Published in The Enterprise, June 11, 2004
WILLIAM J. LAMMERS, 89
William J. Lammers, 89, of Blair, died Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 14, at the First United Methodist Church in Blair, with the Rev. Robert Meanor of Crowell Home officiating. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
William John Lammers was born Nov. 6, 1914, in rural Douglas County to Henry and Agnes (Markman) Lammers. He attended school in rural Douglas County and at the Brewster School near Kennard. His education stopped at the 7th grade so that he could help on the family farm.
He served his country in the Army during World War II, training at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Little Rock, Ark., and Bloomington, Ill. From Bloomington, his company was to go to Memphis, Tenn. but, because of a mix-up, his entire company was transferred to Angel Island for one week before boarding a ship for a 23-day trip to the Fiji Islands. On board the ship, 2,000 men were given only two meals a day and a limited amount of drinking water.
From the Fiji Islands, he was transferred to the Philippine Islands for duty. He was enroute to Okinawa for further travel to Japan when bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of the few stories he told of his Army life involved that trip to Okinawa, where they ran into a typhoon so violent that it cracked the ship.
After returning from the war, he married Rose Emma Wulbern of rural Kennard on June 30, 1946.
Mr. Lammers farmed his entire life in Washington County. He served on the rural school boards of the Glendale and Sunnyside districts. He was a member of the local American Legion and VFW, and was a 50-year member of the First United Methodist Church. Although he was never a 4-H leader, he was a big supporter and helped in the program.
In December 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Lammers retired from farming and moved to Blair, where he became employed with Tom Pedersen Masonry. After retiring from masonry work, he mowed lawns and cleared snow for “older people’ until he was 86 years old.
He is survived by his daughters, Margaret Hanson of Blair and Bonnie Daspit of Dallas; a granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Jennifer and Shawn Haggstrom of Las Vegas, and a grandson, William Daspit of Dallas. In addition to his wife, Rose, he was preceded in death by a brother and sisters-in-law, Henry E. and Elizabeth Lammers, and Myrtle Lammers; sister and brothers-in-law, Agnes and Hans Vogt, William C. Wulbern and Ernest Kruger.
Campbell-Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
# 2 - - from Omaha World-Herald, June 11, 2004
LAMMERS - - William, age 89, Blair. Survived by 2 daughters, Margaret Hanson, Blair, Bonnie Daspit, Dallas, TX; 2 grandchildren; 1 sister, Marie Kruger, Sumner, IA.
SERVICES 10:30 am Mon., First United Methodist Church. Burial Blair Cemetery. VISITATION starting 9 am Sun. Memorials to Salvation Army or Crowell Memorial Home Chapel Fund.
CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME, Blair, NE 402-426-2191
This long obituary is taken from the collection in the Notebook of Long Obituaries. The original newspaper article can be found in the Blair Library, Genealogy Room.
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WILLIAM J. LAMMERS, 89
William J. Lammers, 89, of Blair, died Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 14, at the First United Methodist Church in Blair, with the Rev. Robert Meanor of Crowell Home officiating. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
William John Lammers was born Nov. 6, 1914, in rural Douglas County to Henry and Agnes (Markman) Lammers. He attended school in rural Douglas County and at the Brewster School near Kennard. His education stopped at the 7th grade so that he could help on the family farm.
He served his country in the Army during World War II, training at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Little Rock, Ark., and Bloomington, Ill. From Bloomington, his company was to go to Memphis, Tenn. but, because of a mix-up, his entire company was transferred to Angel Island for one week before boarding a ship for a 23-day trip to the Fiji Islands. On board the ship, 2,000 men were given only two meals a day and a limited amount of drinking water.
From the Fiji Islands, he was transferred to the Philippine Islands for duty. He was enroute to Okinawa for further travel to Japan when bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of the few stories he told of his Army life involved that trip to Okinawa, where they ran into a typhoon so violent that it cracked the ship.
After returning from the war, he married Rose Emma Wulbern of rural Kennard on June 30, 1946.
Mr. Lammers farmed his entire life in Washington County. He served on the rural school boards of the Glendale and Sunnyside districts. He was a member of the local American Legion and VFW, and was a 50-year member of the First United Methodist Church. Although he was never a 4-H leader, he was a big supporter and helped in the program.
In December 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Lammers retired from farming and moved to Blair, where he became employed with Tom Pedersen Masonry. After retiring from masonry work, he mowed lawns and cleared snow for “older people’ until he was 86 years old.
He is survived by his daughters, Margaret Hanson of Blair and Bonnie Daspit of Dallas; a granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Jennifer and Shawn Haggstrom of Las Vegas, and a grandson, William Daspit of Dallas. In addition to his wife, Rose, he was preceded in death by a brother and sisters-in-law, Henry E. and Elizabeth Lammers, and Myrtle Lammers; sister and brothers-in-law, Agnes and Hans Vogt, William C. Wulbern and Ernest Kruger.
Campbell-Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
# 2 - - from Omaha World-Herald, June 11, 2004
LAMMERS - - William, age 89, Blair. Survived by 2 daughters, Margaret Hanson, Blair, Bonnie Daspit, Dallas, TX; 2 grandchildren; 1 sister, Marie Kruger, Sumner, IA.
SERVICES 10:30 am Mon., First United Methodist Church. Burial Blair Cemetery. VISITATION starting 9 am Sun. Memorials to Salvation Army or Crowell Memorial Home Chapel Fund.
CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME, Blair, NE 402-426-2191
This long obituary is taken from the collection in the Notebook of Long Obituaries. The original newspaper article can be found in the Blair Library, Genealogy Room.
