APPLETON (WI) POST CRESCENT, June 18, 1924
A. M. Dier
A. M. Dier, 63, superintendent of the Fox River Improvement for the last five years, died at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon at Egeland hospital, Sturgeon Bay, where he had been for the last few weeks of his illness. R. J. Brouillard of the Appleton government office was with him for several hours prior to his death.
Mr. Dier is survived by no immediate relatives. Prior to his coming to Appleton he was superintendent of Sturgeon Bay government canal for 31 years. He was superintendent of the canal also for several years before it was taken over by the government.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Sturgeon Bay. It will be attended by government office employes here and by a delegation of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member. Officials of the government engineering office at Milwaukee are planning to attend.
DOOR COUNTY (WI) ADVOCATE, June 20, 1924
DEATH OF ADAM DIER
With U.S. Engineering Dept. Many Years
WAS SELF EDUCATED MAN
Former Superintendent Sturgeon Bay Lake Michigan Canal and Late Years Charge of Government Work On the Fox River
Adam N. Dier died Tuesday afternoon at the Egeland hospital where he had been during the past month suffering from cancer of the stomach. While in failing health during the past year, Mr. Dier did not give up his duties at Appleton with the U.S. Engineering department until March, when he went to a hospital in Appleton to have an operation but his condition was such that physicians and surgeons could not give him any relief, and as soon as his condition enabled him to be moved he was brought to the Egeland hospital in this city where he was made as comfortable as possible awaiting the end, and visited daily by the large circle of friends in the city which he had made his home in years past.
Adam Norman Dier, born February 12, 1861, in New York, was a self made man, gaining his education through the hardships of experience, and when a young man spending his spare moments after a hard day's labor with his books until he gained an education that enabled him to accept most responsible positions. Thrown upon his own resources when a young man, he came into Door county in his early 'teens and worked in camps and employment that fell to the lot of the pioneers. He was employed at Whitefish Bay when first coming to this county, but being ambitious he soon fitted himself for the profession of teacher which he followed for two years, and later became a telegrapher.
In 1887 he came to Sturgeon Bay to accept the position of bookkeeper and collector at the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan canal, and his ability won him promotion to the position of superintendent in July, 1891, the canal then being under the ownership of the U.S. government. He occupied this responsible position until 1918 when he was transferred to the U.S. Engineer department at Milwaukee and was engaged in special work consisting largely of gathering statistics for the department. In January 1919 he was given charge of the work along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers under supervision of the engineering department, with headquarters at Appleton, which position he held to the time of his death.
Ability and efficiency were manifest in all that he done and made him a most capable official. For a period of ten years he was a director of the Merchants Exchange Bank while a resident of this city.
On the 4th day of February, 1903, Mr. Dier was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Maples of Sevastopol, whose death occurred on September 15, 1919.
Fraternally Mr. Dier was connected with the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He was a man who made many friends although of a reserved disposition, and held in high esteem by all.
The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the home of Fred Wilke, Rev. Patton of the M.E. church conducting the service. The Commandry of Appleton also conducted the Masonic services, Mr. Dier being a member of the order of that city, a large number of Masons from Appleton and Algoma being in attendance at the funeral.
A. M. Dier
A. M. Dier, 63, superintendent of the Fox River Improvement for the last five years, died at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon at Egeland hospital, Sturgeon Bay, where he had been for the last few weeks of his illness. R. J. Brouillard of the Appleton government office was with him for several hours prior to his death.
Mr. Dier is survived by no immediate relatives. Prior to his coming to Appleton he was superintendent of Sturgeon Bay government canal for 31 years. He was superintendent of the canal also for several years before it was taken over by the government.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Sturgeon Bay. It will be attended by government office employes here and by a delegation of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member. Officials of the government engineering office at Milwaukee are planning to attend.
