Walter John TIMMERMANN

TIMMERMANN, ARNDT, SCHULTE, WIEDMANN, WOHLERS, MAXFIELD, HORN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:59

Walter John Timmermann
April 26, 1903 --- February 19, 1997

Walter Timmermann, 93, Eagle Grove, died Feb. 19, 1997, at his home.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Eagle Grove, with the Rev. Neil E. Hayen officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the William Funeral Home, Eagle Grove.

Survivors include his wife Martha, Eagle Grove; daughter Hilda Marie Schulte, Mountain Home, Ark; two grandchildren; one great granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his parents Johann and Bertha (Wiedmann) Timmermann, daughter Irene Timmermann, brothers Willie, Ernest and Henry; and sisters Amanda Wohlers, Frieda Maxfield, and Emma Horn.

Walter J. Timmermann was born April 26, 1903 in Hamburg, Germany. He attended school in Hamburg, Germany, for eight years, and then attended a trade school for four years to become a cabinet maker. He came to the United States in 1923. He married Martha Arndt in Riceville in 1933. They moved to a farm near Elma, then to Osage where he worked on a Mitchell County road crew. In 1942, he worked for a ship yard in Sausalito, Calif., where he received a citation from the ship yard and federal government for an idea which saved the labor of three men hanging ventilation pipes during ship construction. In 1945, he worked as a ranch hand and a mechanic in California. They moved to Woolstock in 1949. He worked for Farmland Industries in Eagle Grove from 1951 to 1968, when he retired.

He was a member of the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Eagle Grove, and the Boiler Makers Union.

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Walter John Timmermann was born April 26, 1903, to Johann and Bertha (Wiedmann) Timmerman at Hamburg, Germany. He attended school at Hamburg for 8 years and then attended a Trade School to become a cabinet maker for 4 years. He came to the United States in 1923 and was united in marriage to Martha Arndt at Riceville, Iowa, on November 23, 1923. Together they moved to Elma, Iowa, on a farm and then to Osage where he worked on a Mitchell County Road Crew. In 1942, he worked for a shipyard in Sausalito, Calif., where he received a citation from the shipyard and Washington, D. C., for a labor-saving idea which saved the labor of three men hanging ventilation pipes during ship construction. In 1945, he worked as a ranch hand and a mechanic in California. They moved to Woolstock, Iowa, in 1949, and he worked for Farmland Industries at Eagle Grove from 1951 to 1968, when he retired. He was a member of the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove, and the Boiler Makers Union.

Walter John Timmermann died Wednesday, February 19, 1997, at his home in Eagle Grove at the age of 93.

Survivors include his wife, Martha, Eagle Grove; a daughter, Hilda Marie Schulte, Mountain Home, Ark.; two grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Irene Timmermann; three brothers, Willie, Ernest, and Henry; and three sisters, Amanda Wohlers, Freida Maxfield, and Emma Horn.

Funeral services were held at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove on Saturday, February 22, 1997, at 11 a.m. with the Reverend Neil E. Hayen officiating. Burial was held in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Eagle Grove. Willim Funeral Home, Eagle Grove, was in charge of arrangements.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
Wednesday, February 26, 1997

source --- Eileen Reed