Wellemeyer, Franz Arthur

Male 1880 - 1960  (80 years)


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  • Name Wellemeyer, Franz Arthur 
    Born 22 Feb 1880  Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Dec 1960  Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6

    •      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Franz Arthur Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday 4 January 1961 in the Garner Leader, of Garner, Iowa.

           Funeral services were held Monday 2 January at the Klemme Methodist Church for Arthur Wellemeyer, 80, long time Klemme businessman. Mr. Wellemeyer died of a heart attack Thursday night. The Rev. James E. Albertson officiated and Osman Funeral Home of Klemme was in charge of the services. Interment was in the Ell Township Cemetery. Casket bearers were Asa Arnold Herman Paul, C. J. Larsen, Melvin Neuberger, Franklin Kluckhohn and Harvey Barz. Honorary casket bearers were J. E. Stille, Wes Haefner, Wallace Pavey, E. J. Arnold, Jim Thomas and Conrad Quandt. Mrs. E. A. Gerardi accompanied Mrs. Marvin Lemke as she sang "The Lord's Prayer," and "The Lord is My Shepherd," Mrs. Ben Coobs, Mrs. John Chambers and Mrs. William Vanoski arranged the floral tributes.
           Arthur Wellemeyer was born 22 February 1880 in Sibley County, Minnesota near Henderson. He was the fourth of a family of nine children born to his parents, Reverend Frank and Mary Klaus Wellemeyer. When a baby he was baptized in a log church and later joined the German Methodist Church at Decorah by confirmation. He attended Charles City College and later taught in Liberty Township rural schools. On 22 February 1906 he married Lydia Griewe. They were the parents of five children. After farming for one year in Liberty Township, the Wellemeyers moved to Klemme and purchased a general store and called it the Wellemeyer Department Store, "A Good Place to Trade." He carried groceries, dry goods, men's wear, furniture, pianos and provided funeral service. In 1918 he built the familiar two story brick store building in which the Wellemeyer Furniture Store is still located. He managed the store until 1951 and continued as funeral director until his retirement in 1953. Mr. Wellemeyer was very active in Klemme's civic affairs and was ready and willing to devote much time to any project that was for the betterment of the community. He was always interested in his home town -- to him there was no place that could equal Klemme. Mr. Wellemeyer is survived by his five children: Andrew of Springfield, Missouri; Ethel, Mrs. Don Bacon of Klemme; Clarice, Mrs. James Carlson of Klemme; Ruth, Mrs. Burton Hansen of Titonka; and Nora, Mrs. Richard Mohler of Dayton, Ohio; one sister Mrs. Ruth Melcher of Los Angeles, California; one brother John Fletcher Wellemeyer of Kansas City, Kansas; eleven grandchildren and one great granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lydia, who died 31 July 1949.
    Buried Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7
    Address:
    Ell Township Cemetery 
    Person ID I5555  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2014 

    Father Wellemeyer, Rev. Frank Henry,   b. 11 Dec 1849, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1909, Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Klaus, Mary Malvina,   b. 28 Jan 1853, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1930, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 3 Jun 1875  Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Residence (family) Between 1896 and 1901  Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • Because of Frank Wellemeyer's ill health, the family lived on their farm near Garner.
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Griewe, Lydia Dora,   b. 27 Feb 1880, Liberty Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1949, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 22 Feb 1906  Liberty Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16, 17
    Children 
     1. Wellemeyer, Andrew John,   b. 9 Feb 1907, Liberty Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1961, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +2. Wellemeyer, Ethel Marie,   b. 7 Dec 1908, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2002  (Age 93 years)
    +3. Wellemeyer, Clarice Louise,   b. 6 Dec 1913, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1996, North Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +4. Wellemeyer, Ruth Elizabeth,   b. 7 Feb 1918, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 2011, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +5. Wellemeyer, Nora Adeline,   b. 31 May 1920, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 2010, DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 64, 112.
      Franz Arthur Wellemeyer, child of Frank Henry Wellemeyer and Mary Malvina Klaus, was born on 22 February 1880 at Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 113.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Franz Arthur Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday 4 January 1961 in the Garner Leader, of Garner, Iowa.
           "Arthur Wellemeyer was born 22 February 1880 in Sibley County, Minnesota near Henderson. He was the fourth of a family of nine children born to his parents, Reverend Frank and Mary Klaus Wellemeyer."

