Death Takes A. J. Simmerer
Andrew J. Simmerer, 1505 Mohawk, retired designer and manufacturer of shoe patterns who became internationally known for his ability in that line, died this morning in a local hospital after a six days' illness.
Born in Utica Feb. 22, 1873, he was a son of the late Eugene and Maria Kohler Simmerer. He attended the Utica schools and at an early age went to work in the Reynolds Brothers shoe factory here. He was employed for 45 years by various shoe manufacturing concerns in the East.
OPERATED PLANT IN BOSTON
He specialized in shoe designing and pattern making and became so expert that some men from France and Germany came to America to learn from him.
In partnership with J. Napiar, Mr. Simmerer, operated a shoe pattern making plant in Boston for 25 years. He retired in 1939.
WIFE DIED IN 1939
In 1898 he married Ida Stier of Syracuse who died in Boston Feb. 16, 1939.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Weber, Chatham, N.J., and Mrs. John Brandt, Oneonta; and two brothers, William M. and Eugene Simmerer, both of Utica.
The funeral will be conducted at the Gordon funeral home, 6 Steuben Park at 2 p.m. Monday.
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Friday, April 10, 1942
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Andrew J. Simmerer, 1505 Mohawk, retired designer and manufacturer of shoe patterns who became internationally known for his ability in that line, died this morning in a local hospital after a six days' illness.
Born in Utica Feb. 22, 1873, he was a son of the late Eugene and Maria Kohler Simmerer. He attended the Utica schools and at an early age went to work in the Reynolds Brothers shoe factory here. He was employed for 45 years by various shoe manufacturing concerns in the East.
OPERATED PLANT IN BOSTON
He specialized in shoe designing and pattern making and became so expert that some men from France and Germany came to America to learn from him.
In partnership with J. Napiar, Mr. Simmerer, operated a shoe pattern making plant in Boston for 25 years. He retired in 1939.
WIFE DIED IN 1939
In 1898 he married Ida Stier of Syracuse who died in Boston Feb. 16, 1939.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Weber, Chatham, N.J., and Mrs. John Brandt, Oneonta; and two brothers, William M. and Eugene Simmerer, both of Utica.
The funeral will be conducted at the Gordon funeral home, 6 Steuben Park at 2 p.m. Monday.
PUB: Utica Observer-Dispatch
Friday, April 10, 1942
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Death Takes A. J. Simmerer
Andrew J. Simmerer, 1505 Mohawk, retired designer and manufacturer of shoe patterns who became internationally known for his ability in that line, died this morning in a local hospital after a six days' illness.
Born in Utica Feb. 22, 1873, he was a son of the late Eugene and Maria Kohler Simmerer. He attended the Utica schools and at an early age went to work in the Reynolds Brothers shoe factory here. He was employed for 45 years by various shoe manufacturing concerns in the East.
OPERATED PLANT IN BOSTON
He specialized in shoe designing and pattern making and became so expert that some men from France and Germany came to America to learn from him.
In partnership with J. Napiar, Mr. Simmerer, operated a shoe pattern making plant in Boston for 25 years. He retired in 1939.
WIFE DIED IN 1939
In 1898 he married Ida Stier of Syracuse who died in Boston Feb. 16, 1939.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Weber, Chatham, N.J., and Mrs. John Brandt, Oneonta; and two brothers, William M. and Eugene Simmerer, both of Utica.
The funeral will be conducted at the Gordon funeral home, 6 Steuben Park at 2 p.m. Monday.
PUB: Utica Observer-Dispatch
Friday, April 10, 1942
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Andrew J. Simmerer, 1505 Mohawk, retired designer and manufacturer of shoe patterns who became internationally known for his ability in that line, died this morning in a local hospital after a six days' illness.
Born in Utica Feb. 22, 1873, he was a son of the late Eugene and Maria Kohler Simmerer. He attended the Utica schools and at an early age went to work in the Reynolds Brothers shoe factory here. He was employed for 45 years by various shoe manufacturing concerns in the East.
OPERATED PLANT IN BOSTON
He specialized in shoe designing and pattern making and became so expert that some men from France and Germany came to America to learn from him.
In partnership with J. Napiar, Mr. Simmerer, operated a shoe pattern making plant in Boston for 25 years. He retired in 1939.
WIFE DIED IN 1939
In 1898 he married Ida Stier of Syracuse who died in Boston Feb. 16, 1939.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Weber, Chatham, N.J., and Mrs. John Brandt, Oneonta; and two brothers, William M. and Eugene Simmerer, both of Utica.
The funeral will be conducted at the Gordon funeral home, 6 Steuben Park at 2 p.m. Monday.
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Friday, April 10, 1942
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