This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garmoe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XW.2ADI/147.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Laci Here is what I know about your grandfather, Harry. His father was Harlan Sumner Garmoe and his mother was Nellie Matilda Sneath. He was one of 9 children. They were Elizabeth Olive, Ethel Belle, LeRoy B, Elzie Earl, Otto, Ruth Mae, Lloyd D, Harry and Ray. Roy B was my grandfather. I believe Harry’s first wife was Agnes Frehill. I don’t know any more about her. Harry married Verna Sherve on 7 Sep 1945 in Burlington. I think that was his second wife. They are both buried in Salem South Cemetery. I believe I have pictures of their headstones if you are interested. I have more info if you are interested. Just let me know. You may contact me at GarmoeRon@aol.com if you like Ron G Obituary for Harry Garmoe Harry Garmoe, 79, Route 2, Wapello, died Wednesday, Jan 23, 1985 at 6:40 am at the Morning Sun Manor. He was born Aug 17, 1905 at Salem, the son of Harlan and Nellie Sneath Garmoe. On Sept 7, 1945, at Burlington, he married Verna Kerrwood. A retired farmer from the Danville community, Mr Garmoe was employed for 26 years by the J I Case Co. He was a member of the local Union UAW No 807. He served in World War II in the Army. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs Eddie (Judy) Asher, Wapello; one son, Lyle, Burlington; step daughter, Mrs Roy (Donna) Lewis, Mt Pleasant; step son Master Sgt Orville Kerrwood, St Uttgart, Germany; one sister, Mae Gill, Hillsboro; 12 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. His parents, four brothers, Lloyd, Roy, Otto and Elzie and one sister Ethel Mills preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan 25 at 2 pm at the Beatty Funeral Home, Mt Pleasant. The Rev Richard Smith, pastor of the wapello Presbyterian Church will be officiating with internment in the Salem South Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 pm Thursday at the funeral home where visitation will begin after 10 am Thursday. A memorial has been established in his memory. This obituary was published by an unknown Iowa paper on about 24 January, 1985 Obituary for Verna Garmoe Verna Garmoe, 80, of Wapello, died at 1:35 pm, Friday, Aug 1, 1997, at Burlington Medical Center. She was born Dec 25, 1916, in Winnebago, Neb, the daughter of Orval and Gertrude Ommerman Shreve. On Sept 7, 1945, she married Harry Garmoe in Burlington. He preceded her in death on Jan 23, 1985. She was a homemaker and also worked at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant during World War II. Survivors include; two daughters, Donna Lewis of Mt Pleasant and Judy Asher of Wapello; two sons, Orval Kerrwood of Port Charlotte, Fla, and Lyle Garmoe of Middletown; 14 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren; one sister Hazel Smith of Sioux Falls, SD. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two sisters, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Visitation began at 10 am Monday (today) Aug 4, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant, where the family will receive friends from 7 pm to 9 pm. Funeral services will be held at 10 am, Tuesday, Aug 5 at Beatty Funeral Home, with Rev Jim Young, pastor of Oakland Mills Church, officiating. Burial will be in Salem South Cemetery in Salem. This obituary was published in an unknown Iowa paper on 4 Aug 1997