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George Gortmaker

Birth	:	22 Oct 1887
Death	:	11 Jun 1950
Burial	:	G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.5078011, -98.9858017
Plot	:	block 24, lot 4, grave 4
Description	:	Veteran ~~~~~~ Services Held For George Gortmaker, Long-Time Resident Funeral rites for George J. Gortmaker were held at 2:30 last Friday afternoon from the Reck Mortuary, Rev. E.H. Haacke, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, conducted the services. Pall bearers were Alfred Schroeder, Willis Hall, Dan Cass, John Gerdes, Ivan Welch and H.V. Oviatt. Military rites were conducted at the G.A.R. cemetery, where interment was made. Mrs. John Engelman, a sister, was presented with the flag which was draped over the casket. Born at Canistota, October 22, 1887, the son of Jurin and Anna Gortmaker, the deceased came to Hand county at the age... Read More	Veteran ~~~~~~ Services Held For George Gortmaker, Long-Time Resident Funeral rites for George J. Gortmaker were held at 2:30 last Friday afternoon from the Reck Mortuary, Rev. E.H. Haacke, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, conducted the services. Pall bearers were Alfred Schroeder, Willis Hall, Dan Cass, John Gerdes, Ivan Welch and H.V. Oviatt. Military rites were conducted at the G.A.R. cemetery, where interment was made. Mrs. John Engelman, a sister, was presented with the flag which was draped over the casket. Born at Canistota, October 22, 1887, the son of Jurin and Anna Gortmaker, the deceased came to Hand county at the age of five, the family establishing its home on a farm southwest of Miller. In 1918 he entered the U.S. Army, serving in World War I, with Co. B, 26th Battalion. After his discharge from the army, he returned to farming in this county until 1948, and after that was employed by others on farms until last fall. He was severely injured in an automobile accident a year ago, and had not been in good health since the mishap. For some time he made his home with his sister, Lena, and his brother August, and for the last few weeks preceding his death with another brother, Lear. Death came to him o Sunday, June 11, at the age of 62. Five sisters and seven brothers survive him. They are Mrs. John Engleman, and Miss Lena Gortmaker, Miller; Mrs. Wm. J. Bailey, Billings, Mont,; Mrs. E.M. Rand, Humboldt, ,S.D.; and Mrs. Ben Boekhoff, Sioux Falls; Wert, Lear, John, Andy, August and Avert, Miller; and Bennie, Monroe, S.D. One brother, Jurin, passed away in 1922. The Miller Press, Miller, Hand, South Dakota, Thursday, June 22, 1950, vol. 68 #35, p1 c1

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Latitude: 44.5078011
Longitude: -98.9858017

Family Members:

Parent

Jurin J. Gortmaker

(1857 - 1934)

Anna “Annie” Helmers Gortmaker

(1865 - 1907)

Siblings

Jurin Gortmaker

(1885 - 1922)

Tena E. Gortmaker Engelmann

(1886 - 1961)

(1889 - 1960)

(1891 - 1965)

(1892 - 1965)

(1895 - 1973)

(1898 - 1965)

(1899 - 1971)

(1904 - 1991)

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