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John Brockmeyer, 93, Dies At Pleasantville, Service Here

John H. B~ockmeyei. formerly of Lime Springs and Cresco. died Friday at a Plea-)"ar'k, ," santville, Ibwa. nursing home. He had .been ,!airl)' well until the ve~ last. In,two

: . months . he would have had hIs 94th bIrth-, , ' ,- day. . .

; Funeral services were conducted Mon-day, July 16.,at 11:00 a.m. ~t the Unit~d Methodist Church. Lime Spnngs , Offiaa· ting was the' pastor Rev. Dwight Gros~e. nor, ,with Mrs. Abner Buresh the organIst. Pallberaers were Arnold OeJoode. Jeffrey

-------~..!... Nelson, Charles Becker, . John Hinners, ! a dOqlestlc policy. to; .Neal Hinners and Harold Kuntz. in the East . . , ", ~ . Interment was beside his wife. Oara, Ie selection ' or a wo~ at \loward Center: Cemetery, rural Cresco, lila!. candlcbtt.. . Xa)'. where militaiy honors were accorded by ok at"qualifications ·~ ," the 'U~yd L. Horton Post No . . 545 .or the !xpez:imce such' u stop.:, American 'Legion, with Commander. Ire important to ·' our. Eugene' Munkel in charge and Chaplin ,ho .can be scnsl.ti~. Walter Harwood presenting the n.g to problems. He ad . Mrs. Wilma Hinners, daughter of' Mr . . iea or fll"Dlitcss •. ltc:adl~ Brockmeyer. Bradley-Lindstrom . Funeral ncy . fn our caDdlditClJ Home was· in charge of arrangements. o ·~ab.cinl ·the 'budatt~ . '. Jolm H. BrotbMyer >c the ,oat 'of acciom! He was born in Clayton Coonty near i(etimcs ...... wouldn·t It be. Colesburg, Iowa; September 14, .1890, to ked: :''':.' l' John Henry, and . Anna Woeste ·BrockDavb. county R.cpubU-- . meyer. He reeeived his C:.lementary educa-

. also introduced -. the tion in rural school in Delaware County and

S't~te House of Representatives; . He married. aara L. Kuntz February

18, 1920,' at 'her .parents' home near . Ridgeway. They have three d~ughte~: Wilma Hinners. Sptj,ng Valley, MInn.: ~1S DeJoode, Pleasantville, Iowa; and :zelda Clark. Saranac, ' Mich.; II grandchJ1dren and 1 great gr. rl'dchildren.

• . ~ - '0 ·we/e . presart: high school training at Charles City Col-hUJ .lias, State ·Rep=: lege: He attended Coe College, Mount Elms Woman, 18, Ko J, . and ' COUntY Vernon, Iowa, for one year. Wilma,· Mobs.· Shedlf He served In the U.S. Army from Feb- Killed· Mish T_ Hden · BiiiO' "my, 1918 to Jun" 1919, and w."tillin . m ' ap ,urt Connie Peclno'vakyi Europe when the Armistice was ~ec1ared. An Em. woman was killed and her

A HICenlenmal I".eleor. M~thodist Church in Am~t Sunday ariernoon at Zion U dist Church in Albion TO\ mil~s north~ast of Linle SI Golden Ridge. . .

PastOr Tom .Woodin. drc like rh~ circuit riders who first church~s . arrived aboul horseback rrom the ~a~t on a ed by Richard and Juli~ Br gram in the church 'followe, atlendance of present and I a.nd memb~rs. Rev.~WQOdin er of ceremonies ..

Following the welcome. Old Fashioned ~eeting" Sharyl Keune, Patsy 8rt Landswerk. and Shirley Go

Clinton Bigalk gave "Meth<1dist Pie".· The Hy' Thousand .Tongues to Sing'" by scripture. prayer and ·m., the song "Old Country C1 Golden Ridge .Quartet, 1 Robert Bronner. Clinton Bi. cella Keune.

Nellt. Marcella Keune received.

