Rev Alfred Bernard Nimz (1882-1965) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev Alfred Bernard Nimz

Birth

21 Dec 1882

Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA

Death

2 Mar 1965 (aged 82)

West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA

Burial

Evergreen Cemetery

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Plot

B-2-1-5

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REV. ALFRED B. NIMZ
(1882 • 1965)

Retired Pastor Alfred B. Nimz Is Dead at 83

MANITOWOC—The Rev. Alfred B. Nimz, 83 retired Methodist minister, formerly of 1301 S. Ninth St., died Tuesday at Methodist Manor, West Allis. The Rev. Mr. Nimz and his wife had been living there the past year and a half.

A native of Manitowoc, he was born Dec. 21, 1882, son of the late Franz and Wilhelmina Plantico Nimz. He attended Manitowoc elementary school and was graduated from the old West Side High School in 1899. After completion of a business course he was employed five years with Manitowoc Savings Bank.

Postgraduate Work
He was graduated from Baldwin-Wallace college, Berea, Ohio, in 1910 with a bachelor of arts degree, and received his bachelor of divinity degree in 1913 from Garrett biblical institute, Evanston, Ill. He also did postgraduate work at Northwestern University, Evanston.

He joined the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church and received appointments to churches at Idaville, West Lebanon, Clarks Hill and Walkerton. He then became associated with the Western Wisconsin Conference and had pastoral charges at Durand and Albany, where he served seven years, Mauston 11 years, Cuba City seven years and Lancaster three years. After 38 years service in the ministry he retired in 1950.

The Rev. Mr. Nimz married Lydia Gennrich, Oct. 15, 1916, at Manitowoc. The couple returned to the city when the pastor retired and he followed his hobbies of gardening and antique collecting.

Services Thursday
She survives with a son, Alfred L., of Ripon and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Laughton, of Beaver Dam; a sister, Miss Esther Nimz, of Milwaukee, six grandchildren and a great grandchild. Five brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wesley Methodist church of which he was a member. Officiating will be the Rev. Donald T. Stannard and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home until 12:30 p.m. Thursday and then at the church. Memorials may be made to Wesley Methodist Church.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, March 3, 1965 P. 25

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▪ died 03-02-1965 at West Allis WI
▪ buried 03-04-1965
▪ age 82 years
▪ buried on August Gennrich lot

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