Postmasters of Calhoun County 1859-2017
Listed in order by town:
Burns, Calhoun, Crandall, Duffy, Elm Grove, Farnhamville, Jolley, Kissimme, Knierim, Knoke, Lake City, Lavinia, Lohrville, Manson, Muddy, Pomeroy, Rands, Richards, Rinard, Rockwell City, Sherman, Somers, Twin Lakes, Wightman and Yetter.
[For an ALPHABETICAL list of Postmasters, click here]
| Dates beside the names are the dates the person was confirmed and their position continues until the following person listed was appointed. |
BURNS [post office transferred to Elm Grove, Dec 9, 1899]
Libbie Hohn, Postmaster, Mar 16, 1895
CALHOUN [post office discontinued Oct 3, 1881]
James McClure, Postmaster, Nov 28, 1877
Joseph S. McCreary, Postmaster, Sep 23, 1880
CRANDALL [post office transferred to Fonda, Mar 28, 1898]
Herbert A. Crandall, Postmaster, Jan 22, 1895
DUFFY [no papers, Oct 17, 1894]
Lillian H. Dietrick, Postmaster, June 2, 1894
ELM GROVE [post office transferred to Lake City Jan 30, 1900]
Orin E. Stevens, Postmaster, Mar 27, 1891
Kent Sterling, Postmaster, May 7, 1891
Henry P. Reaman, Postmaster, Nov 6, 1896
James S. White, Postmaster, Dec 12, 1899
FARNHAMVILLE [post office remotely managed from Gowrie, Feb 23, 2013]
Oscar C. Riddle, Postmaster, Nov 29, 1881
John C. Crissinger, Postmaster, Jan 26, 1885 [compensation in 1889, $335.13]
Charles Kropf, Postmaster, June 29, 1893
Alexander Wilson, Postmaster, Sep 9, 1897
George Coats, Postmaster, Nov 12, 1901
May E. Davis, Postmaster, Sep 17, 1914
John J. Wilson, Postmaster, Jan 16, 1921
Earl M. Skinner, Postmaster, Dec 14, 1921
Mrs. Ella B. Summers, Postmaster, May 14, 1934
Edward H. Schnebel, Postmaster, Aug 31, 1934
Harold J. Harten, Postmaster, Oct 18, 1954
Charles H. Worsley, Postmaster, Jan 25, 1956
Margaret M. Bassett, Postmaster, Feb 26, 1976
Bill B. Holmstrom, Postmaster, May 11, 1985
Rodney D. Johnson, Officer-In-Charge, Dec 1, 1986
Randy R. Ramthun, Postmaster, Mar 28, 1987
Dorothy Siefken, Officer-In-Charge, Apr 28, 1997
Mary B. Bauer, Postmaster, Aug 15, 1997
Peggy Tokheim, Officer-In-Charge, July 31, 2012
HUBBELL [post office never in operation, June 20, 1895]
David F. Paulus, Postmaster, July 30, 1891
JOLLEY [post office remotely managed from Manson, Jan 10, 2015]
Ernest D. Vorhes, Postmaster, Sep 28, 1883
S. Kerbert Jones, Postmaster, Mar 9, 1886
Franklin C. Mallory, Postmaster, July 17, 1886
John A. Docksteader, Postmaster, July 26, 1893
Franklin C. Mallory, Postmaster, Nov 22, 1893 [compensation in 1889, $168.55]
Cecil A. Steele, Postmaster, July 18, 1913
Minnie R. Koeppen, Postmaster, Sep 12, 1914
Lizzie M. Koeppen, Postmaster, Feb 12, 1915
Mrs. Manda Griswold, Postmaster, Oct 16, 1923 [name changed to Mrs. Manda H. Harris, June 29, 1934]
Mrs. Esther Elsie Olson, Postmaster, June 10, 1944
Dale E. Warren, Officer-In-Charge, Aug 29, 1969
Mrs. Lucille E. Griswold, Postmaster, Aug 30, 1970
Todd A. Ohlsen, Officer-In-Charge, Jan 3, 1985
Lori M. Schaffer, Postmaster, Jan 18, 1986
Leann I. Hawks, Postmaster, Oct 2, 1993
KISSIMMEE [post office transferred to Pomeroy June 8, 1895]
Lewis E. Gutz, Postmaster, Apr 30, 1891
KNIERIM [post office remotely managed from Manson, Dec 13, 2014]
David F. French, Postmaster, Dec 26, 1899
