Werner, called "Vernie," was the seventh of seven sons of Charles Johanningmeier and Sophia "Mary" (Schrader) Johanningmeier. Born on February 2, 1904, he was baptized "Werner Carl Heinrich" on April 3.
Werner's youth included chores on the family farm in Monona Township, Clayton County, Iowa. At thirteen he was confirmed at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in the town of Monona. His schooling was consistent compared to that of his elder brothers whose help had often been required on the farm. A member of the Monona High School basketball team, he was a 4-letter man acknowledged statewide for his athletic ability.
Married in Monona on February 16, 1926, in 1994 his widow reminisced, "A team of horses pulling a sled transported me to St. Patrick Catholic Church. We went through deep snow across fields to get there."
Werner and wife Agnes Ethel Genevieve Moses farmed for ten years then moved to Monona. In December, 1941, World War II took Werner to Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa to work in a war plant as dictated by his Clayton County draft board. He was joined by his wife and daughter in July, 1942. For the next 27 years he worked at Iowa Manufacturing Company, retiring on March 1, 1969. He died less than one year later, on January 23, 1970 at 65 years 11 months 21 days. He was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery on January 27.
His daughter recalled, "Music, books, sports and laughter filled our home. We were constantly occupied with work, learning, volunteerism, and friendships. Dad was gifted with an eidetic memory. I learned after his death that he spent countless hours conferring with development engineers and then managing the production of products for the war machine and peace-time equipment. Thirty eight years later he spent his final months with the company reorganizing and cataloguing all product lines, plans and blueprints. Dad was very involved with the Knights of Columbus, locally, statewide, and regionally. He was also actively involved in the Parish Council management of Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids. He also taught Red Cross first-aid instructors for twenty-three years."
Putting an individual in historical context can affirm changes he or she had knowledge of during a lifetime. Werner's 65-year lifespan incorporated the incredible following:
Three months after Werner was born in 1904, a four-sentence article appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES about a short flight of an "airship" invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio. Propelled along a track for one hundred feet, it rose twenty feet into the air and flew thirty feet.
Fifteen months after Werner married Agnes Moses in 1926, Charles A. Lindberg flew 3,600 miles at 100 mph non-stop from New York to Paris in a monoplane named SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS.
Seven months before Werner's death in 1970, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon transmitting for all on earth to hear, "That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Entry #2, 1904 Births/Baptisms, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa documents "Werner Carl Heinrich Johanningmeier," born February 2, 1904, baptized April 3, 1904. Baptismal sponsors were Carl Doerring and Heinrich Kamin, whose first names Werner was given.
Entry #4, 1917 Confirmations, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, records "Werner Karl Heinrich Johanningmeier," confirmed on April 1.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WERNER JOHANNINGMEIER
Funeral services for Werner C. Johanningmeier, 65, of 1631 A avenue N. E., Cedar Rapids, were held Tuesday morning, January 27, at 10:30 at Immaculate Conception church by Fathers Dale J. Rausch and J. David Pepper.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary cemetery at Cedar Rapids.
Mr. Johanningmeier died Friday, January 23, after a short illness.
He was born Feb. 2, 1904, a son of Charles and Mary, nee Schrader, Johanningmeier near Monona.
He was married to Agnes E. Moses, Feb. 16, 1926, at St. Patrick Church in Monona by Rev. Luke Donlon. They farmed for ten years and then moved to Monona, where he worked for Huinker Chevrolet for about six years.
He moved to Cedar Rapids in July 1942, where he found employment at Iowa Manufacturing Company. He retired March 1, 1969, after 27 years with the company.
Preceding him in death were his parents, one sister, Mrs. Robert (Florence) Schnepp of Cedar Rapids, and one brother, Roy, of Luana.
Surviving are his wife Agnes; five brothers, William, Elmer and Arlo of McGregor, Wesley of Davenport, and Alvin of Monona.
Honorary pallbearers were Joseph Riley and William Redmond.
Active pallbearers were Herman Stecklein, Clinton Schaefer, Donald Maresh, John Montpass, Robert Johnson, Francis Lauderdale, and Stanley Jasudowicz.