Lay . leader John Krueg. the 'vislting pastors 10 e~ch and give their thoughts 0" 'occasion. These five· ronne: pastors are Ralph Hindm..n of Iowa City; Harian. Stenl now of Kanawha; Ed Sell; now of Frdericksburg-W Timm. 1965·68 of Charles t

Woodin cunent p'astor sine A .choir 'group then san~

my Soul", Pianists are. Hd lone Bronner. and Pats, Kaletkt then played "Coo sings" and othe~ good • accordion. ' Then followc Skoda. and ·CouDty In 1920 John started farming near cousin injured in a tWo-vehicle attident 4

rt Freel :artd 'TonfRu': . Colesburg and 'moved .to I farm ~orth of miles northwest of Elma Friday. Jeri were also ~ navis Comers in Howard County an 19~2 Christine Marie Pietan, 11, diet! en'erkins. opposinJ J)cq ' .wbere he lived until moving t~ Cresco ,In route to a Rochester, Minn., hospital te . R.epresentative, .~ 1968 •. A member of .the Zio~ Meth.oC:hst · Friday afternoon. . . ina OU)' Oeveland ' fo~ Church, Colesburg, he sented as sea'e~ry . She was .the driver of a vehicle which

. 1 'of the Sunday School and ·also as supenn- collided with one driven by Gilbert Ges~lI.

selections played both lei» gether by. Harry Hass an. WoOditt,"includlng" "Jesus i ~ Bless Now My Saviour" • .'.' ( "Swe~t Hour of Prayer" a

hioned men's qu.artei tendent before transferring his . member- orEima. The accident occurred on a co,Inty I he:ard .in a proptril·.bY ship to the Lime' Springs M""ethodist Epis- road three miles north of Elma and one . Iarmony Quartet from,. copal Chureh where he served.on the board mtl:e west of the county blacktop. . eir ftnaI number, 'after of trustees. • A passenger in Pietan's car, Melanie the audience in.1inIlD& A member of the American Legion, he Wo,ple, 11, was taken to Mitchell County rica". which closed .~~ was the commi.nder Of both the William F. Memorial Hospital in Osage where she

;~;;;;!iiil!iiP~~!t~~~Cl011~";b~U;tgl,~n~a;m~ed:;~fu~t~:W~Uj.~11i'jt'~dii:i!n:ig~oodi:1"iiinidi~ti~0~ni· is).~tu~ro:a~y lthu c:OopCri.ted ·towatd and the Lloyd L. Horton Post annual ' event.· ~ of the

. '" and. was strvlces for Christine Marie Pletan~21.

Experl- ,were at 10 a.m. Moaday 'at- Immacu"Tate mental Fann for 20 yean h~lped 'Conception 'Cathollc Church, Elma; burial organize and was president of the Howard at Calvary Cemetery, EIma. She is surviv-County Soil Conservl\tion Service. ed by her husband, M.art; a daughter"

John also serVed on the township and Jacqueline; her parents, John and Ma~ county Agriculture Conservation .' and Worple . of Elma; two brothers, .Cralg Sliabiliution CommiH~s. .... . . . Worple and Steve WOrple, .both of E1ma; .~ . He was a trustee pf Colony TownshIp, her grandparents, Mr. an.d Mrs. Ronald Delaware County. And was elected clerk of . Dempsey of Riceville, and Freida Worpl.e H9Ward 'Center Township in Howard of Elma.

. County ror many years. '. 'For two terms. 1951 and 1953. he was

elected to represent H~ard County in the TraiUide$unday The Lime S~rln l! s Saddle CM ) II rrt ,,,.

A " m, Donna Undswerlr. led

tional singing of "Wonde; Life". "Standing ' 'on tho. "Blessed Assurance" a' Grace". and benediction b} concluded the program. : .

1960 is the earliest recot' founding of the congreg.ttchurch, which . w" . origir Ev.~"tl,c;.to:w.rth. InlC):4! Zioq Eva"Die"lfcal Unit~ 81'1 and hi 1968-70 tb ··Zlon·· Uni Church. . .. . ... ' .•.

A Diamond Jubilee was 1950 under Pastor· H.H. Kil church building Is the one b new adailion to the west si School, etc . .was dedicated i 80th year. The centennial of congregatJon was , celebra under Pastor Ed Schaner. 1 of the church sanctuary 'was 1915 under the pastorate 0

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GO, Joseph D. was a son of J ohn and Anna (Fencl) Brouth and Jul ia was II daughter of Anton and Rose (Strnad) Huber. Julia was born on February 16, 1892. She served u the night operator for the Prot ivin Telephone Co. for 30 yeliTS.

by Mrs. Clarence Bo ul k a

BOUSKA, RAYMOND J.

