Individual Details

Frances "Fannie" Bernice GAUMER

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Frances was active in Farm Bureau work and in neighborhood clubs. She was a girls' club leader and has been an active member of the Neighborhood Betterment Club for many years. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Events

Birth	16 Jan 1882	Fairfield, Jefferson Co., IA
Marriage	3 Feb 1904	Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA - Ernest Eugene BRENIMAN
Marriage	3 Feb 1904	Fairfield, Jefferson Co., IA - Ernest Eugene BRENIMAN
Alt name	3 Feb 1904	Frances Bernice BRENIMAN
Death	6 May 1951	Community Hospital, Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., IA
Burial	8 May 1951	IOOF Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co., IA
Alt name		Frances "Fannie" Bernice GAUMER
Birth
Death
Burial		Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Reference No		1080

Families

Spouse	Ernest Eugene BRENIMAN (1879 - 1960)
Child	Lester Raymond BRENIMAN (1905 - 1995)
Child	Mildred Pearl BRENIMAN (1908 - 1978)
Child	Forrest Eugene BRENIMAN (1913 - 1990)
Child	Anna Ruth BRENIMAN (1918 - 2010)
Child	Ruth BRENIMAN (1918 - 2010)

Notes

Marriage

Notice in the paper...At 8 o'clock on the evening of 3 Feb 1904 occurred the marriage of Miss Frances Bernice Gaumer and Ernest Eugene Breniman at the home of the brides' parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.G. Gaumer of Fairfield, Iowa. The Rev. Corky officiating.
June 19th, 1949, at the Breniman home southeast of Brooklyn, many gathered to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary which had actually occured in February.

Death

Breniman Rites Tuesday -- Death Occurrred Suddenly Sunday -- Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest Breniman were conducted Tuesday, May 8 at 2:00 p.m. at Bramer's funeral home, in charge of the Rev. E. W. F. Holler and the Rev. Earl Deardorff. Mrs. Ed Bartachek was at the organ. Interment was in the IOOF cemetery with the following serving as pallbearers; Clyde Graham, Ross Brannian, N. N. Spillett, Jack Stoker, Charles McSherry and Joe Roth.
Mrs. Breniman's death occurred Sunday afternoon at Community hospital in Grinnell where she was taken the previous day following a heart attack. She was 69 years old.
Frances Bernice Breniman was born Jan. 16, 1882, at Fairfield, Ia., the daughter of Solomon and Mary Gaumer. She married Ernest Breniman Feb. 3, 1904, and they settled on a farm located five miles southeast of Brooklyn where they have always lived. Four children were born to the couple.
Active Worker ... Mrs. Breniman was active in Farm Bureau work and in neighborhood clubs. She was a girls club leader and has been an active member of the Neighborhood Betterment club for many years. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Ernest, four children, Lester of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Mildred Belknap of Lincoln, Neb., Forrest of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Ruth Adkins of Grinnell; a sister, Bessie Gaumer of Fairfield, and six grandchildren. Her parents and six brothers preceded her in death. >Brooklyn Chronicle, 10 May 1951

Endnotes

1. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

2. , Birth Index, "Iowa Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947,) online database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com) entry for Mildred I Breniman, Poweshiek, Iowa, 1908. FHL Film #: 1028406. (), , .

3. , Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa 50112, Breniman, Ernest. "Services Held For E. Breniman." Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database. Drake Community Library, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 30 Nov 2012)..

4. Unidentified newspaper article,possibly Brooklyn Chronicle.

5. Newspaper Article, Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, 10 Feb 1904.

6. Marriage Record, Jefferson Co., Iowa, Clerk of Court, Book M, Page 136.

7. Newspaper Article, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, 30 June, 1949.

8. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

9. , Birth Index, "Iowa Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947,) online database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com) entry for Mildred I Breniman, Poweshiek, Iowa, 1908. FHL Film #: 1028406. (), , .

10. Funeral Home Records, Bramer Funeral Home, Brooklyn, Iowa.

11. Obituary Obittree.com, online website, entry for Daniel Guy Fader, d. 12 Jan 2012, https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/niagara-falls/morse--son-funeral-home/daniel-fader/1095181/, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, 10 May 1951.

12. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

13. Funeral Home Records, Bramer Funeral Home, Brooklyn, Iowa.

14. Tombstone, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, IOOF Cemetery, Brooklyn.

15. Obituary Obittree.com, online website, entry for Daniel Guy Fader, d. 12 Jan 2012, https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/niagara-falls/morse--son-funeral-home/daniel-fader/1095181/, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, 10 May 1951.

16. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

17. , Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa 50112, Breniman, Ernest. "Services Held For E. Breniman." Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database. Drake Community Library, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 30 Nov 2012)..