Werner's youth included chores on the family farm in Monona Township, Clayton County, Iowa. At thirteen he was confirmed at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in the town of Monona. His schooling was consistent compared to that of his elder brothers whose help had often been required on the farm. A member of the Monona High School basketball team, he was a 4-letter man acknowledged statewide for his athletic ability.
Married in Monona on February 16, 1926, in 1994 his widow reminisced, "A team of horses pulling a sled transported me to St. Patrick Catholic Church. We went through deep snow across fields to get there."
Werner and wife Agnes Ethel Genevieve Moses farmed for ten years then moved to Monona. In December, 1941, World War II took Werner to Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa to work in a war plant as dictated by his Clayton County draft board. He was joined by his wife and daughter in July, 1942. For the next 27 years he worked at Iowa Manufacturing Company, retiring on March 1, 1969. He died less than one year later, on January 23, 1970 at 65 years 11 months 21 days. He was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery on January 27.
His daughter recalled, "Music, books, sports and laughter filled our home. We were constantly occupied with work, learning, volunteerism, and friendships. Dad was gifted with an eidetic memory. I learned after his death that he spent countless hours conferring with development engineers and then managing the production of products for the war machine and peace-time equipment. Thirty eight years later he spent his final months with the company reorganizing and cataloguing all product lines, plans and blueprints. Dad was very involved with the Knights of Columbus, locally, statewide, and regionally. He was also actively involved in the Parish Council management of Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids. He also taught Red Cross first-aid instructors for twenty-three years."
Putting an individual in historical context can affirm changes he or she had knowledge of during a lifetime. Werner's 65-year lifespan incorporated the incredible following:
Three months after Werner was born in 1904, a four-sentence article appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES about a short flight of an "airship" invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio. Propelled along a track for one hundred feet, it rose twenty feet into the air and flew thirty feet.
Fifteen months after Werner married Agnes Moses in 1926, Charles A. Lindberg flew 3,600 miles at 100 mph non-stop from New York to Paris in a monoplane named SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS.
Seven months before Werner's death in 1970, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon transmitting for all on earth to hear, "That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Entry #2, 1904 Births/Baptisms, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa documents "Werner Carl Heinrich Johanningmeier," born February 2, 1904, baptized April 3, 1904. Baptismal sponsors were Carl Doerring and Heinrich Kamin, whose first names Werner was given.
Entry #4, 1917 Confirmations, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, records "Werner Karl Heinrich Johanningmeier," confirmed on April 1.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WERNER JOHANNINGMEIER
Funeral services for Werner C. Johanningmeier, 65, of 1631 A avenue N. E., Cedar Rapids, were held Tuesday morning, January 27, at 10:30 at Immaculate Conception church by Fathers Dale J. Rausch and J. David Pepper.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary cemetery at Cedar Rapids.
Mr. Johanningmeier died Friday, January 23, after a short illness.
He was born Feb. 2, 1904, a son of Charles and Mary, nee Schrader, Johanningmeier near Monona.
He was married to Agnes E. Moses, Feb. 16, 1926, at St. Patrick Church in Monona by Rev. Luke Donlon. They farmed for ten years and then moved to Monona, where he worked for Huinker Chevrolet for about six years.
He moved to Cedar Rapids in July 1942, where he found employment at Iowa Manufacturing Company. He retired March 1, 1969, after 27 years with the company.
Preceding him in death were his parents, one sister, Mrs. Robert (Florence) Schnepp of Cedar Rapids, and one brother, Roy, of Luana.
Surviving are his wife Agnes; five brothers, William, Elmer and Arlo of McGregor, Wesley of Davenport, and Alvin of Monona.
Honorary pallbearers were Joseph Riley and William Redmond.
Active pallbearers were Herman Stecklein, Clinton Schaefer, Donald Maresh, John Montpass, Robert Johnson, Francis Lauderdale, and Stanley Jasudowicz.
Werner, called "Vernie," was the seventh of seven sons of Charles Johanningmeier and Sophia "Mary" (Schrader) Johanningmeier. Born on February 2, 1904, he was baptized "Werner Carl Heinrich" on April 3.
