Sientje and Hilka Lammers Obituaries

HILKA( SCHMIDT) LAMMERS
 
 
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, April 24, 1924
 
DEATH CALLS AGED LADY AT AMHERST ON MONDAY
 
Mrs. S.G. Lammers (nee Hilka Schmidt) died at the family home near Amherst on Monday at the age of 81. Mrs. Lammers was born in Germany in 1849 and was united in marriage to S.G. Lammers at Eckley, Iowa in 1871. The family came to Phillips County in 1892 and this county has been her home since that time.
 
Mrs. Lammers is survived by her husband, four sons and three daughters, besides one sister and one brother.
 
The funeral was held at the Lutheran church at Amherst Monday, the services being conducted
by the Rev. Otto Hoyer.
 
 
 
SIENTJE G. LAMMERS
 
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, 28 Nov 1935
 
FUNERAL HELD FOR AMHERST RESIDENT
 
Born In Germany 85 Years Ago; Resident Of Amherst Community 45 Year
 
Funeral services for Sientje G. Lammers, pioneer in the Amherst Community and father of Mrs. Otto Fulscher of Holyoke were held Saturday afternoon from the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Amherst with Rev. W. W. Wilk officiating. The aged man, born in Germany more than 85 years ago, had resided in the Amherst community for 42 years, with the exception of seven years of that period. A stomach ailment with which Mr. Lammers had been ill off and on for the past year, was the cause of his death. He passed away last Thursday, November 21, at the home of his son, Herman, with whom he had been making his home at Amherst. He was preceded in death by his wife, Hilka Lammers, 11 years ago.
 
Mr. Lammers was born January 14, 1850, at Bunde, Germany, the son of George and Lena Lammers. He came to this country when he was 20 years of age, settling in Iowa, and he was married at Eckley, Iowa. He and his bride lived there for several years, moving later to Sterling, Nebraska, and then to Gothenburg, Nebraska. From Gothenburg, they came to Phillips County, locating near Amherst, where Mr. Lammers engaged in farming 42 years ago. He, together with his family later resided at Sterling, Nebraska again for about seven years, returning to Amherst. He retired from active work in 1914.
 
Mr. Lammers was the father of seven children, all of whom are living. They are Herman of Amherst, George of Amherst, Burt of Loveland, John of Ovid, Mrs. Anna Jurgens of Minden, Nebraska, Mrs. Leona Jurgens of Savanna, Illinois, and Mrs. Carrie Fulscher ... [info missing] ... grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren also survive.
 
Interment was made in the Amherst Cemetery.

HERMAN LAMMERS
 
 
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, December 30, 1937
 
SERVICES HELD FOR HERMAN LAMMERS
 
Amherst Man Had Been Invalid For Nearly Half Century
 
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Lutheran church for Herman Lammers, one of the earliest settlers in this vicinity, who died Friday, December 24, at the home of his brother John, near Ovid, Colorado. Interment was made in the Amherst cemetery.
 
About three months ago he fell from his wheel chair injuring his shoulder and was confined to his bed until a short time ago, when he decided to spend a few weeks with his sister, Mrs. Otto Fulscher, in Holyoke. Only a few days before his death, he went to Ovid to spend a few days with his brother. In early boyhood he had been injured which left him an invalid, forty-seven years of his life being spent in a wheel chair. Being in this condition, he had suffered for many years with indigestion and other complications of diseases which were the cause of his death.
 
Herman Lammers was born August 25, 1875 at Eckley, Iowa and was the son of Sientje and Hilke Lammers.
When he was three years old he came with his parents to Sterling, Nebraska where they lived for seven years, then he accompanied his parents to Gothenburg, Nebraska. In 1899 he came with his parents to Phillips County, Colorado settling on a farm near Amherst.
 
Many times he related interesting stories of some of the hardships the early settler had to battle in those days. One of those was of how they had to drive for miles in search of drinking water. In 1906 he returned to Sterling, Nebraska with his parents, remaining there until 1914 when they came back to Colorado, making their home in Amherst where he spent the remainder of his life.
 
His mother preceded him in death in 1924 and his father in 1935, and since the death of his father his one and only wish was that the Lord might have mercy on him to let him join his parents in eternity. He spent his leisure time in reading, and his favorite book was the Bible.
 
With all the afflictions he had, he was always kind and patient, and was loved by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his departure three brothers, George of Amherst, John of Ovid, and Bert of Longmont, Colorado and three sisters, Mrs. Otto Fulscher of Holyoke, one sister in Illinois and one living in Nebraska and a host of other relatives and friends.

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