Herman D. WATERMILLER

WATERMILLER, OHRT, BEENKEN, MRAZEK, KUHLERS, SUMMERS, PINGEL, BELL, KRUGER, KINTZ, BLAU, SOBOTTKA

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2006 at 22:54:18

Herman D. Watermiller, 73, of Hampton, died Saturday, February 23, 2002, at his home in Hampton. Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 26, at the Bethany Reformed Church in Belmond, with Rev. Melvin Voss officiating. Burial was at the Amsterdam Cemetery near Goodell. Military rites were provided by the Belmond Honor Guard.

Herman, the son of Jacob and Mayme Mrazek Watermiller, was born November 11, 1928, at Kanawha. He attended schools at Dougherty and Sheffield. He didn't graduate from high school, but achieved his GED later in life. Herman served in the U.S. Army for four years at the end of World War II. After returning home, he worked for the Cow Pool in Meservey, later for Central Soya in Belmond, and then for Winnebago in Hampton, before ill health forced his retirement in 1991. Herman was united in marriage to Delphine Beenken at the United Methodist Church in Belmond. The couple made their home in Belmond and later in Hampton. Herman enjoyed gardening, reading, and was a collector of Coke memorabilia.

Preceding him in death were his parents; brother, James; two brothers-in-law; and a sister-in-law. He is survived by his wife, Delphine of Hampton; son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Karen Watermiller of Mason City; son and daughter-in-law, Marlin and Linda Kuhlers of Belmond; son, Ronnie Kuhlers and his friend, Tina Summers of Rowan; daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Fred Bell of Belmond; five grandchildren, Becky Pingel and her husband, Jeff of Webster City, Tally Bell of Ames, Eron and Miranda Kuhlers of Mason City, Darci Kruger of Belmond; three great-grandchildren, Dawson, Keaton and Payne; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Nadine Blau of Meservey and Jayne and John Kintz of Grinnell; one brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Shirley Watermiller of Belmond; four sisters-in-law and their husbands, Velmie and Dave Sobottka of Roberts, Wisconsin, Barbara and Carl Ohrt of Cedar Rapids, Nancy Beenken of Belmond, Marie Beenken of Clarion; two brothers-in-law and their wives, Allen and Dixie Beenken of Clarion, Roger and Laura Beenken of Clarion; many nieces and nephews.

February 27, 2002
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