Herman August William REIM

                   REFERENCES: REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 7, page 265 (No. 3292); Marriage License 5 Jun 1922, Certificate of Marriage 6 Jun 1922; father of groom Max REIM born in Germany, and mother Bertha TREPTOW born in Germany.
BIOGRAPHY, by wife, Gertrude Bessie (Hennig) Reim, 21 Jul 1976.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, No. 73 04773, State of Nebraska, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics; retired farmer, residence 504 North 14th St., Ashland, Nebraska, died from pneumonia, arterioclerotic cerebrovasclar heart disease, and diabetes mellitus, April 24, 1973.
OBITUARY, Herman REIM; May 3, 1973, The Ashland Gazette, Ashland, Nebraska.

Herman was born on his parents farm one mile east and 0.4 mile north, on the east side of the road, of Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska.  He attended grade school in Ithaca, graduating from the eighth grade in 1905 with five girls in his class.  After grade school, he worked several years on his father's farm. He then returned to school taking his high school at Luther Academy in Wahoo, Nebraska, and completing four years of work in three years, graduating 23 May 1912, awarded diplomas in Classical Course of Study, and Normal Course of Study.  Herman wrote (12 pages, hand written) and gave Class Prophecy 22 May 1912.  He taught the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades in District 110, Memphis, Nebraska, term began 2 Sep 1912 to 13 May 1913.  Then went to Luther College for two years graduating 20 May 1915, and awarded diploma in Advanced Normal Course of Study, with a life teaching certificate.  While going to Luther College, Herman stayed at a home in the country about 1/2 mile northwest of Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska.

Herman taught in District 21, Alder Grove, for school years 1915-1916, 1916-1917, and 1/2 of 1918-19 (reference Burt County Superintendent of Schools' records) located 6 miles south and 1/2 mile west of Craig, Burt County, Nebraska. Herman's teachers contracts with District 21 were 6 Sep 1915 for 176 days @ $65 per month, signed 7 Jun 1915; and 4 Sep 1916 for 179 days @ $70 per month, signed 19 May 1916.  During this period, Herman stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Benjes, who remained close family friends for a number years; and as a family visited with them perodically.

On October 6, 1917, Herman's younger brother Richard went into the U.S. Army, serving in France; being honorably discharge July 26, 1919.  During World War I, it was the practice to defer one son on the farm to help produce food for the Nation; Herman helped his dad on his farm 1-1/2 miles southwest of Memphis.  Herman helped his dad farm from mid-1917 to mid-1921, when he returned to teaching.  Herman taught high school for one year, 1921-1922, at the rural 12-grade accredited Riverside High School, District No. 6, located 10 miles north of Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska.  There he met Gertrude Bessie HENNIG who was teaching the first eight grades, and they became engaged to be married during Christmas 1921; and married at Gertrude's parents home 6 Jun 1922, located 2/3rd mile west of the Riverside School.

Herman and Gertrude in the summer of 1922 moved into their first farm home 1/2 mile south, 1/2 mile west, one mile south, 1/2 mile west of Memphis, Saunders County, Nebraska, on the farm owned by Herman's father, Max Bruno REIM.  In the fall of 1923, they moved to the main farm house, on the same farm, 1/2 mile east and 1/2 mile north.  They raised three sons, Fred, Kenneth and Harold, and farmed here untill Feb 1954 when they retired to Ashland.  The original farm house was torn down in 1948, and they built a new brick veneer house and moved into it, January 1949.  During 1948 while building the new house, they lived in a newly build garage.  They bought the N1/2 Lots 11 and 12, Block 8, 504 North 14th Street, Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska, 1 Oct 1953, recorded 10 Oct 1953, Bk 92, P 621, for $11,000, subject to a mortgage of $6,203.57.  They moved from their farm to their new Ashland home in Feb 1954.  In November 1959, the night before Thanksgiving, Herman had a heart attack, and recovered partially enjoying another 13 years.

Herman served on the School Board of the eight-grade, one room country school, District No. 3, about 2-1/2 miles south of Memphis, for many years during the time their boys were going to this school.  He was raised to a Master Mason of Pomegranate Lodge No. 110, A.F.&A.M., Ashland, in 1922 and received his 50 year member recognition on January 14, 1972.  He was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Matthews Chapter No. 242, Ashland, Nebraska, since 1945, and a past Patron since 1956.  In 1973, Herman received a 25-year pin from the Ashland Grange #386.  Herman served many years as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Farmer's Union Co-op Association (grain elevator) in Memphis; his father Max REIM, and son Herman Frederick (Fred) REIM also served on the board, previously and subsequently.  Since moving to Ashland, Herman was elected as Treasurer of the Ashland Township from 1959 to 1963.

Herman was active in the church, and served on the church boards of the Zion Evangelical Church south of Ithaca, Iliff Chapel United Methodist Church in Menphis, and the Ashland United Methodist Church, for many years.

Compiled by son, Kenneth M. REIM, 23 Jan 1999.