James G. Marshall, Postmaster, June 23, 1905
Edward E. Richardson, Postmaster, Sep 26, 1908
William M. Schworm, Postmaster, July 23, 1909
Charles M. Burke, Postmaster, Oct 28, 1913 [died Oct 15, 1934]
Harry D. Westcot, Postmaster, Nov 5, 1934
Albert Arenson, Postmaster, Apr 17, 1936
Robert Guy Brown, Postmaster, Nov 1, 1943
Rev. John M. Tews, Postmaster, Oct 31, 1958
Mrs. Julia A. Jones, Postmaster, Nov 30, 1959
Mrs. Lorraine A. Quade, Postmaster, Nov 21, 1969
Peggy J. Chalstrom, Officer-In-Charge, July 1, 1997
KNOKE [post office discontinued June 7, 1963, mail transferrred to Fonda]
John Knoke, Postmaster, June 26, 1897
Mary Knoke, Postmaster, Dec 7, 1911
Ernest C. Alpers, Postmaster, May 15, 1914
Martin Nelson, Postmaster, Nov 13, 1918
Ernest C. Alpers, Postmaster, Dec 23, 1919
Marie M. Baedke, Postmaster, Feb 23, 1922
Thomas W. Barnes, Postmaster, Aug 23, 1922
Ernest C. Alpers, Postmaster, Nov 30, 1926
Luther E. Ollenburg, Postmaster, Mar 6, 1940
Mrs. Anna Marie Ollenburg, Postmaster, Sep 20, 1960
Mrs. Esther S. Spiess, Postmaster, Sep 6, 1961
LAKE CITY
Charles Amy, Postmaster, Dec 14, 1859
Peter Smith, Postmaster, Mar 20, 1860
Charles Amy, Postmaster, Oct 12, 1861
Samuel F. Hutchison, Postmaster, Dec 10, 1869
Washington Lewis, Postmaster, Dec 22, 1874
Frank E. Stevenson, Postmaster, Aug 22, 1877
Joseph S. McCreary, Postmaster, Sep 23, 1880
Anderson J. Scott, Postmaster, Mar 12, 1884
Hiram H. Baldwin, Postmaster, May 5, 1886
Richard A. Smith, Postmaster, Apr 5, 1889 [compensation in 1889, $1,000.00]
Kent R. Burt, Postmaster, Mar 1, 1894
Josiah D. McVay, Postmaster, Feb 25, 1898
William C. Snyder, Postmaster, Jan 14, 1905
James W. Colvig, Postmaster, Mar 8, 1909
Robert M. Reid, Postmaster, June 26, 1913
Lillian M. Cochran, Postmaster, Aug 24, 1921
Lillian M. Freeman, Postmaster, Apr 1, 1927
Vernice Williams, Postmaster, Sep 30, 1927
Wesley Seufferlein, Postmaster, May 14, 1928
William E. Lovett, Postmaster, Apr 1, 1932
Charles W. Ashford, Postmaster, Nov 30, 1960
Arthur M. Lundberg, Postmaster, June 23, 1961 [died June 2, 1967]
Donald D. VanAhn, Postmaster, Sep 29, 1967
Daryl Cleveland, Officer-In-Charge, Sep 26, 1989
Edward A. Ludwig, Postmaster, Feb 10, 1990
Vickie L. Toms, Officer-In-Charge, Oct 1, 1992
Timothy J. Corkrean, Postmaster, Mar 20, 1993
Barney Dial, Officer-In-Charge, Feb 14, 1996
Carolyn Ellis, Officer-In-Charge, Oct 9, 1996
Pamela S. Lorenzen, Officer-In-Charge, Jan 29, 1997 [name change, Pamela S. Woebke, May 31, 1997]
Debra L. Sharp, Officer-In-Charge, Jan 4, 2000
Mark LeRoy Ketchum, Postmaster, Apr 8, 2000
Cynthia J. Finley, Officer-In-Charge, Dec 27, 2006
Sheila M. O’Tool, Postmaster, Feb 17, 2007
Larry G. Movall, Officer-In-Charge, Apr 22, 2010
Debra K. Michael, Officer-In-Charge, Sep 29, 2011
Julie A. Clancy, Postmaster, June 30, 2012
Debra K. Michael, Postmaster, Mar 23, 2013
Mark E. Kramer, Postmaster, Oct 14, 2017
LAVINIA [post office discontinued Apr 30, 1964, mail transferred to Rockwell City]
William V. Harrison, Postmaster, Dec 20, 1899
John Beam, Postmaster, July 21, 1905
Charles L. Alpers, Postmaster, July 31, 1917
William M. Eichhorn, Postmaster, Nov 13, 1918
Chester Wilson, Postmaster, May 31, 1921
Marion P. Wilson, Postmaster, Sep 5, 1922
