Des Moines, Iowa · Friday, July 19, 2002
Maurice "Tim" Messamer, 89, of Adel, died Monday, July 15, 2002, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
The body was cremated. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 26, at the Panther Creek Church of the Brethren of Adel, of which he was a member. Burial of the cremains will be at the Panther Creek Church Cemetery.
Tim Messamer was born in Redfield, and lived his entire life in the Dallas County area. He was a farmer until retiring in 1966, then worked as a custodian for the Adel School District until 1971. He was a member of Farm Bureau.
He is survived by his wife, Darlene Messamer of Adel; one daughter, Sharon Garoutte of Adel; two sons, David of Mason City, and Kelly of Grand Junction; three grandchildren; two brothers, Phil of Adel, and Charles of Avon, Ind.; and five sisters, Hazel Price and Lois Robinson of Dallas Center, Lucille Diddy of Dades City, Fla., Jessie Blomquist of Stuart, and Mary Cunningham of Perry.
Des Moines, Iowa · Friday, July 19, 2002
Maurice "Tim" Messamer, 89, of Adel, died Monday, July 15, 2002, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
The body was cremated. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 26, at the Panther Creek Church of the Brethren of Adel, of which he was a member. Burial of the cremains will be at the Panther Creek Church Cemetery.
Tim Messamer was born in Redfield, and lived his entire life in the Dallas County area. He was a farmer until retiring in 1966, then worked as a custodian for the Adel School District until 1971. He was a member of Farm Bureau.
He is survived by his wife, Darlene Messamer of Adel; one daughter, Sharon Garoutte of Adel; two sons, David of Mason City, and Kelly of Grand Junction; three grandchildren; two brothers, Phil of Adel, and Charles of Avon, Ind.; and five sisters, Hazel Price and Lois Robinson of Dallas Center, Lucille Diddy of Dades City, Fla., Jessie Blomquist of Stuart, and Mary Cunningham of Perry.
Family Members
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Hazel Kathryn Messamer Price
1908–2003
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Lois Messamer Robinson
1909–2003
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David Lawrence Messamer
1911–1918
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Lucille May Messamer Diddy
1915–2004
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Theodore Roy "Ted" Messamer Jr
1917–1995
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Jessie Irene Messamer Blomquist
1919–2017
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Philip Howard Messamer
1920–2015
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Robert Wayne Messamer
1921–1921
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Martha Ruth Messamer
1923–1923
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Mary Ellen Messamer Cunningham
1924–2012
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Fae Fern Messamer Mitchell
1926–1993
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Charles Lloyd "Duke" Messamer
1928–2018
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