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- [S116] Birth Certificate.
Name: Earl Norman Brahm
Event: Birth
Event Date: 30 Jan 1929
Event Place: Buena Vista Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Father: Earl Brahm
Mother: Daisy Roe
Certificate Number:
Film Number: 1521275
Digital Folder Number: 004266202
Image Number: 00749
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Earl Brahm
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Buena Vista, Clayton, Iowa
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Iowa
Estimated Birth Year: 1929
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Enumeration District Number: 0003
Family Number: 22
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Line Number: 12
NARA Publication: T626, roll 649
Film Number: 2340384
Digital Folder Number: 4584393
Image Number: 00048
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Earl E Brahm M 33 Iowa
Wife Daisy Brahm F 36 Iowa
Son Clyde Brahm M 16 Iowa
Son Marion Brahm M 12 Iowa
Daughter Evelyn Brahm F 10 Iowa
Daughter Kathleen Brahm F 8 Iowa
Daughter Irene Brahm F 6 Iowa
Daughter Doris Brahm F 4 Iowa
Son Earl Brahm M 1 Iowa
- [S142] Newspaper Article, Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa), 15 Jul 2007.
(January 30, 1929 - July 12, 2007)
Earl ‘Ozzie’ Brahm, 78 of 2330 Dearborn, Asbury, died Thursday, July 12, 2007, at home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Resurrection Catholic Church, with burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Rd. A wake service will be held at 7:00 p.m.
Earl was born January 30, 1929 in North Buena Vista, IA., son of Earl and Daisy (Roe) Brahm. He married Velma Breitbach, September 17, 1949 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Dubuque. They have enjoyed over 57 years of marriage.
He graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 1947, and was employed at the former Caradco Company before starting at John Deere Dubuque Tractor Works, retiring in 1995.
He played baseball for the Dyersville White Hawks, the Balltown and North Buena Vista baseball teams. He was selected M.V.P. of the Dyersville Baseball Tournament in 1954 and later was inducted into the Dubuque County Baseball Hall of Fame. He coached baseball in the Holy Ghost Holy Name League and Independent League, where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a coach.
Ozzie was a member of Resurrection parish, he also served as Eucharistic Minister. He was a member of the John Deere Ambassadors after his retirement.
He was a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather and great grandfather. He also was a die-hard Cub fan. He loved working in his yard, especially with his roses. He was a great storyteller and always had “one more” story to tell.
Surviving are his wife Velma, two sons, Bill (Teresa) Brahm, of Dubuque and Dave (Stacey) Brahm , of San Antonio, Texas; four daughters, Chris (Bob) Wiezorek, Barb (Bill) Schlickman, Patti (Sean) Swiggum, all of Dubuque, and Mary (Pat) Peters, of Sigourney, Iowa; 12 grandchildren, Amy (Erick) Schork, Steve (Emily) Wiezorek, Jim Wiezorek, Sara Wiezorek, Peter Schlickman, Katie Schlickman, Jacqueline (Steve) Biv er, Calley and Austin Brahm, Maiti Peters, Tristan and Cassidy Swiggum; one great granddaughter, Anna Schork; two sisters, Irene (Albert) Klein and Doris Friedman; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Evie Goodman, and brothers, Clyde and Marion VanHorne.
Memorials may be made to Resurrection Church, Wahlert High School or Shalom Retreat Center.
A special thank-you to Dr. Timothy Ryken and staff at the Neurology Department in Iowa City, to Dr. Randall Lengeling and staff at the Finley Rehab Unit, and the staff at The Finley Home Health Care.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 20438246).
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