Thurston D. Hakes, Postmaster, July 17, 1925
Victor E. Riedmiller, Postmaster, Aug 13, 1929
Joseph M. Freeburger, Postmaster, July 1, 1930
Herbert T. Myers, Postmaster, Dec 30, 1930
Mrs. Cora A. Perkins, Postmaster, Aug 1, 1942 [name changed to Mrs. Cora Burns, Mar 9, 1960]
Mrs. Marybelle Harnes, Postmaster, Dec 30, 1963
LOHRVILLE [post office remotely managed from Lake City, Apr 6, 2013]
John W. Allison, Postmaster, Sep 27, 1881
Joseph M. Arnett, Postmaster, Mar 25, 1886
Levi W. Johnson, Postmaster, Aug 9, 1887
Miss Anna Hughes, Postmaster, Jan 16, 1888 [compensation in 1889, $608.66]
John W. Allison, Postmaster, Aug 16, 1889
Alfred J. McDermott, Postmaster, Oct 24, 1893
Daniel P. Ellsworth, Postmaster, Oct 4, 1897
Joseph M. Rosse, Postmaster, Dec 16, 1915
Wilbert W. Clover, Postmaster, Apr 28, 1924
Wallace G. Strabala, Postmaster, Mar 13, 1936
Martin O. Knapp, Postmaster, Nov 9, 1955
Mary C. Strandberg, Officer-In-Charge, Jan 3, 1986
Joan M. Esslick, Officer-In-Charge, June 16, 1986
Edward A. Ludwig, Postmaster, Aug 30, 1986
Merle D. Oxley, Officer-In-Charge, Mar 2, 1990
Mary E. Orness, Postmaster, June 16, 1990
Dorothy Siefken, Officer-In-Charge, Oct 1, 1992
Lori M. Schaffer, Postmaster, Mar 20, 1993
Bonnie Beck Larson, Officer-In-Charge, Dec 22, 1997
Barney L. Dial, Postmaster, May 11, 1998
Pamela Habert, Officer-In-Charge, Dec 30, 2005
Paul E. Feld, Postmaster, Apr 1, 2006
Pamela Habert, Officer-In-Law, Apr 3, 2009
MANSON
James Glover, Postmaster, Jan 13, 1871
Elias Skinner, Postmaster, Sep 9, 1881
Miss Nettie Moore, Postmaster, Aug 18, 1885
George I. Long, Postmaster, Apr 1, 1889 [compensation in 1889, $1,000.00]
Theodore B. Lemoin, Postmaster, June 19, 1893
Thomas D. Long, Postmaster, Sep 17, 1897
William Springer, Postmaster, Dec 13, 1910
John F. Dalton, Postmaster, Jan 5, 1915
Martha Slatter, Postmaster, Jan 18, 1922
Mark A. Trumbull, Postmaster, June 4, 1935
Aaron Sutter, Postmaster, Mar 27, 1950
Eldon J. Stein, Postmaster, Jan 8, 1965
Edward A. Ludwig, Officer-In-Charge, Feb 12, 1982
Marie C. Eckerman, Officer-In-Charge, May 24, 1982
Keith M. Keleher, Postmaster, Dec 25, 1982
Larry A. Devaul, Officer-In-Charge, Nov 30, 1990
Jeffrey Lee Paulson, Postmaster, Mar 23, 1991
Lori M. Schaffer, Postmaster, Dec 22, 1997
Larry Movall, Officer-In-Charge, Apr 25, 2016
Annette L. Nickles, Postmaster, July 23, 2016
MUDDY [town became SOMERS, post office transferred to Rockwell City, Feb 26, 1900]
William C. Parks, Postmaster, Jan 14, 1890
Thomas F. Moore, Postmaster, Nov 25, 1891
John Rice, Postmaster, Dec 23, 1893
POMEROY [post office remotely managed from Manson, Jan 10, 2015]
Nicholas Kiefer, Postmaster, Mar 7, 1870
Davis F. Bushnell, Postmaster, Dec 30, 1872
Theodore Dunn, Postmaster, Sep 9, 1873
Joseph Meranvill, Postmaster, May 23, 1875
Theodore B. Hotchkiss, Postmaster, Apr 16, 1878
Edward J. Price, Postmaster, Nov 12, 1881
William T. Ivey, Postmaster, Dec 22, 1884
Jacob Foster, Postmaster, Oct 26, 1887 [compensation in 1889, $805.75]
George W. Hamilton, Postmaster, June 29, 1889
Jacob Foster, Postmaster, Apr 29, 1893
William Schneck, Postmaster, Oct 25, 1894
Niles L. Brownell, Postmaster, Dec 21, 1898
Malcolm Peterson, Postmaster Aug 29, 1906
