Otto William Schirm (1895 - 1953)

Born 13 Jul 1895 in Newhall, Benton County, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Dorthea (Ernst) Weichman — married 8 Apr 1917 in Adair, Adair County, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1953 at age 58 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Otto William Schirm was born July 13, 1895 in Newhall, Benton County, Iowa, United States, to Heinrich "Henry" Schirm and Katherine Rinderknecht. Otto was baptized and confirmed in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Atkins, Iowa. He and his wife, Marie Dorthea Ernst, farmed a farm a mile and one-half East of Newhall, Iowa. They had two children, Glenn Orville and Norine Elizabeth. In 1948, they retired and moved into their Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home. Their son, Glenn, continued farming their farm at that time. Otto remained a devoted member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, until his death of a heart attack on October 11, 1953. Otto was buried at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Information as entered by Kathryn Schirm, Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• The basic family tree appears in Davis Web Site - 15032014, [1]

• 1910 United States Federal Census, [2]

• 1930 United States Federal Census, [3]

• Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992, [4]

• Newspaper Archive, October 12, 1953, [5]

• Newspaper Archive, October 17, 1953,[6]