Raymond Niemeyer

THE LORD CAME TO VISIT & TO TAKE RAYMOND TO HIIS NEW HOME IN HEAVEN 0N JUNE 26,2022. RAYMOND WAS BORN TO HENRY RAYMOND ELMER NIEMEYER & SOPHIA CAROLINE  SCHAWANG NIEMEYER ON APRIL 3, 1936.  THE FAMILY LIVED ON A FARM IN AREGO CENTER WHERE RAYMOND ATTENDED A COUNTRY SCHOOL BEGINNING AT AGE 4.  HIS SISTER MARGARET WAS THE TEACHER.  THE FAMILY  LATER MOVED TO FALLS CITY & RAYMOND ATTENDED SACRED HEART FOR HIS 7TH & 8TH GRADE  YEARS & THEN TRANSFERRED TO FALLS CITY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE GRADUATED  IN 1953.  HE MARRIED  MARGARET HELMICK NOVEMBER 10, 1958,  WHO HE ALWAYS CALLED HIS (LOVEY).

RAYMOND WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY ON AUGUST 1959 & SERVED HIS COUNTRY 3 YEARS .  HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON AUGUST 1962

RAYMOND  DID A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE IN DIESEL MECHANICS  AFTER GRADUATION & LATER AN ELECTRONICS COURSE AT DEVRY IN KANSAS CITY ,MO  HIS FIRST LOVE WAS ALWAYS FARMING & HIS ANIMALS . THEY WERE ALL HIS PETS.

RAYMOND WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS FIVE CHILDREN& THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE ENJOYED HIS GRANDCHILDREN & ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT THEM TO WORK ON THE FARM.  HE ENJOYED WATCHING THE SPORTING EVENTS & ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THEM & THE WORLD SITUATION,

HE WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS : COMMODORE MOBIL HOMES/FRONTIER, CIRCLE STEEL, FC CARE CENTER, ROAD CONSTRUTION, DRIVING SEMI HAULING GRAIN FROM VARIOUS FARMS & ELEVATORS  AFTER RETIRING HE DEVOTED HIS TIME AT THE FARM.   HIS NICKNAME WAS PAPA SMURF.

RAYMOND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARGARET ,SONS: CHRISTOPHER,(JOHNETTE), CHARLES(JANICE), & CRAIG(MEGAN)   DAUGHTERS: CYNTHIA(MIKE), & CATHLEEN( JOHN) LOTS OF NIECES & NEPHEWS

GRANDCHILDREN: MASON NIEMEYER, COLIN NIEMEYER, CLAIRE NIEMEYER  SAMANTHA SCHEITEL, SYDNEY NORTON, ALEXIS NIEMEYER, TRAVIS NIEMEYER, CHRISTOPHER MATHER, CAYLA MATHER, CASANDRA BONTA, BAILEY COONCE, TAYLOR COONCE, PEYTON NIEMEYER, COLE NIEMEYER

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:  REN NIEMEYER, ELLIS NIEMEYER, PETER SCHEITEL, SOPHIA SCHEITEL, CARSON NORTON, CALEB MATHER, CILLIAN MCMILLAN, JOSEPH BONTA & 1 LITTLE NIEMEYER DUE IN AUGUST

PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WAS A DAUGHTER  CONNIE MARIE NIEMEYER,HIS PARENTS HENRY & SOPHIA, SISTERS: MILDRED FISCHER & HUSBAND  RAY, MARGARET HUPPERT & HUSBAND ED JR, MARIE PUPKES & HUSBAND ERVIN   MOTHER- IN- LAW RUTH HELMICK & FATHER-IN-LAW GEORGE HELMICK & A BROTHER-IN-LAW DAVID  HELMICK

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 10:30 AM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home with Father Jim Meysenberg as the presiding priest. Inurnment will be in Falls City Catholic Cemetery. Military Graveside Honors By Falls City Ceremonial Honor Guard.

A Parish Rosary will be recited on Saturday at 9:30 AM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home.

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