/27/2020 at 09:33:12

From Nevada Evening Journal December 29, 1924 (page 2)

William Heinrich Kokemiller was born in Eisernhagen, Hannover, Germany, Nov. 30, 1852, and died at the Story City hospital, Dec. 9, 1924. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church. After completing grammar school he attended high school for several years. IN 1874 he and his brother, George, came to America and settled in Story county. In 1883 he purchased a farm in Boone county where he lived until a few weeks before his death. He went to Rochester, Minn., where he underwent an operation for cancer of the stomach but it did not prove successful. He was brought to the local hospital where he died soon after. Funeral services were held Dec. 13 at the Fred Kokemuller home and at the St. Paul's Lutheran church. Burial was made in the St. Paul's Lutheran cemetery.