He is married to Gesina (Gessina) Ralph Janssen.
They got married St. Valentines Day 1923 at German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA (Ramsey Ref. Chr.), he was 28 years old.
Geroge Fred? Heyer oo Gesina Ralph Janssen
Marriage source: Johnson, Katherine (Willms), Heyer/Janssen FGS, (Milbank SD, KOWJ, xxiv Feb MCMXCII)
The Algona (Ia.) Upper Des Moines, Vol. 133 # 5, 30 Jan 1997, pg. A6 col. 3.
GFH & GRJ were married in Ramsey Reformed Chr. <>
Child(ren):
George Fred? Heyer
Sources: The Algona (Ia.) Upper Des Moines, Vol. 133 # 5, 30 Jan 1997, pg. A6, cols. 3 & 4.
Baptized in Presb. Chr. in Kamrar, IA. Resided: Kamrar & Titonka, IA Died in Hancock Co., Hosp. Buried in Ramsey Reformed Chr. cem.
Another source has dod = 29 Dec 1981.
Author: Johnson, Katherine (Willms), Title: Heyer/Janssen FGS, (Publication location: Milbank SD, Publisher: KOWJ, Publication date: xxiv Feb MCMXCII)
Heyer Family Book by Tweed, MCMXCV
Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Title: «u»Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa«/u» Teil I, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMVII) no pagination, ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
"... Fred Heyer was born in Boen, Ostfriesland, on October 21, 1854, and passed away at his home in Buffalo Center, Iowa, on April 9, 1935. ... There remain to mourn his loss, ... three sons: ... and George of Titonka; ..."
"George HEYER * 27 May 1894 Kamrar, IA as son of Fred HEYER and his wife Harmke *GROEN (not GROAN >> 1914 Titonka, IA 1959 (ret.) + 29 December 1981 hospital Britt, IA # 2 January 1983 Ramsey Reformed cem. north of German Valley, IA oo 14February 1923 Ramsey Reformed Church, north of German Valley, IA Gesina JANSSEN * 1904 + 1997 # Ramsey Reformed church cem. north of German Valley, IA
Rites held Saturday for George Heyer, 87
Funeral services for long-time Titonka area resident, George Heyer, 87, were held Saturday, January 2 at the Ramsey Reformed church with the Rev. John Janssen officiating. Mrs. Richard Beenken, organist, accompanied Mrs. Herman Ubben, Mrs. Roger Rippentrop, Alvin Hopkes and John Beenken, singers. Blake Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Caskey attendants were Rollo Moore, John Ubben, Harold Ubben, Raymond Baade, Alvin Meinders and Roger Rippentrop. Interment was in the church cemetery. Military rites were conducted by the Winnebago American Legion Post Number 21 ofBuffalo Center.
George Heyer, son of Fred and Harmka (Groan) Heyer, was born May 27, 1984 [sic] in Kamrar. He came to this area from Kamrar in 1914. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Mr. Heyer married Gesina Janssen on February 14, 1923 at Ramsey Reformed Church. He farmed in the area and retired in 1959.
He passed away on Tuesday, December 29 at the Hancock County Hospital in Britt.
He was a member of the Winnebago American Legion Post Number 21.
Mr. Heyer is survived by his wife Gesina; five sons, Harvey of Titonka, Lawrence of Mexico, MO, Cecil of Titonka, James of Manchester and Gordon of Kansas City, KS: 25 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; on sister, Mrs. Kelly (Frieda)Rippentrop of Buffalo Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents; on son, Alfred, five sisters and two brothers."
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