Palermo Twp

Summary from the survey completed in 1997
- Summary
- 5 homes
- 1 empty deteriorating
- 2 out buildings
- 4 gone fate unknown

Palermo No. 1

Grundy Center Sec. 7 / 12

Palermo No. 2

Section Northwest corner of GC
- Elevator Rd. - across from Chuck Thoren's new home - gone

Palermo No. 3

Section 10 Northwest corner
- Across from Harold Voss - Move to Sonny Beenken - garage

Palermo No. 4

Section 5 Southwest corner
- Part of Sonnys barn was 3/4 mile south of Sonnys - Part of his home the living room, kitchen and bedroom was a school and his garage No. 3 All 3 schools in good condition - nice neat farm place

Palermo No. 5

Section 17 SW (W?) corner = ?

Palermo No. 6 a.k.a. Lynn School

Section 15 Southwest corner
- Geo. Hartman moved (Sec. 27?)
torn down and burned ? Nita Lynn said that after the county schools were gone it was hard to give directions to where people lived because they were a common landmark

Palermo No. 7

Section 34 Northwest corner
- Lois Baufman Lynch taught there. Now on Ron Falter Sec. 14 on S side with lean to cattle shed - closed in 1947

Palermo No. 8 a.k.a. Meyer School

Sec. 36 NW corner
- torn down in 1967 - 3 1/2 miles S. on Cemetery Road - corner where blacktop ends - SE corner - People lived in it for years - Verta May Wilson Kruger last teacher - Dorthy Miller Winslow - Polly Kaufman Price - Alma Rouse Shaw - Clyde Martz - Mildred Winslow

Palermo No. 9

Section 28 Southeast corner
- Lyle Neher farm being used as a shop - closed early 1950's Rhoda Kell taught

Palermo No. 10 a.k.a. Bockes School

Section 28 (32 ?NE) Southeast corner
closed around 1950 Joanne Duwelius last teacher - moved to Hardin Co. on Hwy 175 - N side - on way to Eldora - Robert Bockes owns. No longer lived in looks neglected - might be for sale (?)

NOTE - in Grundy Center - West of REC - Lavelle Kunzman 705 E 1st St. GC - Lincoln No. 9
NOTE - Rick Reineke 1008 H Ave GC - torn apart and rebuilt - unknown
NOTE - Doug Frost 604 J Ave GC - Hollis Miller moved in - Grant No. 9
NOTE - Doc Groenwold - 604 2nd St. GC - moved in from Washington #2 - Sec. 4
NOTE - Carl Schmidt tore down - Old dormitory from Christian Reformed Grundy College
June Dreesman and Alice Flaters homes built from lumber from old dormitory