Edwin Wattonville, Postmaster, July 31, 1913
Frank J. Ochmke, Postmaster, Mar 22, 1920
Frank T. Best, Postmaster, May 20, 1924
Charles E. Hudson, Postmaster, May 20, 1936
Delmar Armstrong, Postmaster, Aug 21, 1958
Frank Pencook, Officer-In-Charge, [no date listed]
Todd A. Ohlsen, Postmaster, Dec 7, 1985
Vickie L. Toms, Officer-In-Charge, Feb 14, 1992
Susan L. Stearns, Postmaster, June 27, 1992
Shirley M. Dewall, Postmaster, June 20, 2002
RAND [post office papers transferred to Rockwell City, Apr 14, 1906]
Oliver P. Hayes, Postmaster, Jan 8, 1890
John S. Clements, Postmaster, Jan 26, 1893
John W. Patterson, Postmaster, Sep 13, 1897
Charles F. Norton, Postmaster, Feb 12, 1898
John A. Land, Postmaster, May 17, 1899
Bartlet Richard, Postmaster, Mar 21, 1901
Lyman Jenks, Postmaster, Sep 23, 1904
Thomas A. Anderson, Postmaster, Mar 23, 1905
RICHARDS [post office discontinued Apr 30, 1958, mail transferred to Rockwell City]
Milton R. Davis, Postmaster, Apr 24, 1900
Robert L. Mott, Postmaster, June 2, 1915
Milton R. Davis, Postmaster, Dec 22, 1916
Albert C. Weideman, Postmaster, Mar 8, 1923
Herschel J. Lighty, Postmaster, Dec 28, 1925
Elmer E. Wise, Postmaster, Feb 16, 1926
Ralph W. Lillard, Postmaster, Feb 9, 1929
Alfred C. Gleason, Postmaster, Feb 1, 1936
Clarence A. Gleason, Postmaster, Apr 30, 1948
Florence L. Tapps, Postmaster, Dec 28, 1956
RINARD [post office discontinued May 25, 1961, mail transferred to Somers]
Henry C. Elmore, Postmaster, Oct 17, 1904
Edwin L. Crawford, Postmaster, July 26, 1905
Rebecca M. Jamison, Postmaster, July 21, 1919
Bert W. Moore, Postmaster, Oct 22, 1920 [declined]
Joe I. Bell, Postmaster, Feb 12, 1921 [declined]
Harry E. Cafferty, Postmaster, Apr 26, 1921
Nellie M. Simpson, Postmaster, Jan 15, 1924
Mrs. Myrtle E. Wolfe, Postmaster, Apr 19, 1927
Mrs. Mary S. Runkle, Postmaster, July 11, 1930
Mrs. Stella M. H. Schultz, Postmaster, July 1, 1949
Lela M. Stephenson, Postmaster, Jan 6, 1961
ROCKWELL CITY [ post office converted to 6 hours, remotely managed from Sac City, Feb 23, 2013]
Nancy M. Owens, Postmaster, Oct 7, 1877
John M. Rockwell, Postmaster, Oct 18, 1879
Washington Lewis, Postmaster, Mar 11, 1880
Henry W. Dudley, Postmaster, Dec 14, 1881
Edward J. Price, Postmaster, June 24, 1884
Judson Meade, Postmaster, Nov 13, 1885
William T. Condron, Postmaster, Mar 29, 1889 [compensation in 1889, $920.63]
Joseph E. Thorne, Postmaster, Nov 15, 1895
Elmer E. Johnston, Postmaster, May 13, 1897
Abraham L. Riseley, Postmaster, Dec 11, 1907
George Ritz, Postmaster, Jan 17, 1916
Arthur W. McIsaac, Postmaster, Dec 9, 1924
George E. Mills, Postmaster, Sep 8, 1933
Maurice J. Harrington, Postmaster, Sep 30, 1941
Larry E. Blair, Postmaster, July 31, 1962
Jeffrey Lee Paulson, Officer-In-Charge, Oct 31, 1990
Paul A. Sonnenfeld, Postmaster, Feb 9, 1991
James Anderson, Officer-In-Charge, Sep 10, 1999
Carolyn Estling, Officer-In-Charge, Dec 2, 2000
Robert J. Collins, Postmaster, Mar 10, 2001
Timothy J. Corkrean, Postmaster, Feb 5, 2005
Norma J. Wood, Officer-In-Charge, Dec 21, 2010
Larry G. Movall, Officer-In-Charge, Oct 3, 2011
Norma J. Wood, Postmaster, May 4, 2013
RODGER [post office never in operation, June 19, 1895]
Henry Luebke, Postmaster, Jan 12, 1893