Werner's youth included chores on the family farm in Monona Township, Clayton County, Iowa. At thirteen he was confirmed at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in the town of Monona. His schooling was consistent compared to that of his elder brothers whose help had often been required on the farm. A member of the Monona High School basketball team, he was a 4-letter man acknowledged statewide for his athletic ability.
Married in Monona on February 16, 1926, in 1994 his widow reminisced, "A team of horses pulling a sled transported me to St. Patrick Catholic Church. We went through deep snow across fields to get there."
Werner and wife Agnes Ethel Genevieve Moses farmed for ten years then moved to Monona. In December, 1941, World War II took Werner to Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa to work in a war plant as dictated by his Clayton County draft board. He was joined by his wife and daughter in July, 1942. For the next 27 years he worked at Iowa Manufacturing Company, retiring on March 1, 1969. He died less than one year later, on January 23, 1970 at 65 years 11 months 21 days. He was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery on January 27.
His daughter recalled, "Music, books, sports and laughter filled our home. We were constantly occupied with work, learning, volunteerism, and friendships. Dad was gifted with an eidetic memory. I learned after his death that he spent countless hours conferring with development engineers and then managing the production of products for the war machine and peace-time equipment. Thirty eight years later he spent his final months with the company reorganizing and cataloguing all product lines, plans and blueprints. Dad was very involved with the Knights of Columbus, locally, statewide, and regionally. He was also actively involved in the Parish Council management of Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids. He also taught Red Cross first-aid instructors for twenty-three years."
Putting an individual in historical context can affirm changes he or she had knowledge of during a lifetime. Werner's 65-year lifespan incorporated the incredible following:
Three months after Werner was born in 1904, a four-sentence article appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES about a short flight of an "airship" invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio. Propelled along a track for one hundred feet, it rose twenty feet into the air and flew thirty feet.
Fifteen months after Werner married Agnes Moses in 1926, Charles A. Lindberg flew 3,600 miles at 100 mph non-stop from New York to Paris in a monoplane named SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS.
Seven months before Werner's death in 1970, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon transmitting for all on earth to hear, "That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Entry #2, 1904 Births/Baptisms, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa documents "Werner Carl Heinrich Johanningmeier," born February 2, 1904, baptized April 3, 1904. Baptismal sponsors were Carl Doerring and Heinrich Kamin, whose first names Werner was given.
Entry #4, 1917 Confirmations, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, records "Werner Karl Heinrich Johanningmeier," confirmed on April 1.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WERNER JOHANNINGMEIER
Funeral services for Werner C. Johanningmeier, 65, of 1631 A avenue N. E., Cedar Rapids, were held Tuesday morning, January 27, at 10:30 at Immaculate Conception church by Fathers Dale J. Rausch and J. David Pepper.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary cemetery at Cedar Rapids.
Mr. Johanningmeier died Friday, January 23, after a short illness.
He was born Feb. 2, 1904, a son of Charles and Mary, nee Schrader, Johanningmeier near Monona.
He was married to Agnes E. Moses, Feb. 16, 1926, at St. Patrick Church in Monona by Rev. Luke Donlon. They farmed for ten years and then moved to Monona, where he worked for Huinker Chevrolet for about six years.
He moved to Cedar Rapids in July 1942, where he found employment at Iowa Manufacturing Company. He retired March 1, 1969, after 27 years with the company.
Preceding him in death were his parents, one sister, Mrs. Robert (Florence) Schnepp of Cedar Rapids, and one brother, Roy, of Luana.
Surviving are his wife Agnes; five brothers, William, Elmer and Arlo of McGregor, Wesley of Davenport, and Alvin of Monona.
Honorary pallbearers were Joseph Riley and William Redmond.
Active pallbearers were Herman Stecklein, Clinton Schaefer, Donald Maresh, John Montpass, Robert Johnson, Francis Lauderdale, and Stanley Jasudowicz.
Werner's youth included chores on the family farm in Monona Township, Clayton County, Iowa. At thirteen he was confirmed at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in the town of Monona. His schooling was consistent compared to that of his elder brothers whose help had often been required on the farm. A member of the Monona High School basketball team, he was a 4-letter man acknowledged statewide for his athletic ability.
