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Obituary Hemmerling, John, h/o Lydia (d. 1-05-1958; b. 11-17-1878; TS; OC) “John Hemmerling.-His home, Odessa, WA. He is survived by 3 daughters,Mrs. Anna Kuch, Mrs. Esther Schlimmer, Mrs. Sarah Allington, all ofOdessa; 11 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; 4 brothers, Chris,Gottlieb, Emmanuel and Fred Hemmerling, of Odessa, WA; 4 sisters, Mrs.Mary Ramm, Mrs. Louise Deife, both of Odessa; Mrs. Lena Raugust andMrs. Lydia Frieske, both of Spokane. Funeral services Wednesday, Jan 8at 2 p.m. from the Church of God in Odessa, WA. Rev Herbert Bintzofficiating. Interment, Odessa Cemetery. The Strate Funeral Home,Odessa, WA, in charge.” (Spokesman Review: 1-06-1958) “JohnHemmerling Dies at Odessa… Pall bearers included four nephews, DewainHemmerling, LaVern Ramm, Ivan Hemmerling and Arthur Deife, and fourgrandsons, Fred and John Lee Allington, Robert Schlimmer and MelvinKuch. Born in Bessarabia, Russia, Nov 17, 1878, Mr. Hemmerling came tothe United States in 1889. He arrived in the Odessa area in 1900,coming before there was a town or depot, he often recalled. On Feb22, 1902, he married Lydia Erdmonn at Ritzville, and the two lived ona north area ranch until retiring in 1940. Mrs. Hemmerling died inNovember, 1956. They had been successful in their farming operations,adding to their land holdings here and in other states. Mr.Hemmerling spent his first winter in the United States at Kulm, NorthDakota, before coming on to Odessa. Coming through Spokane he saw justa small frame depot, a few houses along the river and a very smallbusiness district, as compared to the modern Spokane we know today.Arriving at Odessa he found no depot and having arrived ahead of histrunk, returned to claim it and found that the train crew haddeposited it in the ditch along the right of way. For a time he workedwith a carpenter crew in Odessa. One of the jobs he worked on was thebuilding of the square frame house, now vacant, that is on the HaaseBrothers ranch north of Odessa. He and other carpenters walked outfrom Odessa in the morning and walked back to town at night. Afterbeing around Odessa for a month, he and his brother, Chris, who hadjoined him here, walked to Ritzville, where they had acquaintances.After working there a while he took up a homestead 12 miles north ofOdessa. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Anna Kuch, Mrs.Schlimmer and Mrs. Sarah Allington, all of Odessa; 11 grandchildren; 4great grandchildren; four brothers, Chris, Gottlieb, and EmmanuelHemmerling, Odessa, and Fred Hemmerling, Ellensburg; four sisters,Mrs. Mary Ramm, Mrs. Louise Deife, Odessa; Mrs. Lena Raugust and Mrs.Lydia Frieske, Spokane.” (Odessa Record: 1-__-1958; Beck data cardcollection)
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