SHERWOOD [post office discontinued Nov 30, 1939, mail transferred to Rockwell City]
Elvin E. Swartz, Postmaster, Apr 4, 1900
Clark M. Smith, Postmaster, Aug 1, 1900
Fred J. Smith, Postmaster, Feb 23, 1912
Lula F. Savage, Postmaster, July 16, 1917
William Duker, Postmaster, July 1, 1931
John Richard Carver, Postmaster, June 15, 1937
SOMERS [town previously Muddy, post office remotely managed from Gowrie, Aug 9, 2014]
Edwin F. Richey, Postmaster, Mar 9, 1900
Ernest Scharfenberg, Postmaster, July 9, 1915
Henry D. Crandall, Postmaster, Nov 13, 1918
Elva M. Lotspeich, Postmaster, Jan 25, 1927 [name changed to Mrs. Elva M. Davis, Oct 10, 1931]
Lafayette Tripp, Postmaster, Mar 16, 1934
Harold W. Hesser, Postmaster, Dec 29, 1934
Mrs. Leadayle Brayton, Postmaster, Mar 15, 1944
Dorothy L. Thorson, Postmaster, Dec 7, 1959
Mrs. Marjorie M. Mrzena, Postmaster, May 26, 1961
Beverly M. Wilson, Office-In-Charge, June 30, 1978
Bruce B. Hamilton, Officer-In-Charge, Mar 23, 1979
Mrs. Dorothy L. Thorson, Postmaster, Nov 17, 1979
Herbert F. Bishop, Officer-In-Charge, Aug 31, 1984
Marc R. Moore, Postmaster, Feb 16, 1985
Carol A. Locke, Officer-In-Charge, Feb 27, 1987
Coleen V. Rodewald, Postmaster, May 9, 1987
Judith A. McKenney, Officer-In-Charge, July 1, 1997
James W. Anderson, Postmaster, Oct 11, 1997
Judith A. McKenney, Postmaster, May 2, 2001
Alexis A. Clouse, Officer-In-Charge, Apr 30, 2014
TWIN LAKES [post office discontinued Apr 13, 1876, reestablished Nov 12, 1877, discontinued Jan 15, 1880, reestablished, transferred to Rockwell City Oct 18, 1893]
Franklin Stiles, Postmaster, Aug 1, 1866
Levi H. Bolton, Postmaster, Mar 2, 1870
George W. Barr, Postmaster, Oct 7, 1870
William Sparon, Postmaster, Aug 4, 1871
Roswell Babcock, Postmaster, Nov 12, 1877
Albert L. Means, Postmaster, July 2, 1888
Robert Nixon, Postmaster, May 11, 1892
WIGHTMAN [post office discontinued Jan 31, 1914, reestablished June 22, 1914, discontinued Feb 28, 1917 transferred to Lohrville]
Martin M. Wright, Postmaster, Dec 27, 1905
William O. Fargusson, Postmaster, Mar 16, 1911
Julia M. Gaffney, Postmaster, June 22, 1914
YATESVILLE [post office transferred to Manson July 13, 1871]
Joseph Yates, Postmaster, July 26, 1866
Leslie Jack, Postmaster, Aug 10, 1868
Joseph Yates, Postmaster, Nov 16, 1869
James Glover, Postmaster, Mar 8, 1870
YETTER [post office discontinued Sep 11, 1964, converted to rural Auburn in Sac County]
Fred Harsh, Postmaster, July 29, 1899
Edwin A. Clark, Postmaster, Feb 14, 1901
Jasper Yepsen, Postmaster, Aug 28, 1903
Valentine M. Benoit, Postmaster, May 5, 1920
Frank J. Brobeil, Postmaster, Mar 28, 1931
Mrs. Leafy Everbroch, Postmaster, May 15, 1935
Mrs. Gladys B. Fahan, Postmaster, Dec 11, 1935
Mrs. Ana Mae Clark, Postmaster, Apr 30, 1945
Sources:
(1). U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, online on Ancestry.com
(2). United States Postal Service – Postmaster Finder
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postmasterfinder/welcome.htm
(3). Official Register of the United States Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service,...., July 1, 1889, vol.2, [Ancestry.com file, U.S. Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959]