George Dammeier
Born: May 26, 1916 near Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa Obituary: George E. DammeierGeorge E. Dammeier, 78, of Rt. 2, Newton, died Sunday morning, Feb. 6, at Skiff Medical Center of cardiac arrest. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Reese Chapel. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Tuesday and visitation with the family will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials to the Metz community Church will be accepted. Survivors are a daughter, Marilyn (Mrs. John) Willemsen of Rt. 1, Reasnor; a granddaughter; and a great-grandson. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Evelyn, in 1982 and two brothers. Mr. Dammeier, a member of the Metz Community Church, had farmed until retiring in 1980. The son of Charles and Hilma Lind Dammeier, he was born May 26, 1916 on the farm where he had resided until his death and attended Jasper County Schools. He was married to Evelyn Cushatt Sept. 28, 1940 at the Little Brown Church near Nashua. - Newton Daily News Feb 7, 1994. |
Evelyn M. (Cushatt) Dammeier
Born: July 27, 1917 in Mitchell County, Iowa Evelyn Dammeier services held today in NewtonNewton - Funeral services for Mrs. George (Evelyn M.) Dammeier, 64, of Rt. 2, Newton, were held today at the Reese Chapel. The Rev. Harold Den Hartog, pastor of the Metz Community Church, conducted services. Burial was in the Sugar Grove Cemetery. She died Friday morning at the University Hospitals in Iowa City. Survivors are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. John (Marilyn) Willemsen of Reasnor; a granddaughter; and three brothers, Gerald Cushatt of Newton, Lloyd Cushatt of Colfax and Paul Cushatt of Davenport. She was preceded in death by her parents. Mrs. Dammeier was a member of the Metz Community Church, the Friendship Circle of the church and the Hook and Needle Club. The daughter of Walter and Mary Tiffany Cushatt, she was born July 27, 1917 in Mitchell County. She was married to George Dammeier Sept 28, 1940 in the Little Brown Church in Nashua. - Newton Daily News, January 22, 1982 |