Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent Tuesday, November 6, 1942
William H. Steinmeyer, 50, a native son of Hall county and a veteran of naval service in World War I, died suddenly while at work shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Lyman-Richey gravel pit southeast of the city. The pit is located on the Ed Baasch farm. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Steinmeyer, he was born on a farm east of the city Apr. 11, 1892. He enlisted in the U. S. navy June 4, 1918, at Omaha and served as a fireman first class. He was honorably discharged from active service in July in 1919 and from the naval reserves Sept. 30, 1921. Before entering the employ of the Lyman-Richey firm under the foremanship of George Baasch, Steinmeyer for years followed the vocation of a well driller.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Renetta Benson, and three grandchildren, all of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Niedfelt and Mrs. Sadie DePue, both of this city, and Mrs. Emma Oliver, Stapleton, and three brothers, Herman Steinmeyer of Hayward, Wis., Henry at Hasting and Albert, Nysa, Ore. His parents, two brothers and a sister preceded
him in death.
William H. Steinmeyer, 50, a native son of Hall county and a veteran of naval service in World War I, died suddenly while at work shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Lyman-Richey gravel pit southeast of the city. The pit is located on the Ed Baasch farm. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Steinmeyer, he was born on a farm east of the city Apr. 11, 1892. He enlisted in the U. S. navy June 4, 1918, at Omaha and served as a fireman first class. He was honorably discharged from active service in July in 1919 and from the naval reserves Sept. 30, 1921. Before entering the employ of the Lyman-Richey firm under the foremanship of George Baasch, Steinmeyer for years followed the vocation of a well driller.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Renetta Benson, and three grandchildren, all of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Niedfelt and Mrs. Sadie DePue, both of this city, and Mrs. Emma Oliver, Stapleton, and three brothers, Herman Steinmeyer of Hayward, Wis., Henry at Hasting and Albert, Nysa, Ore. His parents, two brothers and a sister preceded
him in death.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent Tuesday, November 6, 1942
William H. Steinmeyer, 50, a native son of Hall county and a veteran of naval service in World War I, died suddenly while at work shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Lyman-Richey gravel pit southeast of the city. The pit is located on the Ed Baasch farm. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Steinmeyer, he was born on a farm east of the city Apr. 11, 1892. He enlisted in the U. S. navy June 4, 1918, at Omaha and served as a fireman first class. He was honorably discharged from active service in July in 1919 and from the naval reserves Sept. 30, 1921. Before entering the employ of the Lyman-Richey firm under the foremanship of George Baasch, Steinmeyer for years followed the vocation of a well driller.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Renetta Benson, and three grandchildren, all of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Niedfelt and Mrs. Sadie DePue, both of this city, and Mrs. Emma Oliver, Stapleton, and three brothers, Herman Steinmeyer of Hayward, Wis., Henry at Hasting and Albert, Nysa, Ore. His parents, two brothers and a sister preceded
him in death.
William H. Steinmeyer, 50, a native son of Hall county and a veteran of naval service in World War I, died suddenly while at work shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Lyman-Richey gravel pit southeast of the city. The pit is located on the Ed Baasch farm. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Steinmeyer, he was born on a farm east of the city Apr. 11, 1892. He enlisted in the U. S. navy June 4, 1918, at Omaha and served as a fireman first class. He was honorably discharged from active service in July in 1919 and from the naval reserves Sept. 30, 1921. Before entering the employ of the Lyman-Richey firm under the foremanship of George Baasch, Steinmeyer for years followed the vocation of a well driller.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Renetta Benson, and three grandchildren, all of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Niedfelt and Mrs. Sadie DePue, both of this city, and Mrs. Emma Oliver, Stapleton, and three brothers, Herman Steinmeyer of Hayward, Wis., Henry at Hasting and Albert, Nysa, Ore. His parents, two brothers and a sister preceded
him in death.
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