Born November 7, 1886
Entered Into Rest December 2, 1952
Funeral Services Evangelical Church, Westside Saturday, December 6, 1952 2 P.M.
Rev. E.G. Otte, Pastor
Irene Rohwer, Organist
Solos "In the Garden" "The Old Rugged Cross" By Margaret Wiebers
Pallbearers: F.H. Dobler, Alvin Gorman, John Petersen, Julius Pruter, Herbert Snyder, Leroy Wiebers
Final Resting Place Hayes Township Cemetery
Huebner Funeral Service

Death Claims John Ostermeyer
(Times Herald News Service)
WESTSIDE - John Ostermeyer, 66, of Westside, died at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday in the Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, where he had been a patient two months. He had been in ill health for three years.

Funeral services will be at Westside Saturday, but the time and place have not been set. Burial will be in the Westside cemetery. Mr. Ostermeyer, a Westside resident since 1935, had formerly operated the Sinclair service station at the east edge of town for a number of years.

He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion Post here. Surviving are his widow and one daughter, Mae Ann.

John Ostermeyer's Final Rites Held at Church in Westside
(Times Herald News Service) WESTSIDE - Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church here for John Ostermeyer. The Rev. E.G. Otte, pastor of the church, officiated. Burial was in Hayes Township Cemetery, south of Westside. Irene Rohwer, organist, accompanied the soloist, Mrs. Leroy Wiebers, who sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden." Pallbearers were Leroy Wiebers, John Petersen, Herbert Snyder, Frank Dobler, John A. Gorman and J.W. Pruter.

Mr. Ostermeyer, was born November 7, 1886, at Westphalia, Iowa, son of Andrew and Theresia Ostermeyer. He was married to Anna C. Anthony November 8, 1923, at Westside.

Surviving relatives besides his wife and daughter, Anna Mae, who is at home, are two brothers, George of Albia, and Andrew of Westfield.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Joseph, and one sister, Mary.

Mr. Ostermeyer received his education in the schools near Westphalia. He operated a. garage in Westside for a number of years after coming here in 1935. He later operated the Sinclair Station, east of Westside, and a garage in connection with the station, for 6 1/2 years.

He served in World War I, being a member of the service nearly three years, 15 months of which was foreign duty. He was a member of Alfred R. Rossman American Legion Post 196 of Westside. The post was in charge of the military honors at the funeral.

Mr. Ostermeyer died at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, December 2, at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, where he had been a patient for the past two months. Mrs. Ostermeyer was with him at the time of his death. He has been in ill health the past three years.

Those attending the funeral from a distance were: Mrs. Fred Krueger, Huron, South Dakota; George Book and Al Boock, Ponca, Nebraska: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ostermeyer, Westfield; Leo Ostermeyer, Sioux City; Mrs. Margaret Sipes, Correctionville; Mrs. Karl Mantey and Earl Hiller, Charter Oak; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ostermeyer, Chatworth; Mrs. Matilda Carroll and Richard Carroll, Harlan; Mrs. Andrew Bower, Dunlap; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rocker, Schleswig; Karl Kohles and Louella, Ida Grove; Mr. and Mrs. "Pommy" Nystrup, Akron; and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Book. Defiance.