Iroquois County IL Archives Obituaries.....Remmers, LeRoy  November 27, 2005
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Gilman Star, 2005
THE GILMAN (ILL) STAR
Thursday, DECEMBER 1, 2005  
OBITUARIES            PAGE 3

Mass Held For LeROY REMMERS, 89 with picture
	Mass was held for LeRoy Remmers, 89 of Cullom, today (Wednesday) Nov. 
30, 2005, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Cullom.  Officiating was Father 
Jeffrey C. Lawrence.  Burial was at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Cullom.
	Mr. Remmers died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005, at 1:45 p.m. at his home.
	He was born Oct. 31, 1916 in Cullom to Gerhardt and Lydia Spahr 
Remmers.  He married Ruth G. Koerner at St. John’s Catholic Church in Cullom.  
She survives and resides in Livingston Manor in Pontiac.
	Other survivors include his children, Patricia (James) Dougherty of 
Rome, Georgia, Ruth Deborah (Robert Mack) Remmers of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 
James (Lee) Remmers of rural Cullom, and Roberts (Dr. Steven J.) Sparenberg of 
Monticello; one brother, Everett Remmers of Santa Fe., New Mexico; seven 
grandchildren;  four great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren.
	Preceding him in death are his parents and one son, Joseph Remmers.
	Mr. Remmers graduated from Cullom High School in 1934.  He farmed and 
worked for Ed Morrissette prior to opening Remmers Welding in 1972.  He was a 
member of  St. John’s Catholic Church in Cullom.
	In 1938 he attended and completed the basic course of instruction for 
the Infantry Arm of the Citizens Military Training at Camp Leonard Wood in 
Fort Sheridan.
	Memorials may be made to the Cullom Fire and Ambulance service.  
Friends of the Cullom Beckman Memorial Library or St. John’s Catholic Church 
in Cullom.
	Arrangements were made by Harris-Martin-Burke Funeral Home in Cullom.


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