ANTHONY P. GEIMER (TONY)

Geimer is dead at Two Rivers
Heart Attack Fatal To Retired Resident
TWO RIVERS – Anthony P. (Tony) Geimer, 70, retired general superintendent
of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, died Tuesday afternoon at his home,
2601 Washington St., following a heart attack.
Mr. Geimer, active in Masonic circles and a former basketball and baseball
player, was in apparent good health until stricken early Tuesday.
Masonic funeral services will be held at Grace Congregational church at 2 p.m.
Friday, the Rev. Richard J. Wichlei officiating. Masonic rites at the church
and at Pioneers Rest cemetery will be directed by Heber Clayton, past master
of the Two Rivers Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Geimer was born in the town of Gibson Feb. 28, 1881, a son of the late
Jacob and Margaret Spang Geimer. He was 10 years old when the family moved to
Two Rivers, where as a boy he learned the butcher trade at the old Main Street
meat market operated by the late Richard Kahlenberg.
In April 1899, he entered the employ of the Hamilton Company. Assigned to a
carpenter bench he worked as a cabinet maker until 1913 when the steel plant
of the firm was erected. That year he was promoted to a foreman in the steel
plant and in 1918 became the division’s superintendent. The genial mild-mannered
Mr. Geimer, popular with the Hamilton employees, continued in the capacity of
steel plant superintendent until 1932 when he was named general superintendent.
After 48 years with the Hamilton firm, which he saw grow from a payroll of less
than 200 to more than 1500, he retired in July, 1947.
On Original RAC Team
Mr. Geimer took keen interest in sports activities. He displayed marked talent
as a baseball player and was shortstop on the city team, the Colts, at the turn
of the century. In 1904 when the Reach Athletic Club organized one of the first
basketball teams in this area better clubs in the middle west, Mr. Geimer was
one of the original members.
Mr. Geimer’s identification with the Masonry dates back nearly 40 years ago,
having been accepted into the Two Rivers Blue Lodge in February 1912. He served
the lodge as worshipful master in 1918 and 1919.
His other Masonic affiliations include membership in the Barney G. Lyman chapter
116, Royal Arch Masons, the Manitowoc council of the Ancient and Select Masters,
the Low Twelve Club of the Two Rivers Blue Lodge, the Manitowoc Commandery No. 45,
Knights Templars: the Wisconsin Consistory, and the Tripoli Temple Shrine of
Milwaukee. He was also active in the Two Rivers Shrine Club, and also belonged
to the “Hamilton 30 year Club.”
Survivors Listed
In 1902 the marriage of Miss Muriel Bemis, a member of the pioneer Two Rivers
family, and Mr. Geimer took place. She survives with a daughter, Mrs. Edward
Jann, and a son, Oswald Geimer, both of Two Rivers.
He also leaves six sisters, Mrs. David LaFond and Mrs. George Paska, both of this
city; Miss Matilda Geimer of Milwaukee, Mrs. Joseph Bunker of Villa Park, Ill.,
Sister M. Imelda of Altoona, Pa., and Mrs. Fred Beth of this city, two brothers,
Roland Geimer of San Marino, Cal., and Cornelius Geimer of Sturgis, Mich., a step
sister, Mrs. Charles Weix of this city, Mrs. Michael Bartelme of Superior. There
are two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Beduhn, Deja and Martin Inc. funeral home from 7 p.m.
Thursday until 10 a.m. Friday when the casket will be moved to Grace Congregational
church.
Two Rivers Reporter, Wed. Dec. 12, 1951
(Sent in by researcher/see contributors page)
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