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Longtime Lampasas City Councilman E.E. "Junior" Ohnmeiss, 77, died Nov
ember 10, 2003 at Rollins Brook Community
Hospital. Funeral services were Nov. 13 at Dodson Funeral Home Chape
l with Minister Reid Schaub officiating. Burial
followed at Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery near Evant.
Mr. Ohnmeiss was born April 5, 1926, in Williamsport, Pa., to Ellery a
d Susan Florey Ohnmeiss. When he was 6 years old,
Mr. Ohnmeiss was sent to Girard College in Philadelphia, and he gradua
ted from there in 1943. Mr. Ohnmeiss then attended
Penn State University for one year and was called to Army duty durin
g World War II. He earned battle stars for service in
France and Germany. After VE Day, Mr. Ohnmeiss and his unit were sen
t to North Camp Hood to train for assignments in the
Pacific. He was there when the war ended.
He married Mavis Renken on February 17, 1946, in Hamilton [Texas]. Mr
. Ohnmeiss had lived in Lampasas since 1954. He
served as acting mayor for one year. He then re-entered the politica
l arena in 1992, when he again was elected to the council.
After he resigned his seat in 1998, he was named "Honorary Councilma
for Life" by the city. He had worked at Wieser Feed
Mill and Evergreen Feed Mill for a combined 44 years until his retirem
ent in April 1991. Mr. Ohnmeiss was a member of the
Lions Club and AMVETS Post 80, where he served as provost marshal.
In March 1999, a portion of U.S. Highway 190 was renamed E.E. J. Ohnme
iss Drive in his honor.
Mr. Ohnmeiss is survived by his wife of Lampasas; two daughters, Mar
y Atherton, and husband, Woody, of Gatesville, and Dr. Donna Ohnmeiss
, of Plano; a son, John Ohnmeiss, and wife Elizabeth, of Lampasas; gra
dchildren, Celia and Joel Wayne Sellers; and great-grandchildren, Che
yenne and Wyatt Sellers, of Jonesboro.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Ohnmeiss, and by two bro
thers and a sister. The family requested that memorials be made to th
e charity of one's choice. Arrangements by Dodson Funeral Home of Lamp
asas.
Source: Lampasas Dispatch Record newspaper, Friday, 14 November 2003
. pp. 1, 14.


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Ellery married Mavis RENKEN on 17 Feb 1946 in Hamilton, , Texas . Mavis was born on 1 Jun 1925; was buried in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery - Lampasas County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John T. OHNMEISS
2. Mary E. OHNMEISS
3. D.D. OHNMEISS
4. Susan OHNMEISS was born on 15 Dec 1948 in Hamilton Co, TX; died on 11 Mar 2003 in Lampasas, Lampasas Co, TX; was buried in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery - Lampasas County.

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Ellery Ellsworth Ohnmeiss
Birth 21 Sep 1892
Pennsylvania, USA
Death 16 Sep 1925 (aged 32)
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Wildwood Cemetery
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot Section C, Lot 621, East Wildwood
Memorial ID 6731390 · View Source

Memorial
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Flowers 7

Ellery was the son of Charles E. Ohnmeiss and Susan E. Wren. Coroner S
chneider Conducting Inquest to Determine Reason for Young Man's Deat
h Following Visit to Dental Parlors. An inquest to determine what caus
ed the death of Ellery E. Ohnmeiss, of 1108 Charles street, will be co
ducted at the city hall council chamber, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clo
ck, by Dr. George L. Schneider, the coroner. Members of the family mad
e complaint to the coroner relative to Mr. Ohnmeiss' death and the cou
ty official made a report of the incidents leading up to the man's de
ath to the city police and district attorney today. Mr. Ohnmeiss wen
t to the dental offices of Dr. Shor at 115 W Third street, on Tuesda
y afternoon of last week, in good health, according to his family, an
d had the teeth of his lower jaw extracted. Relatives informed the cor
oner that an anesthetic was administered to Mr. Ohnmeiss several time
s during the afternoon. He went home and became very ill and died on W
ednesday evening, about 5:30 o'clock. The complaint was made to the co
oner by a brother and cousin of the deceased. Dr. Fred Weddingen perf
ormed the autopsy yesterday and reported today that his examination sh
owed that death was caused from hypostatic pneumonia. All members of t
he staff of the Shor dental parlors here have been subpoenaed for th
e inquest.

Later newpaper articles revealed the verdict: "We find, firstly, tha
t Ellery Ohnmeiss died of inspiration pneumonia following nitrous oxid
e and oxygen anaesthesia for extraction of teeth. Secondly, we find th
at the lungs were filled with clotted blood, which blood, we believe
, entered the lungs during the patient's unconscious condition. Thirdl
y, the patient was not unconscious from the time he left the dental of
fice until his death." His wife later married a Hoover and is also bur
ied in Wildwood Cemetery.

Genealogy Note: Wildwood Cemetery records indicate cause of death as
: Pulmonary Embolism

Ellery died at the age of: 32 years, 11 months, 26 days


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Ellery married Susan Senn FLOREY on 10 Mar 1912. Susan was born on 24 Dec 1893 in Williamsport, Lycoming Co, PA; died on 16 Feb 1952 in Williamsport, Lycoming Co, PA; was buried in Wildwood Cemetery - Williamsport. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles married Susanna Elizabeth WREN about 1890 in Williamsport, Lycoming Co, PA. Susanna (daughter of Henry WREN and Sophia BRUNGARD) was born on 17 Sep 1869 in Loganton, Clinton Co, PA; died on 13 Aug 1940 in Williamsport, Lycoming Co, PA; was buried in Wildwood Cemetery - Williamsport. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry married Sophia BRUNGARD on 20 Sep 1868. Sophia (daughter of Henry D. BRUNGARD and Elizabeth ZIMMERMAN) was born on 24 Jun 1851; died on 23 Mar 1931 in Greene Twp, Clinton Co, PA; was buried in Fairview Evangelical Cemetery - Loganton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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