Frances Hamm Owen, 1919-1998

Daily Iowegian - 18 May 1998

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  Frances Owen, 78, of Centerville died Sunday, May 17, 1998, at the Wayne County Hospital in Corydon.

  She was born Aug. 9, 1919, in Mystic, the daughter of Carl and Dessie (Shaeffer) Hamm.

  She married Kenneth Owen Oct. 7, 1937, in Cincinnati. He survives.

  Also surviving are a son, Keith Owen and his wife, Sharon; a daughter, Diana Glenn and her husband, John, of Centerville; a brother, Carl Hamm of Jerome; three sisters, Margaret Jones and her husband, George, and Phyllis Disney and her husband, LaVerne, all of Jerome, and Dorothy Moore of East Moline, Ill.; and four grandchildren.

  She was preceded in death by her parents.

  She was a homemaker and managed the Jerome Trading Post. She had been a 4-H leader and a member of the Extension council. She was a member of the Gospel Church of Jerome.

  Private graveside services will be held. The family will receie friends at the family home west of Jerome from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday.

  A memorial has been established to the Jerome Cemetery and contributions may be left at the Lange Funeral Home, who is in charge of arrangements.

Belle Shaeffer Hamm, 1897-1988

Daily Iowegian - February 1988

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  Belle Hamm, 90, a resident of Golden Age Care Center, died Thursday, Feb. 18, at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital.

  She was born June 8, 1897 in Worthington, Mo., to Noah and Margaret Witworth Shaeffer. She married Carl Hamm on September 1918 in Mystic and he preceded her in death in 1973.

  She spent most of her life in the Centerville area. She was a member of Gospel Chapel in Jerome.

  Survivors include five children, Frances Owen, Jerome, Margaret Jones, Centerville, Dorothy Moore, East Moline, Ill., Carl Hamm, Centerville, and Phyllis Disney, Centerville; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a brother, Milo, a sister, Bessie, and one grandchild.

  Funeral services were held Saturday at Johnson-Lange Funeral Home with John Lewis officiating. Burial will be at Jerome Cemetery.  A memorial was established to the Jerome Cemetery Association or Gideons.

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Hamm Family Gravestone in Jerome Cemetery

Margaret M. Hamm Jones, 1921-2001

Moravia Union - 3 October 2001

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  Margaret M. (Hamm) Jones, of Jerome, Iowa, went home to be with the lord on Saturday, September 29 from the Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

  She was born on April 29, 1921 in Clinton, Indiana to Carl and Belle Hamm and married George Jones on June 20, 1942 at Unionville, Missouri.

  As a little girl, Margaret lived in West Virginia where her father was a coal miner. She graduated from Numa High School and played basketball when Numa finished second in the state tournament. During WWII she worked at Case in Bettendorf and the Rock Island Arsenal. She met with the Christians at the Gospel Chapel in Centerville.

  She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Frances Owen of Jerome and Dorothy Moore of East Moline.

  She is survived by: a sister, Phyllis Disney and LaVerne of Jerome and a brother, Carl Hamm of Jerome. Also surviving are: her husband George, her son George M. Jones and Diane of Tustin, California, her daughter Barbara A. Frewing and Terry of Jerome; and her four grandsons: Jeff Jones of West Hollywood, California, Chris Jones and Rhoda of Houston, Texas, John Frewing of Dallas, Texas, and Tim Frewing of Jerome.

  Private gravesite services were (sic) be held at the Jerome Cemetery with Tim and John Frewing officiating.

  A memorial has been established with the Gideon's Bible Society and the Jerome Cemetery and can be left at the Thomas Lange Funeral Home.