DOOR COUNTY (WI) ADVOCATE, June 20, 1924
DEATH OF ADAM DIER
With U.S. Engineering Dept. Many Years
WAS SELF EDUCATED MAN
Former Superintendent Sturgeon Bay Lake Michigan Canal and Late Years Charge of Government Work On the Fox River
Adam N. Dier died Tuesday afternoon at the Egeland hospital where he had been during the past month suffering from cancer of the stomach. While in failing health during the past year, Mr. Dier did not give up his duties at Appleton with the U.S. Engineering department until March, when he went to a hospital in Appleton to have an operation but his condition was such that physicians and surgeons could not give him any relief, and as soon as his condition enabled him to be moved he was brought to the Egeland hospital in this city where he was made as comfortable as possible awaiting the end, and visited daily by the large circle of friends in the city which he had made his home in years past.
Adam Norman Dier, born February 12, 1861, in New York, was a self made man, gaining his education through the hardships of experience, and when a young man spending his spare moments after a hard day's labor with his books until he gained an education that enabled him to accept most responsible positions. Thrown upon his own resources when a young man, he came into Door county in his early 'teens and worked in camps and employment that fell to the lot of the pioneers. He was employed at Whitefish Bay when first coming to this county, but being ambitious he soon fitted himself for the profession of teacher which he followed for two years, and later became a telegrapher.
In 1887 he came to Sturgeon Bay to accept the position of bookkeeper and collector at the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan canal, and his ability won him promotion to the position of superintendent in July, 1891, the canal then being under the ownership of the U.S. government. He occupied this responsible position until 1918 when he was transferred to the U.S. Engineer department at Milwaukee and was engaged in special work consisting largely of gathering statistics for the department. In January 1919 he was given charge of the work along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers under supervision of the engineering department, with headquarters at Appleton, which position he held to the time of his death.
Ability and efficiency were manifest in all that he done and made him a most capable official. For a period of ten years he was a director of the Merchants Exchange Bank while a resident of this city.
On the 4th day of February, 1903, Mr. Dier was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Maples of Sevastopol, whose death occurred on September 15, 1919.
Fraternally Mr. Dier was connected with the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He was a man who made many friends although of a reserved disposition, and held in high esteem by all.
The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the home of Fred Wilke, Rev. Patton of the M.E. church conducting the service. The Commandry of Appleton also conducted the Masonic services, Mr. Dier being a member of the order of that city, a large number of Masons from Appleton and Algoma being in attendance at the funeral.
APPLETON (WI) POST CRESCENT, June 18, 1924
A. M. Dier
A. M. Dier, 63, superintendent of the Fox River Improvement for the last five years, died at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon at Egeland hospital, Sturgeon Bay, where he had been for the last few weeks of his illness. R. J. Brouillard of the Appleton government office was with him for several hours prior to his death.
Mr. Dier is survived by no immediate relatives. Prior to his coming to Appleton he was superintendent of Sturgeon Bay government canal for 31 years. He was superintendent of the canal also for several years before it was taken over by the government.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Sturgeon Bay. It will be attended by government office employes here and by a delegation of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member. Officials of the government engineering office at Milwaukee are planning to attend.
DOOR COUNTY (WI) ADVOCATE, June 20, 1924
DEATH OF ADAM DIER
With U.S. Engineering Dept. Many Years
WAS SELF EDUCATED MAN
Former Superintendent Sturgeon Bay Lake Michigan Canal and Late Years Charge of Government Work On the Fox River
Adam N. Dier died Tuesday afternoon at the Egeland hospital where he had been during the past month suffering from cancer of the stomach. While in failing health during the past year, Mr. Dier did not give up his duties at Appleton with the U.S. Engineering department until March, when he went to a hospital in Appleton to have an operation but his condition was such that physicians and surgeons could not give him any relief, and as soon as his condition enabled him to be moved he was brought to the Egeland hospital in this city where he was made as comfortable as possible awaiting the end, and visited daily by the large circle of friends in the city which he had made his home in years past.
Adam Norman Dier, born February 12, 1861, in New York, was a self made man, gaining his education through the hardships of experience, and when a young man spending his spare moments after a hard day's labor with his books until he gained an education that enabled him to accept most responsible positions. Thrown upon his own resources when a young man, he came into Door county in his early 'teens and worked in camps and employment that fell to the lot of the pioneers. He was employed at Whitefish Bay when first coming to this county, but being ambitious he soon fitted himself for the profession of teacher which he followed for two years, and later became a telegrapher.
