HENRY A. TESSMER
Henry A. Tessmer (above), 73, 1616 Monroe St., Two Rivers, a member of a pioneer
Two Rivers family and a retired Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company machinist,
died early Sunday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital, where he had been a
patient since Thursday. He had been in failing health for the past several
months.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church,
Two Rivers, the Rev. W. G. Haase officiating. Interment will be in Pioneers’
Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Tessmer was born in Two Rivers, in 1880, a son of the late Charles and Caroline
Schultz Tessmer. He attended St. John Parochial School and as a young man worked
at the old Mann Brothers Pail factory where he later became a foreman. In 1918 he
entered the employe of Plant 4 of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company, where
he worked as a machinist until his retirement in September, 1950. He was a member
of the “25 Year Club” of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company. Active in music
circles for many years, Tessmer operated his own orchestra bearing his name for
a number of years.
Since his retirement and up to the time of his illness he operated a small machine
shop at his home doing work for the Formrite Tube Company of Two Rivers.
Tessmer married Magdalena Schaefer in Two Rivers, in 1903, who preceded him in
death in 1952.
Surviving are a son, Kermit of Two Rivers; four sisters, Mrs. Edward Niquette and
Mrs. Herman Schurr of Two Rivers, Mrs. Henry Stelzer of California, and Mrs. Lilly
Behlow of Wyoming; and a brother, Charles Tessmer of Two Rivers. There are two
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, from
3 p.m. Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be removed to the church
where the body will lie in state until the time of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 20, 1953 P. 17
Henry A. Tessmer (above), 73, 1616 Monroe St., Two Rivers, a member of a pioneer
Two Rivers family and a retired Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company machinist,
died early Sunday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital, where he had been a
patient since Thursday. He had been in failing health for the past several
months.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church,
Two Rivers, the Rev. W. G. Haase officiating. Interment will be in Pioneers’
Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Tessmer was born in Two Rivers, in 1880, a son of the late Charles and Caroline
Schultz Tessmer. He attended St. John Parochial School and as a young man worked
at the old Mann Brothers Pail factory where he later became a foreman. In 1918 he
entered the employe of Plant 4 of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company, where
he worked as a machinist until his retirement in September, 1950. He was a member
of the “25 Year Club” of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company. Active in music
circles for many years, Tessmer operated his own orchestra bearing his name for
a number of years.
Since his retirement and up to the time of his illness he operated a small machine
shop at his home doing work for the Formrite Tube Company of Two Rivers.
Tessmer married Magdalena Schaefer in Two Rivers, in 1903, who preceded him in
death in 1952.
Surviving are a son, Kermit of Two Rivers; four sisters, Mrs. Edward Niquette and
Mrs. Herman Schurr of Two Rivers, Mrs. Henry Stelzer of California, and Mrs. Lilly
Behlow of Wyoming; and a brother, Charles Tessmer of Two Rivers. There are two
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, from
3 p.m. Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be removed to the church
where the body will lie in state until the time of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 20, 1953 P. 17
HENRY A. TESSMER
Henry A. Tessmer (above), 73, 1616 Monroe St., Two Rivers, a member of a pioneer
Two Rivers family and a retired Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company machinist,
died early Sunday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital, where he had been a
patient since Thursday. He had been in failing health for the past several
months.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church,
Two Rivers, the Rev. W. G. Haase officiating. Interment will be in Pioneers’
Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Tessmer was born in Two Rivers, in 1880, a son of the late Charles and Caroline
Schultz Tessmer. He attended St. John Parochial School and as a young man worked
at the old Mann Brothers Pail factory where he later became a foreman. In 1918 he
entered the employe of Plant 4 of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company, where
he worked as a machinist until his retirement in September, 1950. He was a member
of the “25 Year Club” of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company. Active in music
circles for many years, Tessmer operated his own orchestra bearing his name for
a number of years.
Since his retirement and up to the time of his illness he operated a small machine
shop at his home doing work for the Formrite Tube Company of Two Rivers.
Tessmer married Magdalena Schaefer in Two Rivers, in 1903, who preceded him in
death in 1952.
Surviving are a son, Kermit of Two Rivers; four sisters, Mrs. Edward Niquette and
Mrs. Herman Schurr of Two Rivers, Mrs. Henry Stelzer of California, and Mrs. Lilly
Behlow of Wyoming; and a brother, Charles Tessmer of Two Rivers. There are two
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, from
3 p.m. Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be removed to the church
where the body will lie in state until the time of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 20, 1953 P. 17
Henry A. Tessmer (above), 73, 1616 Monroe St., Two Rivers, a member of a pioneer
Two Rivers family and a retired Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company machinist,
died early Sunday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital, where he had been a
patient since Thursday. He had been in failing health for the past several
months.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church,
Two Rivers, the Rev. W. G. Haase officiating. Interment will be in Pioneers’
Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Tessmer was born in Two Rivers, in 1880, a son of the late Charles and Caroline
Schultz Tessmer. He attended St. John Parochial School and as a young man worked
at the old Mann Brothers Pail factory where he later became a foreman. In 1918 he
entered the employe of Plant 4 of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company, where
he worked as a machinist until his retirement in September, 1950. He was a member
of the “25 Year Club” of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company. Active in music
circles for many years, Tessmer operated his own orchestra bearing his name for
a number of years.
Since his retirement and up to the time of his illness he operated a small machine
shop at his home doing work for the Formrite Tube Company of Two Rivers.
Tessmer married Magdalena Schaefer in Two Rivers, in 1903, who preceded him in
death in 1952.
Surviving are a son, Kermit of Two Rivers; four sisters, Mrs. Edward Niquette and
Mrs. Herman Schurr of Two Rivers, Mrs. Henry Stelzer of California, and Mrs. Lilly
Behlow of Wyoming; and a brother, Charles Tessmer of Two Rivers. There are two
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, from
3 p.m. Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be removed to the church
where the body will lie in state until the time of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 20, 1953 P. 17
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