Charles F. Dammeier
Born: March 12, 18661 in Illinois
Died: May 19, 19331 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 155, plot 1
Lot Owner: Mrs Charles Dammeier, purchased in 1935
Married: Hilma J. Lind at Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: George,
Clarence,
Lewis
Parents: Henry and Dorothy Brockmeier Dammeier,
both born in Germany1
Dammeier Rites Observed Monday
Funeral rites for Charles F. Dammeier, 67, Jasper county farmer, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the First Evangelical Lutheran church in Newton by the pastor, Dr. W. H. Blancke.
Music for these services was furnished by Richard E. Toedt, who sang, "Shall We Gather at the River," "Going Down the Valley," and "Does Jesus Care." He was accompanied by Mrs. Toedt.
Interment was in the Sugar Grove cemetery near Metz, with the following as pallbearers: Allen Moore, Pat Healy, Ray Cushatt, John Healy, Otto Callison and Ira Verheul.
Among those from out-of-town for the services were Admiral Elmer and Della Elmer of Shannon, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Will Dammeier, Carrie Dammeier and David Dammeier of Lena, Ill., John Lind of Stewart Mo. and Mrs. Fred Trimble of Altoona, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mohns of Broadhead, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mohns of Juda, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dickerson of Grinnell, Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson of Monroe and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Darling of Pleasantville. ~ Jasper Co., Record, May 25, 1933.
1. Jasper County Death Record, Book 2 (1929 - 1935, page 79.
2. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record Book 5, page 178
Hilma J. (Lind) Dammeier
Born: September 28, 1876 in Lindberget, Sweden
Died: January 22, 1971 in Jasper Co., Iowa2
Buried: Lot 155, plot 4
Married: Charles F. Dammeier on January 13, 1904
Children: See Charles F. Dammeier
Parents: S.P. and Emma (Anderson) Lind
Hilma Dammeier Dies Today;
Rites Monday
Mrs. Charles (Hilma) Dammeier, 93, Embassy Manor, longtime resident of Jasper County, died early today at Embassy Manor.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Chapel.
The Rev. Harold Den Hartog, minister of the Metz Community Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be at Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Saturday.
Survivors are three sons, Lewis, Clarence and George Dammeier, all of Newton; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, four sisters, and three brothers.
Mrs. Dammeier was a member of the Metz Community Church.
The daughter of Sven Peter Lind and Emma Christina Anderson, she was born Sept. 28, 1877, in Lindberget, Sweden. She came to the United States when she was 2 1/2 years old with her family and they resided in Metz where she lived until moving to Newton 4 1/2 years ago.
She was married to Charles Dammeier Jan. 13, 1904 at Metz. ~ The Newton Daily News, January 22, 1971