    3. [S113] Web site, IAGenWeb Project. Burial Index for all Hancock County Cemeteries.
      (http://iagenweb.org/hancock/Cemeteries/burialindex.html). Submitted by the Hancock County Genealogical Society, 1986. Burial Index - W (http://iagenweb.org/hancock/Cemeteries/bi_w.html). Accessed in March 2010.
           Wellemeyer, Arthur; born: 1880; died: 1960; cemetery: Ell Township.

    4. [S113] Web site, Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.
      Ell Township Cemetery. Arthur Wellemeyer, 1880-1960. (http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=500306). Accessed in May 2014.
           Image of grave marker shared with Lydia Griewe Wellemeyer (http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=500308). Arthur and Lydia are identified as the "parents of Andrew, Ethel,Clarice, Ruth, Nora."

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 64, 112-113.
      Franz Arthur Wellemeyer died on 29 December 1960 at Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 113.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Franz Arthur Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday 4 January 1961 in the Garner Leader, of Garner, Iowa.
           "Mr. Wellemeyer died of a heart attack Thursday night."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 113.
      Franz Arthur Wellemeyer was buried in Ell Township Cemetery at Klemme, Iowa.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 60.
      Frank Henry Wellemeyer and Mary Malvina Klaus were married on 3 June 1875 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 60-61.
      A transcription of an obituary for Frank Henry Wellemeyer reported to have appeared on Wednesday, 14 July 1909 in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa.
           "On 3 June 1875 he was married to Mary Klaus of Colesburg, Iowa."

    10. [S133] E. W. Henke, et al, Die Nordwest Deutsche Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche: Geschichtlich, Sachlich und Biographisch Geschildert (Charles City, Iowa: The Conference, 1913), pages 99-101.
      Biographical sketch of Rev. Frank H. Wellemeyer, deceased pastor of the Northwest Germany Conference. In German. Translation by J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
           "...on 3 June of the same year [1875] married Mary Klaus of Colesburg, Iowa."

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 61-62.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 2 April 1930 in an unidentified newspaper of Garner, Iowa.
           "On 3 June 1875 she was married to Frank Henry Wellemeyer and to this union were born nine children of whom six children survive. Lois died as an infant in 1891. Estelle passed away in 1907 and Elizabeth in 1917."

    12. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "To their [John D. and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Klaus] union were born six children, namely: Mary, the wife of Rev. F. H. Wellemeyer, of Charles City, Iowa;...."

    13. [S133] E. W. Henke, et al, Die Nordwest Deutsche Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche: Geschichtlich, Sachlich und Biographisch Geschildert (Charles City, Iowa: The Conference, 1913), pages 99-101.
      Biographical sketch of Rev. Frank H. Wellemeyer, deceased pastor of the Northwest Germany Conference. In German. Translation by J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
           "Failing health forced him to spend the years 1896-1901 with his family on the farm."

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 112-113.
      Franz Arthur Wellemeyer and Lydia Dora Griewe were married on 22 February 1906 in Liberty Township, Hancock County, Iowa.

    15. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 113.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Franz Arthur Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday 4 January 1961 in the Garner Leader, of Garner, Iowa.
           "On 22 February 1906 he married Lydia Griewe. They were the parents of five children."

    16. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 113.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Lydia Dora (Griewe) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 3 August 1949 in the Klemme Times, of Klemme, Iowa.
           "In 1906, at the age of twenty-six, Lydia Griewe and Arthur Wellemeyer were married. They farmed for one year, and then moved to Klemme. Here they built a house, raised their family of five, and were a part of Klemme life for over forty years."

    17. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Ruth Elizabeth (Wellemeyer) Hanson. Memorial #114939525.
      (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114939525). Accessed in May 2014. Record created by "Robbie Decker" on 5 August 2013. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery at Wesley, Kossuth County, Iowa. Gravestone photo posted by "Robbie Decker" on 5 August 2013. Photo of shared gravestone shows the inscription: Hanson | Burton Alldorf, August 7, 1920, August 2, 1979 | Ruth Elizabeth, February 7, 1918, September 9, 2011 | Married Feb. 22, 1943 | Parents of Linda, Bruce, Martha.
           Information reported on the the web site not shown on the gravestone includes: Maiden name of Ruth Elizabeth Hanson was Wellemeyer; Ruth Elizabeth Hanson was born at Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa; Ruth Elizabeth Hanson was the daughter of Franz Arthur Wellemeyer (1880-1960) and Lydia Dora Griewe Wellemeyer (1880-1949).
           It is not possible to determine the original sources of data presented in this database that are not observable in photos of the grave markers.