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Published in The Enterprise, June 11, 2004
WILLIAM J. LAMMERS, 89
William J. Lammers, 89, of Blair, died Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 14, at the First United Methodist Church in Blair, with the Rev. Robert Meanor of Crowell Home officiating. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
William John Lammers was born Nov. 6, 1914, in rural Douglas County to Henry and Agnes (Markman) Lammers. He attended school in rural Douglas County and at the Brewster School near Kennard. His education stopped at the 7th grade so that he could help on the family farm.
He served his country in the Army during World War II, training at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Little Rock, Ark., and Bloomington, Ill. From Bloomington, his company was to go to Memphis, Tenn. but, because of a mix-up, his entire company was transferred to Angel Island for one week before boarding a ship for a 23-day trip to the Fiji Islands. On board the ship, 2,000 men were given only two meals a day and a limited amount of drinking water.
From the Fiji Islands, he was transferred to the Philippine Islands for duty. He was enroute to Okinawa for further travel to Japan when bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of the few stories he told of his Army life involved that trip to Okinawa, where they ran into a typhoon so violent that it cracked the ship.
After returning from the war, he married Rose Emma Wulbern of rural Kennard on June 30, 1946.
Mr. Lammers farmed his entire life in Washington County. He served on the rural school boards of the Glendale and Sunnyside districts. He was a member of the local American Legion and VFW, and was a 50-year member of the First United Methodist Church. Although he was never a 4-H leader, he was a big supporter and helped in the program.
In December 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Lammers retired from farming and moved to Blair, where he became employed with Tom Pedersen Masonry. After retiring from masonry work, he mowed lawns and cleared snow for “older people’ until he was 86 years old.
He is survived by his daughters, Margaret Hanson of Blair and Bonnie Daspit of Dallas; a granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Jennifer and Shawn Haggstrom of Las Vegas, and a grandson, William Daspit of Dallas. In addition to his wife, Rose, he was preceded in death by a brother and sisters-in-law, Henry E. and Elizabeth Lammers, and Myrtle Lammers; sister and brothers-in-law, Agnes and Hans Vogt, William C. Wulbern and Ernest Kruger.
Campbell-Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
# 2 - - from Omaha World-Herald, June 11, 2004
LAMMERS - - William, age 89, Blair. Survived by 2 daughters, Margaret Hanson, Blair, Bonnie Daspit, Dallas, TX; 2 grandchildren; 1 sister, Marie Kruger, Sumner, IA.
SERVICES 10:30 am Mon., First United Methodist Church. Burial Blair Cemetery. VISITATION starting 9 am Sun. Memorials to Salvation Army or Crowell Memorial Home Chapel Fund.
CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME, Blair, NE 402-426-2191
This long obituary is taken from the collection in the Notebook of Long Obituaries. The original newspaper article can be found in the Blair Library, Genealogy Room.
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WILLIAM J. LAMMERS, 89
William J. Lammers, 89, of Blair, died Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 14, at the First United Methodist Church in Blair, with the Rev. Robert Meanor of Crowell Home officiating. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
William John Lammers was born Nov. 6, 1914, in rural Douglas County to Henry and Agnes (Markman) Lammers. He attended school in rural Douglas County and at the Brewster School near Kennard. His education stopped at the 7th grade so that he could help on the family farm.
He served his country in the Army during World War II, training at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Little Rock, Ark., and Bloomington, Ill. From Bloomington, his company was to go to Memphis, Tenn. but, because of a mix-up, his entire company was transferred to Angel Island for one week before boarding a ship for a 23-day trip to the Fiji Islands. On board the ship, 2,000 men were given only two meals a day and a limited amount of drinking water.
From the Fiji Islands, he was transferred to the Philippine Islands for duty. He was enroute to Okinawa for further travel to Japan when bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of the few stories he told of his Army life involved that trip to Okinawa, where they ran into a typhoon so violent that it cracked the ship.
After returning from the war, he married Rose Emma Wulbern of rural Kennard on June 30, 1946.
Mr. Lammers farmed his entire life in Washington County. He served on the rural school boards of the Glendale and Sunnyside districts. He was a member of the local American Legion and VFW, and was a 50-year member of the First United Methodist Church. Although he was never a 4-H leader, he was a big supporter and helped in the program.
In December 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Lammers retired from farming and moved to Blair, where he became employed with Tom Pedersen Masonry. After retiring from masonry work, he mowed lawns and cleared snow for “older people’ until he was 86 years old.
He is survived by his daughters, Margaret Hanson of Blair and Bonnie Daspit of Dallas; a granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Jennifer and Shawn Haggstrom of Las Vegas, and a grandson, William Daspit of Dallas. In addition to his wife, Rose, he was preceded in death by a brother and sisters-in-law, Henry E. and Elizabeth Lammers, and Myrtle Lammers; sister and brothers-in-law, Agnes and Hans Vogt, William C. Wulbern and Ernest Kruger.
Campbell-Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
# 2 - - from Omaha World-Herald, June 11, 2004
LAMMERS - - William, age 89, Blair. Survived by 2 daughters, Margaret Hanson, Blair, Bonnie Daspit, Dallas, TX; 2 grandchildren; 1 sister, Marie Kruger, Sumner, IA.
SERVICES 10:30 am Mon., First United Methodist Church. Burial Blair Cemetery. VISITATION starting 9 am Sun. Memorials to Salvation Army or Crowell Memorial Home Chapel Fund.
CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME, Blair, NE 402-426-2191
This long obituary is taken from the collection in the Notebook of Long Obituaries. The original newspaper article can be found in the Blair Library, Genealogy Room.
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