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Louis William Garms

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Louis William Garms

Birth
Palatine, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
23 Oct 1929 (aged 46)
Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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He lived on a farm near Palatine, Illinois, with his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Garms until 1915, at which time he moved his family to Champaign. He married Amanda Von Harz on June 12, 1907. The couple had five children, whose ages at the time of his death were: Hilda, 20 years, a senior in home economics at the University of Illinois; Harold, 18 years, doing post graduate work at Champaign High School; Richard, 14 years, a sophomore at Champaign High School; Dorothy, 12 years, seventh grader at Col Wolfe School; Dolores, 4 years. The family lived at 40-9 E. Green, Champaign. Garms was the night sergeant of the Champaign Police Department. He had been a police officer since 1916. He was struck by an automobile as he stepped from the street car on the corner of Walnut and Chester Streets. He was on his way to the police department at the city building. He lived two days before dying of the severe chest injuries.
He lived on a farm near Palatine, Illinois, with his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Garms until 1915, at which time he moved his family to Champaign. He married Amanda Von Harz on June 12, 1907. The couple had five children, whose ages at the time of his death were: Hilda, 20 years, a senior in home economics at the University of Illinois; Harold, 18 years, doing post graduate work at Champaign High School; Richard, 14 years, a sophomore at Champaign High School; Dorothy, 12 years, seventh grader at Col Wolfe School; Dolores, 4 years. The family lived at 40-9 E. Green, Champaign. Garms was the night sergeant of the Champaign Police Department. He had been a police officer since 1916. He was struck by an automobile as he stepped from the street car on the corner of Walnut and Chester Streets. He was on his way to the police department at the city building. He lived two days before dying of the severe chest injuries.

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