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Wellemeyer, Howard Fletcher

Male 1909 - 1993  (84 years)


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  • Name Wellemeyer, Howard Fletcher 
    Born 7 Mar 1909  Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • He was born on a farm near Colesburg.
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Apr 1993  Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Tuesday, 20 April 1993 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.

      "Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer, 84, formerly of rural Earlville, died at the Delaware County Care Facility near Delhi on Wednesday afternoon 14 April 1993. Services were held Saturday 17 April at First Methodist Church in Colesburg with the Rev. Marilyn Winch officiating. Burial was made in the Zion Cemetery at Colesburg. The son of Carl W. and Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer, he was born 7 March 1909 on a farm near Colesburg. He graduated from Colesburg High School in 1927 and attended Iowa State University in Ames. He was engaged in farming until he retired in 1984. He also served as a trouble shooter for the Colesburg Farmers Telephone Company for many years. He moved into Colesburg in November of 1988 where he lived until moving to the Delaware County Care Facility in July of 1991. He is survived by his aunt, Jenny Keck of Edgewood. Preceding him in death were a sister, Helene Clarice in 1931, his father in 1933 and his mother in 1966. Memorials may be given to the Colesburg Public Library. Clifton Funeral Home of Earlsville was in charge of the arrangements."
    Buried Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    • He was buried in Zion Cemetery, west of town.
    Person ID I5564  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2008 

    Father Wellemeyer, Carl Wesley,   b. 12 May 1877, Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1933, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Merten, Sarah,   b. 13 May 1877, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1966, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1907  Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    Family ID F1797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer, child of Carl Wesley Wellemeyer and Sarah Merten, was born on 7 March 1909 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Tuesday, 20 April 1993 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "The son of Carl W. and Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer, he was born 7 March 1909 on a farm near Colesburg."

    3. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker, IA GenWeb Project. Delaware County, Iowa Cemetery Directory. Zion Cemetery.
      Gravestone transcriptions from Zion Cemetery at Colesburg, Section 6, Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa provided by Robert Schwietert to the USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Iowa at (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/delaware/cemeteries/zioncem.txt). File updated February 1999. Accessed 14 April 2006.
           Row 29: Howard Wellemeyer; born 7 March 1909; died 14 April 1993.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer died on 14 April 1993 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Tuesday, 20 April 1993 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer, 84, formerly of rural Earlville, died at the Delaware County Care Facility near Delhi on Wednesday afternoon 14 April 1993."

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Howard Fletcher Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Tuesday, 20 April 1993 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "Burial was made in the Zion Cemetery at Colesburg."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 111.
      Carl Wesley Wellemeyer and Sarah Merten were married on 12 June 1907 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 111-112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Carl Wesley Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 29 November 1933 in an unidentified Garner, Iowa newspaper.
           "Departed was married 12 June 1907 to Sarah Merten. From this union came two children, one son Howard, who is working at home, and one daughter, Helen, who preceeded him in death."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Thursday, 9 June 1966 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
           "She was married to Carl Wellemeyer of Garner 12 June 1907."


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