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Maximilian “Max” Ortmeier

Birth	:	19 Nov 1880 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death	:	11 Jan 1974 Polo, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Washington County Memorial Park, West Bend, Washington County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.3998200, -88.2028800
Description	:	Funeral services for Maximilian Ortmeier, 93, of Polo,SD were held Jan. 15 at St. Liborus church at Polo. Bishop Lambert Riech, bishop of the diocese of Sioux Falls, concelebrated with Father Richard Ortmeier, Father William Hagen and 13 visiting priests at the funeral mass. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Clarence Hall, Joe Martinmas, George Springer, Victor Martinmas, Jack Schaefers and Harold Schaefers. Ortmeier was born in Bentler, Germany, Nov. 19, 1890. He came to the United States at the age of four and his parents settled in West Point. He and a friend moved to South Dakota... Read More	Funeral services for Maximilian Ortmeier, 93, of Polo,SD were held Jan. 15 at St. Liborus church at Polo. Bishop Lambert Riech, bishop of the diocese of Sioux Falls, concelebrated with Father Richard Ortmeier, Father William Hagen and 13 visiting priests at the funeral mass. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Clarence Hall, Joe Martinmas, George Springer, Victor Martinmas, Jack Schaefers and Harold Schaefers. Ortmeier was born in Bentler, Germany, Nov. 19, 1890. He came to the United States at the age of four and his parents settled in West Point. He and a friend moved to South Dakota by covered wagon and homesteaded in Hyde county. Later he built up a farm in Harrison township, Hand County, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was married to Elizabeth Schaefers of Polo and they were the parents of nine children , eight of whom are living. Mrs. Ortmeier died in Jan. 1963. Survivors include six sons, Raymond of Port Townsend, WA, Bernard of Hoven, SD, Rev. Richard Ortmeier of Aberdeen, John and William of Polo, James who farms the family homestead at Polo, two daughters, Mrs. William (Agnes) Panburn of Atlanta, GA and Mrs. Kenneth (Mary) King of Scottsdale, AZ. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and infant son. "As a young man, Max and Ferdinand Meyer came to South Dakota by covered wagon and Max homesteaded in Hyde County, on land that is now part of the Royal Cermak. Max returned to Nebraska and later he and Phillip Meyer returned to South Dakota. Max, at that time sold his homestead and purchased land in Harrison Township, Hand County, where he lived the remainder of his life. August Schaefers, son of Anna and Conrad Schaefers, was born in Hagersdorf, Westphalia, Germany on October 1, 1860. He came to America in 1880 before he was 21 and worked at the Schmeidings in Westphalia, Ia. during the fall and winter of 1881. In the fall of 1882, he came to Orient, later returning to Iowa and marrying Anna Schmeiding, who was born August 18, 1869. They returned to the Orient area to live. They are the parents of ten children." Fr. Richard Ortmeier, 2002 - Max worked for the Schaefers "on their place and he married the oldest daughter of the family." "He looked like a black shirt, so full of dirt. But he would work all year and then never get anything. The government, Roosevelt, was kind of our savior. We were able to shoot the cows that we couldn't feed for $20 a head and then he worked on the roads to make enough money to get the food to live on and that lasted almost to the early ‘30s. And finally the crops started coming back and, you know, making a band and the rains came a little better and so today living there is a lot better than it was then but it was really terrible. And there were times when we had not probably anything in the house to eat." – "Well, I remember dad working for the Roosevelt WPA and all. He worked on the road between our place and Orange? Which was 14 miles. I remember driving with my mother in the Model T Ford and she would pick up the check on the way to Orange? to pick up groceries, you know, no money for groceries and she would pick up the check on the way over to Orange? to pick up groceries and I remember a guy who ran after us with a big shovel and trying to run us…Things like that I remember." "Well, they were good really good people, very religious; we never missed a Sunday mass unless there was two foot of snow on the ground. We even you know struggled through snow to get to church...went to church at Polo…that was ten miles. And anyway then they struggled during the dirty ‘30s and we often had very little food in the house and really sometimes we couldn't get to town, you know, but we got through those days and so mother died quite young, she was only 63 of a cerebral hemorrhage and then Dad lived on and on. Dad was ten years older than my mother but then he still lived on for a long time until he was 93 years old." – Fr. Richard Ortmeier, 2002

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Where is Maximilian “Max” Ortmeier's memorial?
Maximilian “Max” Ortmeier's memorial is located at: Washington County Memorial Park, West Bend, Washington County, USA.
When did Maximilian “Max” Ortmeier death?
Maximilian “Max” Ortmeier death on 11 Jan 1974 in Polo, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Maximilian “Max” Ortmeier's memorial?
Latitude: 43.3998200
Longitude: -88.2028800

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Elizabeth Schaefers Ortmeier

(1890 - 1953)

Children

Raymond August Ortmeier

(1913 - 1982)

John Henry Ortmeier

(1918 - 2009)

William J. “Bill” Ortmeier Sr.

(1922 - 2021)

Bernard Aloysius “Barney” Ortmeier

(1923 - 1995)

Paul Ortmeier

(1925 - 1925)

Rev Fr Richard J Ortmeier

(1926 - 2011)

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Coordinate: 43.3998200, -88.2028800

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