Married in Monona on February 16, 1926, in 1994 his widow reminisced, "A team of horses pulling a sled transported me to St. Patrick Catholic Church. We went through deep snow across fields to get there."
Werner and wife Agnes Ethel Genevieve Moses farmed for ten years then moved to Monona. In December, 1941, World War II took Werner to Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa to work in a war plant as dictated by his Clayton County draft board. He was joined by his wife and daughter in July, 1942. For the next 27 years he worked at Iowa Manufacturing Company, retiring on March 1, 1969. He died less than one year later, on January 23, 1970 at 65 years 11 months 21 days. He was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery on January 27.
His daughter recalled, "Music, books, sports and laughter filled our home. We were constantly occupied with work, learning, volunteerism, and friendships. Dad was gifted with an eidetic memory. I learned after his death that he spent countless hours conferring with development engineers and then managing the production of products for the war machine and peace-time equipment. Thirty eight years later he spent his final months with the company reorganizing and cataloguing all product lines, plans and blueprints. Dad was very involved with the Knights of Columbus, locally, statewide, and regionally. He was also actively involved in the Parish Council management of Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids. He also taught Red Cross first-aid instructors for twenty-three years."
Putting an individual in historical context can affirm changes he or she had knowledge of during a lifetime. Werner's 65-year lifespan incorporated the incredible following:
Three months after Werner was born in 1904, a four-sentence article appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES about a short flight of an "airship" invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio. Propelled along a track for one hundred feet, it rose twenty feet into the air and flew thirty feet.
Fifteen months after Werner married Agnes Moses in 1926, Charles A. Lindberg flew 3,600 miles at 100 mph non-stop from New York to Paris in a monoplane named SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS.
Seven months before Werner's death in 1970, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon transmitting for all on earth to hear, "That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Entry #2, 1904 Births/Baptisms, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa documents "Werner Carl Heinrich Johanningmeier," born February 2, 1904, baptized April 3, 1904. Baptismal sponsors were Carl Doerring and Heinrich Kamin, whose first names Werner was given.
Entry #4, 1917 Confirmations, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa, records "Werner Karl Heinrich Johanningmeier," confirmed on April 1.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WERNER JOHANNINGMEIER
Funeral services for Werner C. Johanningmeier, 65, of 1631 A avenue N. E., Cedar Rapids, were held Tuesday morning, January 27, at 10:30 at Immaculate Conception church by Fathers Dale J. Rausch and J. David Pepper.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary cemetery at Cedar Rapids.
Mr. Johanningmeier died Friday, January 23, after a short illness.
He was born Feb. 2, 1904, a son of Charles and Mary, nee Schrader, Johanningmeier near Monona.
He was married to Agnes E. Moses, Feb. 16, 1926, at St. Patrick Church in Monona by Rev. Luke Donlon. They farmed for ten years and then moved to Monona, where he worked for Huinker Chevrolet for about six years.
He moved to Cedar Rapids in July 1942, where he found employment at Iowa Manufacturing Company. He retired March 1, 1969, after 27 years with the company.
Preceding him in death were his parents, one sister, Mrs. Robert (Florence) Schnepp of Cedar Rapids, and one brother, Roy, of Luana.
Surviving are his wife Agnes; five brothers, William, Elmer and Arlo of McGregor, Wesley of Davenport, and Alvin of Monona.
Honorary pallbearers were Joseph Riley and William Redmond.
Active pallbearers were Herman Stecklein, Clinton Schaefer, Donald Maresh, John Montpass, Robert Johnson, Francis Lauderdale, and Stanley Jasudowicz.
Family Members
Siblings
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Elen Johanningmeier
1888–1889
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Wilhelm Carl Heinrich Johanningmeier
1890–1977
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Wesley Carl Georg Johanningmeier
1891–1971
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Alvin August Heinrich Johanningmeier
1892–1987
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Elmer August Friedrich Johanningmeier
1894–1974
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Emma Johanningmeier
1895 – unknown
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Roy Heinrich Friedrich Johanningmeier
1897–1967
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Ann(e) Johanningmeier
1899–1899
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Arlo Heinrich Johanningmeier
1901–1991
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Florence Carolina Emma Henrietta Johanningmeier Scheffert Schnepp
1905–1961