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Raymond J. Bouska was a native of Howard County having been born on a farm near Creso on October 14, 1901, the youngest child of Frank R. and Grace Siebiaka Bouska. He attended rural school and then engqed in farming. On February 23, 1925 he and Grace Drew wert married at the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque, Iowa. Grace was the daughter of Michael J. and Mary J ane Suton Drew of Decorah, Iowa. She W8.lI a teacher in the a rea. T wo child ren were born, Pearl Marie and Paul Anthony. Later , on moving to Cresco, Ray was employed u a harness maker and a e1erk in the Kalishek Hardware ltore for many years, then for Howard County as a dynamiter and later on building bridges. He worked at Goodrich and Searcy and then served the City of Cresco as Street Commissioner for several years. He returned to farming in 1948. T he family lived southwest of Cresco, ROuth of Cresco, later at Ridgeway, Iowa and then moved to Canton, Minne!lOta where the parents, Ray and Grace, passed away in lati'l r years. Pearl was employed in the business office of St. Joeeph Mercy Hospital in Cresco, Iowa and, having resigned there, was employed by Peter F. Kepros, M.D. in his office at the Cresco Medical Clinic until the loca1 doctore joined together to fo rm the Cresco Medical Center, P .C. where ahe ia presently employed. Paul worked at the Fillmore County Nursery a t Canton, Minnesota for eight yeara and then at HECO in Harmony, Minneflota for five years. He returned to farming at the t ime of his fa ther 's death, an occupation in which he is pre~ently engaged at Canton. Raymond had one brother, Edward J . and two siaten., Jessie Bouska Sebastian and Helen Bouska Murtagh, all of whom are deceased. Grace came from a family of eight, deceased memben are William Drew of Ridgeway and Francis M. Drew of Decorah, her brothen, and a sister Catherine Drew of Decorah. Living members are her sisters, Genevieve M. McCabe of S1. Paul, Minnesota, who is in

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excellent health at age 92, Bea Drew of Decorah, Loretta Mitchell of Lime Springs, and Lucy Drew of Decorah.

by P ea.rl M. BoulOlka

BROCKMEYER, JOHN AND CLARA

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Clara Brockmeyer

John and Clara Brockmeyer and their three daughters, Wilma, Lois and Zeida, moved to a 130 acre farm in Howard Center township, Howard County, Iowa, March 1, 1932, from Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa..

John Brockmeyer

John was in the group that succeeded in getting REA to Howard County and his waa one of the first farlI18 on the western edge of Howard Center to be electr ified.

He served on the County Farm Bureau board fo r many yeartl and waa among the fint county stock holders in the Farm Bureau Insurance Company.

He was instrumental in getting the Howard County E,perimental Farm organized and operating.

He was involved in the organiution of the Farm Service Co-op (now C& H Farm Service).

He served two terms as Howard County representative in the Iowa State Legislature in Del Moines.

Hi! fi rst year in Howard County, when he planted corn on hia farm, well meaning neighbors laughed aaying he couldn't grow corn, but he had a good crop and continued to raise corn crops with proper fertilizen 81

recommended by the Iowa State EItension Service offi ce.

He was8 veteran ofWWI serving in Europe and was a long t ime member of the Lloyd L. Horton Legion Post in Lime Springs, Iowa.

He served in the Lime Sprinp Methodist Church in varioWi way..

John and Clara moved to Cresco after sell ing their farm to Roger Foote who recently 80ld it to the Exchange State Bank of Lime Springs. T hey lived in Creacountill980 when they enterta ined the Pleall8.ll tville Care Center , Pleasantville, Iowa.

Clara died in October, 1982 and J ohn in July, 1984. Both refit in the Howard Center township Cemetery.

For &Ome years J ohn and Clara were partners with their daughter, Loi. and William DeJoorle, on the farm raising hybrid hog8. Some years later, daughter, Wilma and Harmon Hinners, operated a grade A (bulk milk) dairy in partnership with her parena.

The daughters are now located _ Wilms in Brush, CO; Lois in Pleua.ntville, Iowa and Zeida Clark in Mesa, AZ.

b y Wilma Hinner. (nee Brockm eyer )

BRONNER, JOHN FAMILY

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John Bronner, wi th hia brothers, emigrated from Germany in the 1850'1. He homesteaded a fa rm in Albion T ownship. On June 15, 1861 he was married to Mary Dempewolf, who also emigrated from Hanover, Germany. She Will

born July 30, 1843, and lived Wltil April, 1910. This young couple resided and farmed the lame place al l their marr ied life. Thia farm ia Itill in the Bronner family, now occupied by their four th and fifth generation, Mr. and Mrs. Brent Bronner and two daugh. ters, Sarah and Robyn.

Mr. and Mn. John Bronner were regular attendants and membere of the original Zion Evangelical Church; which ia now Zion United MethodiSL It is located scrOllS the road from their farm. Their first home waa a log cabin built near a apring south of the present dwelling. As their family grew, a ' larger home was required. Then a two-story was built nearer the rOlld . This had to be replaced, too.

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