Wellemeyer, Judith Ann

Judith married Kuhn, Paul Frederick [Group Sheet]

1. Kuhn, Stephanie Michelle
2. Kuhn, Amy Nicole

Reyland married Arens, Phyllis May [Group Sheet]

Leonard married Griep, Amanda Pauline 30 Jul 1921, Ocheyedan, Osceola County, Iowa, USA. Amanda was born 28 Jul 1903; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
He was buried in Concord Cemetery.

Died:
The following are transcriptions supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of obituaries for George Leonard Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 13 April 1932 in local Iowa newspapers, as noted.

Klemme Times and Britt Tribune

George Leonard Wellemeyer was born 8 October 1865 on a farm near Wapello, Iowa. He was the seventh of a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters born to his parents, Henry F. Wellemeyer and his wife Catherine (nee) Fiegenbaum. Mr. Wellemeyer received the instruction of his childhood years in the common schools of Wapello, and later attended a few terms in the Academy at Garner, which at that time was managed by Professors Worden and Polock. For two years he attended Western College at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. George Wellemeyer taught school in Hancock County for several years. It happened that he was the first teacher to serve the Will Stille District two miles west of Klemme. His life work, however, was that of a printer. He moved often, and several times tried other work but always came back to the print shop which was the work he liked best. He worked on the Garner Democrat for many years. He owned at one time a paper and print shop at Cope, Colorado. He started the Iowa Valley Press at Helmond. He was at one time editor of the Klemme Times and for a few years owned and operated the Britt Tribune and for a number of years was at Harris, Iowa. He carried mail and owned and operated the Harris Herald which later he consolidated with the Ocheydan Press. After moving to Ocheydan, he and his son, Leonard, operated this paper for several years. Mr. Wellemeyer was Mayor of Ocheydan for two terms. It was here that he affiliated himself with Silver Cord Lodge 525 A.F. & A.M. At the time of his demise he was operating a movie theater at Afton, Iowa. The departed was married in the year 1899 to Aurilla Sage of Garner, Iowa. From this union came three sons, Leonard, Lyle and Mahion. His wife preceeded him in death in the year 1903. In the year 1910 the departed again married; this time to Mrs. Emma Town of Spirit Lake, Iowa. To them one son, Roland, was born. In his younger days, the work of the print shop being quite confining, Mr. Wellemeyer found recreation in hunting and fishing and in playing baseball. The departed was an optimist, generous to a fault with those he loved, and a friend to every man. One of his favorite poems was:
     Let me live in a house by the side of the road, where the race of men go by.
     Some are good and some are bad -- wise -- foolish. So am I.
     Then why should I sit on the scorners bench or hurl the cynics bomb
     Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.
Mr. Wellemeyer was always in good health until about a year ago when he noticed some irregularity of the heart, which did not seem to get much better or much worse. Suddenly he felt an unusual pain in the region of his heart. A doctor was called but he died within the hour. This was early Friday morning the 8th of April. He had reached the age of 66 years, 5 months and 29 days. He leaves of his immediate family his wife, Mrs. Emma Wellemeyer of Afton, Iowa; four sons: Roland of Afton; Leonard of Pipestone, Minnesota; Lyle and Mahlon of Baltimore, Maryland; five grandchildren and one brother Charles L. Wellemeyer of Wichita, Kansas and one sister Mrs. Mary Addicks of Warrenton, Missouri. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Whyte in Klemme at the home of Arthur Wellemeyer, a nephew of the deceased. The Masons were in charge of the services at the Garner Cemetery.


Garner Leader

     The body of George L. Wellemeyer was brought to Garner for burial Sunday, 10 April, and placed in the family lot in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Wellemeyer passed from this earth at his home at Afton, Iowa early Friday morning, 8 April, the result of a heart attack. Mr. Wellemeyer was operating a movie theater at Afton at the time of his death. George Wellemeyer will be remembered by a large number of Leader and Signal readers. For many years he was a resident of Garner and Hancock County. In early life he learned the printing business and followed that profession for 40 years at least. He managed or owned papers in Garner, Britt, Goodell, Klemme, Crystal Lake, and we believe, Corwith. During those years, he naturally gained a wide acquaintance throughout the county. He was born on a farm near Wapello, Iowa 8 October 1865. When but a child, he came to this county with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wellemeyer. The original Wellemeyer estate is what is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. U. Smith, in southwest Garner. Here George resided when a growing boy. When the Northern Iowa Normal College was a flourishing institution under the management of the Rev. Samuel I. Lindsay and Professors Pollock and Worden, George was a student there. He taught in the rural schools of our county for several terms. In the year 1899 he was married to Aurilla Sage of Garner.
     To this union three sons were born: Leonard, Lyle and Mahlon. The mother of these boys died many years ago. Mr. Wellemeyer married again, this time to Mrs. Emma Town, of Spirit Lake. To this union one son, Roland, was born. He operated a newspaper at Spirit Lake for years and then moved to Harris, Iowa. Later he consolidated his Harris publication with the Ocheydan Press and he and his son, Leonard, operated the Press for many years. He served the town of Ocheydan as mayor for two terms, and while a resident of that town, and while a resident of that town he became affiliated with the Masonic Fraternity, and that body was in charge of the burial, which took place in Garner Sunday afternoon, 10 April. The Rev. David J. Lewis, pastor of the local United Presbyterian Church, read the Masonic burial ritual at the grave. Previous to bringing the body to Garner, a funeral service was held at the home of his nephew, Arthur Wellemeyer, at Klemme. There were nine children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wellemeyer. Three daughters and six sons. Of this number two are still living: Mrs. Mary Addicks of Warrenton, Missouri and Charles Wellemeyer of Wichita, Kansas. His wife and four sons survive: Mrs. Wellemeyer and Roland of Afton, Iowa; Leonard of Pipestone, Minnesota; Lyle and Mahlon of Baltimore, Maryland. Deceased had been in good health until about one year ago, when heart disease developed.

