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Joseph Ammann

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Joseph Ammann

Birth
Death
29 Aug 1946 (aged 88)
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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Mrs. H.P. Ammann received the sad news Monday afternoon of the death of her brother-in-law, Joseph Ammann, who passed away at Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 29, 1946.
Mr. Ammann who was born in Crefeld, Germany on Oct. 15, 1861, and came to America, directly to Kiel in 1864. For many years, Mr. Ammann conducted ajewelry shop in the building which now houses the Lewis Cleaners. From Kiel he went to Marion, and then to California, where his wife died several years ago.
Survivors include a sister, Miss Katherine Ammann, 86, residing in Los Angeles, Calif., and five nieces, Mrs. Vera Toepel and Mrs. Carmen Goltry of this city, Mrs. Walter Nissen of Chicago, Mrs. Edna Plattner of Cranfort, N.J., and Mrs. Gertrude Cussack of Boy River, Minn., besides Mrs. H.J. Ammann, his sister-in-law.
Services for Mr. Ammann were conducted on Sept. 3, at 4:30 p.m. Last rites at the Peace Chapel, with Rev. Wayne Walker officiating. His body was cremated at the Grand View crematory.

Joseph was born on October 15, 1857 in Rhine Province, Germany. He came to the United States with his parents in 1864.
On August 18, 1944 he wrote "When we came to Wisconsin there were many Indians in the woods. I went to school in two log school houses.
There were many deer and bears around in the woods when we came to Wisconsin. I was always afraid to go to school through the woods on account of the Indians and bears".
He had received a good education in music from his father and played in the Kappelle des Kiel Musik Verein (Band of the Kiel Music Club), and the Arion Band. In 1879 he married Margarethe Stenson of Plymouth, Wisconsin. He had a jewelry and watch repair shop in Kiel and later in Marion, Wisconsin. After retiring he moved to Los Angeles, California where he died on August 29, 1946. He was cremated.
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Mrs. H.P. Ammann received the sad news Monday afternoon of the death of her brother-in-law, Joseph Ammann, who passed away at Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 29, 1946.
Mr. Ammann who was born in Crefeld, Germany on Oct. 15, 1861, and came to America, directly to Kiel in 1864. For many years, Mr. Ammann conducted ajewelry shop in the building which now houses the Lewis Cleaners. From Kiel he went to Marion, and then to California, where his wife died several years ago.
Survivors include a sister, Miss Katherine Ammann, 86, residing in Los Angeles, Calif., and five nieces, Mrs. Vera Toepel and Mrs. Carmen Goltry of this city, Mrs. Walter Nissen of Chicago, Mrs. Edna Plattner of Cranfort, N.J., and Mrs. Gertrude Cussack of Boy River, Minn., besides Mrs. H.J. Ammann, his sister-in-law.
Services for Mr. Ammann were conducted on Sept. 3, at 4:30 p.m. Last rites at the Peace Chapel, with Rev. Wayne Walker officiating. His body was cremated at the Grand View crematory.

Joseph was born on October 15, 1857 in Rhine Province, Germany. He came to the United States with his parents in 1864.
On August 18, 1944 he wrote "When we came to Wisconsin there were many Indians in the woods. I went to school in two log school houses.
There were many deer and bears around in the woods when we came to Wisconsin. I was always afraid to go to school through the woods on account of the Indians and bears".
He had received a good education in music from his father and played in the Kappelle des Kiel Musik Verein (Band of the Kiel Music Club), and the Arion Band. In 1879 he married Margarethe Stenson of Plymouth, Wisconsin. He had a jewelry and watch repair shop in Kiel and later in Marion, Wisconsin. After retiring he moved to Los Angeles, California where he died on August 29, 1946. He was cremated.


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