JOHN H. GEHRMANN

JOHN H. GEHRMANN

1882-1985

Born: 24 March 1882, Walkerville, Montana-Died: 31 Jul 1985, Davenport, Iowa

JOHN H. GEHRMANN was the second son born to WILLIAM and HELEN (KOHRS) GEHRMANN. The Gehrmann family returned from living in Deer Lodge, Montana to Davenport, Iowa when Harry was six years old. John Gehrmann graduated from Davenport High School and from University of Wisconsin in 1915 with a Chemical Engineering Degree. After graduation, he was employed by Hammond Standish (meat packers) in Detroit, but in 1916 he returned to the Kohrs Packing Company in Davenport, Iowa. He married EDNA MARIE HANSSEN 10 Jan 1929, daughter of CHARLES HANSSEN and MARIE BRUHN. After the Kohrs Packing Company was sold to Oscar Mayer in 1948, William and Harry Gehrmann, and John and Frank Kohrs were partners in Kohrs Cold Storage. In later years, William and Anita Gehrmann, and Harry and Edna Gehrmann decided to retire to smaller homes, and built neighboring homes on Clay Street in Davenport Iowa that provided magnificent views of the Mississippi river.1

Services for J. H. “Harry” Gehrmann, 93 of 2538 Hayes Street, Davenport, Iowa were held at the Weerts/Hills and Fredericks Funeral Home, Davenport. The body was cremated. Memorials were be made to a favorite charity. Mr. Gehrmann died on a Wednesday at Davenport Lutheran Home. He founded and was former president of the Kohrs Cold Storage Company, Davenport. Mr. Gehrmann married Edna Hanssen in 1929 in Davenport. He was a member of the Davenport Outing Club and former member of Arsenal Golf Club and Davenport Park Commission. Survivors include his wife; sons, William, Burlington, Iowa, and Carl, Davenport; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.2

Children of John H. Gehrmann and Edna M. Hanssen

WILLIAM HENRY GEHRMANN (1929-)
CARL HARRY GEHRMANN(1930-)


References

1. The ancestors and descendants of the Bettendorf-Kohrs and related families : a memorial to William Edwin Bettendorf, 1902-1979 by Darlene Ward Paxton; L T Sloane. Decorah, Iowa : Anundsen Pub. Co., 1984.

2. Quad City Times, Thursday, August 1, 1985)