HOWARD C. WINAND, Route 3, Fredericktown, Ohio passed away on
September 9, 1980 after a lingering illness. He was 86 years old.
He was a retired farmer and had run a neighborhood garage and had
done electrical work. He wired a lot of homes and farm buildings
when the Ohio Edison power line first went through the country. He
also set up a sawmill in the 50s and did custom sawing for
neighbors with a 20 HP Minneapolis steam engine. He enjoyed the
shows and was a former member of the Richland County Steam
Threshers Association. He will be greatly missed.
Submitted by Leland E. Winand, 500 E. Gambier Street, Mr.
Vernon, Ohio 43050.
C. A. (ART) MILLER of Liberty Center, Ohio passed away September
7, 1980 at the age of 60. He was a 30-year member of the National
Threshers Association. During his lifetime he owned various steam
engines and at the time of his death he owned a 65 HP Case steam
engine. He also had 15 antique gas tractors and various antique
implements. He will be sadly missed by his family and his buddies
at the steam shows.
Submitted by son, Howard Miller, Liberty Center,
Ohio.
EARL PETERMAN passed away August 26, 1980 at the age of 89
years. He had subscribed to the Iron Men Album for a number of
years. He had been a visitor to the Mount Pleasant Old Threshers
Convention.
Submitted by Florence Meader, daughter, Volag,
Iowa.
LLOYD F. WEISS August 17, 1980, was the day,Lloyd F. Weiss
passed away.Upon his engine, he sat proud, Among a joyful
thresher’s crowd.A friendly smile, a twinkling eye, A most
unforgettable, special guy. His denim jacket, kershief of red, An
engineer’s hat upon his head. And while doing what he liked
best, The Lord said, ‘Lloyd, it’s time to rest.’ An
angel came from up above. To claim the one the Lord did love. And
though with him we hate to part, His loving memories lie in our
hearts.
This poem, written by Barb Weiss, daughter-in-law, is only a
small memorial to a man who had a big heart which touched many with
his warmth and kindness.
LLOYD F. WEISS, 76, of rural Grand Mound, Iowa, died Sunday,
August 17, 1980, at DeWitt Community Hospital, DeWitt, Iowa, where
he was taken after he suffered from an apparent heart attack while
operating a steam engine at the Eastern Iowa Threshers Show at
DeWitt.
Mr. Weiss was a member of the Eastern Iowa Threshers
Association, DeWitt, Iowa; Mid-West Old Settlers and Threshers
Association, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; and Tenn-Ky Steam Show
Association, Adams, Tennessee.
Steam engines had become a hobby of Mr. Weiss’. His interest
in steam engines began when he was 15 and first operated an engine.
He later purchased and restored that engine. Mr. Weiss and his
wife, Mildred, attended many steam shows in Iowa, Illinois, and
Tennessee, where he was always willing to help operate the
machines. He thoroughly enjoyed visiting with people of all ages
about ‘steam.’
Submitted by the family of Lloyd Weiss, Grand Mound,
Iowa.
JOHN G. SELL, 81, Lisbon, Ohio passed away October 3,1980 after
a lengthy illness. He was born in Salem, Ohio. John, a well driller
by trade, was also a farmer, sawer and thresher man. He was a
charter member of the Tri-State Historical Steam Engine Association
of Hooks-town and a member of the Stumptown Steam Threshers Assn.
of New Athens and the Tuscarawas Valley Pioneer Assn. of Dover,
where he exhibited his engine and shingle mill. In 1979 he received
the Thresher man of the Year Award at the Stumptown Show. John was
a lover of the Frick steam engine. He exhibited his 16 HP Frick at
the shows and also had a Frick portable that he used on the sawmill
and to boil sugar water. John will be missed by family and steam
friends.
Submitted by William Flowers, Stumptown Steam Threshers
Assn.
JOHN W. STEWART, 51 years old, passed away August 4, 1980 at
Maple Creek, Canada. He was the owner of the Antique Tractor Museum
at Maple Creek and was widely known all over Western states and
Western Canada. He will be sadly missed by family and friends.
Submitted by Gil Cosgrove, Climax, Sask., Canada SON
ONO.
FRED KEMNA, 85, of Danville, Illinois passed away October 8,1980
after an illness. Fred was born on the same farm on which he had
lived most of his life. He was a farmer by occupation and although
he retired some years ago, he remained very active until the past
summer. As a boy, he worked with a threshing crew, then later owned
several threshing rigs and did custom work, until the combine
became popular on the harvesting scene. He exhibited his threshing
rigs at various shows and parades in the nearby towns, also at his
home with his own grain which was grown for that purpose. He
continued to operate his rigs for his own pleasure up until his
illness. He enjoyed traveling to the many steam shows. Although he
will always be missed, we do have many memories of his enjoyment of
life and how he lived each day to the fullest and also of his
hobby and love for the steam engines throughout the year.
Submitted by Mrs. Marietta Arrasmith, daughter, Perrysville,
Indiana 47974.
