WM. F. EMMERS
Funeral services were held at the
Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden at
3 P.M. September 16, for William F.
Amen-Emmers, 88, of Hawarden, who died
at the Hawarden hospital September 14.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. Herbert Yount, pastor of the
Associated Church in Hawarden, and
burial was in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mr. Emmers was born at Peoria, III.
October 14, 1886. He moved to
South Dakota as a child with his parents.
He married Harriet Collins January
11, 1923, at Fresno, Calif.
He attended barber college at
Minneapolis and was employed as a
barber in Minneapolis, Hawarden and
Alcester, S.D., until 1939. He then
owned and operated the Hawarden
Recreation Parlor until 1953.
In 1953 he was employed as park
custodian by the City of Hawarden
He retired in 1967.
Survivors include the widow; a son
William Jr. of Hudson, S.D.; a dauqh
ter, Mrs. Creighton (Violet) Wegner
of Hawarden; two brothers, George
Amen of Lake Norden, S.D., and
Jack Amen of Canton, S.D.; two
sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Ethel) Brown of
Center, Mr. and Mrs. Stella Grapes
of Lake Norden; six grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held at the
Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden at
3 P.M. September 16, for William F.
Amen-Emmers, 88, of Hawarden, who died
at the Hawarden hospital September 14.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. Herbert Yount, pastor of the
Associated Church in Hawarden, and
burial was in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mr. Emmers was born at Peoria, III.
October 14, 1886. He moved to
South Dakota as a child with his parents.
He married Harriet Collins January
11, 1923, at Fresno, Calif.
He attended barber college at
Minneapolis and was employed as a
barber in Minneapolis, Hawarden and
Alcester, S.D., until 1939. He then
owned and operated the Hawarden
Recreation Parlor until 1953.
In 1953 he was employed as park
custodian by the City of Hawarden
He retired in 1967.
Survivors include the widow; a son
William Jr. of Hudson, S.D.; a dauqh
ter, Mrs. Creighton (Violet) Wegner
of Hawarden; two brothers, George
Amen of Lake Norden, S.D., and
Jack Amen of Canton, S.D.; two
sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Ethel) Brown of
Center, Mr. and Mrs. Stella Grapes
of Lake Norden; six grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
WM. F. EMMERS
Funeral services were held at the
Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden at
3 P.M. September 16, for William F.
Amen-Emmers, 88, of Hawarden, who died
at the Hawarden hospital September 14.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. Herbert Yount, pastor of the
Associated Church in Hawarden, and
burial was in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mr. Emmers was born at Peoria, III.
October 14, 1886. He moved to
South Dakota as a child with his parents.
He married Harriet Collins January
11, 1923, at Fresno, Calif.
He attended barber college at
Minneapolis and was employed as a
barber in Minneapolis, Hawarden and
Alcester, S.D., until 1939. He then
owned and operated the Hawarden
Recreation Parlor until 1953.
In 1953 he was employed as park
custodian by the City of Hawarden
He retired in 1967.
Survivors include the widow; a son
William Jr. of Hudson, S.D.; a dauqh
ter, Mrs. Creighton (Violet) Wegner
of Hawarden; two brothers, George
Amen of Lake Norden, S.D., and
Jack Amen of Canton, S.D.; two
sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Ethel) Brown of
Center, Mr. and Mrs. Stella Grapes
of Lake Norden; six grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held at the
Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden at
3 P.M. September 16, for William F.
Amen-Emmers, 88, of Hawarden, who died
at the Hawarden hospital September 14.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. Herbert Yount, pastor of the
Associated Church in Hawarden, and
burial was in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mr. Emmers was born at Peoria, III.
October 14, 1886. He moved to
South Dakota as a child with his parents.
He married Harriet Collins January
11, 1923, at Fresno, Calif.
He attended barber college at
Minneapolis and was employed as a
barber in Minneapolis, Hawarden and
Alcester, S.D., until 1939. He then
owned and operated the Hawarden
Recreation Parlor until 1953.
In 1953 he was employed as park
custodian by the City of Hawarden
He retired in 1967.
Survivors include the widow; a son
William Jr. of Hudson, S.D.; a dauqh
ter, Mrs. Creighton (Violet) Wegner
of Hawarden; two brothers, George
Amen of Lake Norden, S.D., and
Jack Amen of Canton, S.D.; two
sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Ethel) Brown of
Center, Mr. and Mrs. Stella Grapes
of Lake Norden; six grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
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