In 1887 he came to Sturgeon Bay to accept the position of bookkeeper and collector at the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan canal, and his ability won him promotion to the position of superintendent in July, 1891, the canal then being under the ownership of the U.S. government. He occupied this responsible position until 1918 when he was transferred to the U.S. Engineer department at Milwaukee and was engaged in special work consisting largely of gathering statistics for the department. In January 1919 he was given charge of the work along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers under supervision of the engineering department, with headquarters at Appleton, which position he held to the time of his death.
Ability and efficiency were manifest in all that he done and made him a most capable official. For a period of ten years he was a director of the Merchants Exchange Bank while a resident of this city.
On the 4th day of February, 1903, Mr. Dier was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Maples of Sevastopol, whose death occurred on September 15, 1919.
Fraternally Mr. Dier was connected with the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He was a man who made many friends although of a reserved disposition, and held in high esteem by all.
The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the home of Fred Wilke, Rev. Patton of the M.E. church conducting the service. The Commandry of Appleton also conducted the Masonic services, Mr. Dier being a member of the order of that city, a large number of Masons from Appleton and Algoma being in attendance at the funeral.
A. M. Dier
A. M. Dier, 63, superintendent of the Fox River Improvement for the last five years, died at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon at Egeland hospital, Sturgeon Bay, where he had been for the last few weeks of his illness. R. J. Brouillard of the Appleton government office was with him for several hours prior to his death.
Mr. Dier is survived by no immediate relatives. Prior to his coming to Appleton he was superintendent of Sturgeon Bay government canal for 31 years. He was superintendent of the canal also for several years before it was taken over by the government.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Sturgeon Bay. It will be attended by government office employes here and by a delegation of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member. Officials of the government engineering office at Milwaukee are planning to attend.
DOOR COUNTY (WI) ADVOCATE, June 20, 1924
DEATH OF ADAM DIER
With U.S. Engineering Dept. Many Years
WAS SELF EDUCATED MAN
Former Superintendent Sturgeon Bay Lake Michigan Canal and Late Years Charge of Government Work On the Fox River
Adam N. Dier died Tuesday afternoon at the Egeland hospital where he had been during the past month suffering from cancer of the stomach. While in failing health during the past year, Mr. Dier did not give up his duties at Appleton with the U.S. Engineering department until March, when he went to a hospital in Appleton to have an operation but his condition was such that physicians and surgeons could not give him any relief, and as soon as his condition enabled him to be moved he was brought to the Egeland hospital in this city where he was made as comfortable as possible awaiting the end, and visited daily by the large circle of friends in the city which he had made his home in years past.
Adam Norman Dier, born February 12, 1861, in New York, was a self made man, gaining his education through the hardships of experience, and when a young man spending his spare moments after a hard day's labor with his books until he gained an education that enabled him to accept most responsible positions. Thrown upon his own resources when a young man, he came into Door county in his early 'teens and worked in camps and employment that fell to the lot of the pioneers. He was employed at Whitefish Bay when first coming to this county, but being ambitious he soon fitted himself for the profession of teacher which he followed for two years, and later became a telegrapher.
In 1887 he came to Sturgeon Bay to accept the position of bookkeeper and collector at the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan canal, and his ability won him promotion to the position of superintendent in July, 1891, the canal then being under the ownership of the U.S. government. He occupied this responsible position until 1918 when he was transferred to the U.S. Engineer department at Milwaukee and was engaged in special work consisting largely of gathering statistics for the department. In January 1919 he was given charge of the work along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers under supervision of the engineering department, with headquarters at Appleton, which position he held to the time of his death.
Ability and efficiency were manifest in all that he done and made him a most capable official. For a period of ten years he was a director of the Merchants Exchange Bank while a resident of this city.
On the 4th day of February, 1903, Mr. Dier was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Maples of Sevastopol, whose death occurred on September 15, 1919.
Fraternally Mr. Dier was connected with the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He was a man who made many friends although of a reserved disposition, and held in high esteem by all.
The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the home of Fred Wilke, Rev. Patton of the M.E. church conducting the service. The Commandry of Appleton also conducted the Masonic services, Mr. Dier being a member of the order of that city, a large number of Masons from Appleton and Algoma being in attendance at the funeral.
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