This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GAMMELL, SURFACE, CHAPMAN, DeLONG, OWEN, PITZER, SONGER, JONES, FIENKER, THOMPSON, HOUSH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1686 Message Board Post: SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 Funeral services for Myron Gammell of Hamburg were held February 21, 2002, at Crawford-Marshall Funeral Chapel in Sidney with the Rev. L. Dean Surface officiating. Recorded music was "Pickup Man" by Joe Diffey. Lucinda Gammell and Tammy Gammell presided at the memory book. Pallbearers were Randy Chapman, Scott DeLong, Steve Owen, Nick Pitzer, Neal Songer and Randy Jones. Honarary pallbearers were Darwin Gammel, Richie Gammel, Theron Gammel and Ben Fienker. Memorials are designated to the family. Myron F. Gammell, 40, of Hamburg, IA died February 17, 2002 at Grape Community hospital in Hamburg of an apparent heart attack. He was born March 20, 1961, in Hamburg to Kenneth Gammell and Ruby (DeLong) Gammell. He attended Sidney high school and worked for over twelve years at DeBruce Grain in Nebraska City, NE. He had owned and operated Gammell Towing Service in Sidney since 1987. He enjoyed racing cars and was a back-to-back champion at the Eagle, NE, Raceway. He also raced Modifieds and Demolition Derby and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Survivors include a son, Kenny Gammel and wife Melissa of Shenandoah, IA; daughter, Misty Gammel and Michael Thompson of Hamburg; parents, Kenneth and Ruby Gammell of Sidney, IA; granddaughter, Nikita Gammell; sister, Barbara Flenker of Houston, TX; and brothers, David and Larry Gammell, both of Sidney. Also surviving are his former wife, Connie Gammel and her parents, Roy and Clara Housh, all of Hamburg; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.