George married Sage, Aurilla Farnham Nov 1899, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, USA. Aurilla was born 8 Aug 1877, Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa, USA; died 27 Mar 1903, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA; was buried , Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Aurilla was buried in Concord Cemetery.

Died:
The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Aurilla Farnham (Sage) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 1 April 1903, in the Garner Signal. The Signal was published in Garner, Iowa.

A most shocking accident occurred last Friday, at about 8:30 a.m., which resulted in the death of Mrs. George L. Wellemeyer, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Sage of this city, the unfortunate woman surviving only until a few moments after noon on the same day. It seems that Mrs. Wellemeyer went from the home of her parents (where she and her children have been residing some weeks while the husband and father went traveling for the Minneapolis Tribune) to her own home near Concord, in order to get out a shotgun to deliver to one of her brothers-in-law, which her husband had sold to him. She went to the home alone, and supposing the gun was not loaded, she hurriedly grasped it by the muzzle, and pulling it toward her out of a box in which it had been placed, the hammer caught and discharged the entire load into her thigh, lacerating it terribly. Her frantic screams were heard by Mrs. Reed's hired girl nearby, and also by Mrs. Benson, who resides across the street, and as quickly as possible all the ladies named flew to the sufferer's assistance only to find her lying on the floor and weltering in a pool of blood, and rapidly sinking into unconsciousness. The accident occurred quite a distance from the business part of town. As quickly as it could be done, Clara Reed mounted a horse and sped away for surgical assistance, while Mr. Benson hitched up his horse and buggy, and dashed down town as it was apparent almost at first glance that Mrs. Wellemeyer's hours were numbered. But three-quarters of an hour elapsed before the surgeons could reach the scene, and it was then too late. All this time the dying woman was stretched out on the floor where she first fell, but Mrs. Reed hastily vacated a room in her house and the sufferer was placed on a cot and moved over there, but where, in defiance of all that could be done by skilled surgeons, a frantic mother, brother, three sisters, a brother-in-law and many other near and loving relatives and friends, she lingered in agony until about 12:20 p.m., when her soul took its flight to the Great Beyond, and she was at rest in the arms of her God. Her husband was at Wesley when the tragedy occurred, while Mr. Sage, her father, was at Cresco, and of course neither could reach her side before she died. Neither could she see or know her three little boy babies, as they were too far downtown to be carried to her until the glaze of death was on her eyes. Both her father and husband were wired of the distressing event, and both reached home as soon as possible, while many relatives by marriage came from their homes from a distance in response to the horrible summons, and were present at the funeral. Aurilla Farnham Sage Wellemeyer was born 8 August 1877 at Mechanicsville, Iowa and was therefore 25 years, 7 months and 19 days old. She was taken by her parents to South Dakota in 1882, and at Miller, St. Lawrence and Huron, in that state, grew to womanhood, the pride of loving parents and beloved by all who knew her for those sterling qualities of head and heart that were pronounced characteristics from her very birth. She came back to Iowa with her parents who located at Sibley in 1897, at which place she was married to George L. Wellemeyer the eve of Thanksgiving in 1899, removing from there to Klemme, in this county soon after, and later still to Crystal Lake, at which places Mr. Wellemeyer was engaged in newspaper business. Mrs. Wellemeyer was the fond and devoted mother of three bright, prattling boy babies, the oldest only just past three, the youngest a babe in arms. If ever a woman was a faithful energetic and devoted wife and mother, it was Aurilla. She was so known and accepted by all who knew her. Those who knew her best loved her most, and she leaves behind a multitude of grief stricken, anguished relatives and friends, who can find consolation only in the thought that she has gone to a better world, where sorrows never enter, and where her saintly spirit is forever at rest. Revs. Troutman and Bell testified in mute but elequent terms, officiating at her funeral in the M.E. Church on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.