August 13, 1916 - January 26, 1996
SGT US Army
Wife --- Leola M. Timmerman
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First Local Draftees Leave For Army Camp Mr. George Bald and Max Timmerman boarded a train Wednesday morning for Fort Crook, Nebraska, the first in this community to be called in the draft. George has been working for the Farmers Union and until recently Max had been employed at the Central Food Market. They, like all the other draftees will be subject to a year's military training, either at Fort Crook or they will be transferred to another military camp. Although George and Max are the first to go from Manning, there are several others that have a comparatively low draft number and are expecting to be called any time. When asked his opinion about being drafted. Mr. Bald stated that he wasn't overly enthused about going—he thought that he could make the best of it. Manning Monitor article------ 1943
Will Have Furlough Writes From Boise, Idaho Following is a letter from Max Timmerman who is now visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timmerman. He wrote the letter just before coming to Manning "have intended to write to you soon thanking you and the legion Boys for being so kind to send all us fellows in the service, the old standby "The Manning Monitor." "I want you to know I appreciate it immensely and I read it the moment it arrives.
"I am in the M. P. branch of the service although my heart is still back with the medics, in
which I have been in over a year. My old medical unit is in the Pacific some place.
"Like Boise quite well and especially along the Snake River Valley where they have lots
of fruits. Seen some nice peaches, apples and plums when I drove through there with my
folks about four weeks ago. Manning Monitor article------ 1944
Sgt. Max Timmerman
He sends regards to friends at home. He says he is to be desk Sgt. for M. P. duties in
Portland. Max writes that he would like to see any Manning men coming through Portland.
He says he caught a deserter since 1937 recent (wouldn't care to be in his shoes). Sgt. Max Timmerman will return to Camp Cooke, Calif. Wednesday evening, completing an 11-day furlough spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timmerman. |
Mr. Timmerman, 79, of Carroll and a Manning native, died Friday, January 26, 1996, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.
Casket bearers were Ed Reischl, Ken Jensen, Herb Bruhn, Gene Case, Alvan Hansen and Dan Peters.
Burial was in the Manning City Cemetery. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3517 and Emil Ewoldt Post 22 of the American Legion, both of Manning, provided military honors.
A son of Henry and Annette (Hinz) Timmerman, he was born August 13, 1916, at Manning. He graduated from Manning schools in 1934. He then farmed with his family for a short time before working at the Lake and Jons grocery business in Manning.
Mr. Timmerman was among the first Carroll County soldiers enlisted in World War II and entered the Army in March 1941. He served in the European Theatre, mostly in England, and received his honorable discharge in 1945.
Upon returning home, he continued to work for Lake and Jons, which was then located in Sac City.
On October 9, 1946, he married Leola Lueth at the Presbyterian Church in Manning. They moved to Audubon in 1948, where Mr. Timmerman owned the Audubon SuperValu and managed the meat department. In 1963, they moved to Exira, where Mr. Timmerman owned and operated the SuperValu there until selling the business and retiring in 1978. They continued to live in Exira until moving to Carroll in 1995. The Timmermans spent winters in Mesa, Arizona, when Mr. Timmerman's health permitted.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Carroll and the Masonic Lodge and American Legion of Exira.
Survivors include his wife, Leola, of Carroll; his son, Kirk, of Carroll; and his brother, Warren Timmerman, of Manning.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, John Duane, in infancy.