Mr. Sheahan operated the IGA Store in Grimms since he purchased the business in 1924. He also served as Grimms postmaster for 10 years.
Mr. Sheahan pioneered in county school bus transportation for children attending Valders schools and in 1954 added several more buses to his line and served schools in Maple Grove, Reedsville, Valders, Clarks Mills, Whitelaw and Grimms.
A veteran of World War I, Mr. Sheahan served in France with the 27th Division, 107th Ambulance Company. His company was under severe fire in the war, and only 13 of the original 250 men in the company returned to the United States and marched in the victory parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City.
He graduated from Reedsville High School and attended Manitowoc Business College. For several years he was a machinist with the J. I. Case CO. in Racine.
In 1924 he moved to Grimms.
He married Helen Lemberger of Clarks Mills on May 11, 1937.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Maple Grove, and of American Legion Post 199, Reedsville.
-Manitowoc Herald Times, July 16, 1957 P. 13. (Excerpt with edit.)
Mr. Sheahan pioneered in county school bus transportation for children attending Valders schools and in 1954 added several more buses to his line and served schools in Maple Grove, Reedsville, Valders, Clarks Mills, Whitelaw and Grimms.
A veteran of World War I, Mr. Sheahan served in France with the 27th Division, 107th Ambulance Company. His company was under severe fire in the war, and only 13 of the original 250 men in the company returned to the United States and marched in the victory parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City.
He graduated from Reedsville High School and attended Manitowoc Business College. For several years he was a machinist with the J. I. Case CO. in Racine.
In 1924 he moved to Grimms.
He married Helen Lemberger of Clarks Mills on May 11, 1937.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Maple Grove, and of American Legion Post 199, Reedsville.
-Manitowoc Herald Times, July 16, 1957 P. 13. (Excerpt with edit.)
Mr. Sheahan operated the IGA Store in Grimms since he purchased the business in 1924. He also served as Grimms postmaster for 10 years.
Mr. Sheahan pioneered in county school bus transportation for children attending Valders schools and in 1954 added several more buses to his line and served schools in Maple Grove, Reedsville, Valders, Clarks Mills, Whitelaw and Grimms.
A veteran of World War I, Mr. Sheahan served in France with the 27th Division, 107th Ambulance Company. His company was under severe fire in the war, and only 13 of the original 250 men in the company returned to the United States and marched in the victory parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City.
He graduated from Reedsville High School and attended Manitowoc Business College. For several years he was a machinist with the J. I. Case CO. in Racine.
In 1924 he moved to Grimms.
He married Helen Lemberger of Clarks Mills on May 11, 1937.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Maple Grove, and of American Legion Post 199, Reedsville.
-Manitowoc Herald Times, July 16, 1957 P. 13. (Excerpt with edit.)
Mr. Sheahan pioneered in county school bus transportation for children attending Valders schools and in 1954 added several more buses to his line and served schools in Maple Grove, Reedsville, Valders, Clarks Mills, Whitelaw and Grimms.
A veteran of World War I, Mr. Sheahan served in France with the 27th Division, 107th Ambulance Company. His company was under severe fire in the war, and only 13 of the original 250 men in the company returned to the United States and marched in the victory parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City.
He graduated from Reedsville High School and attended Manitowoc Business College. For several years he was a machinist with the J. I. Case CO. in Racine.
In 1924 he moved to Grimms.
He married Helen Lemberger of Clarks Mills on May 11, 1937.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Maple Grove, and of American Legion Post 199, Reedsville.
-Manitowoc Herald Times, July 16, 1957 P. 13. (Excerpt with edit.)
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