Johann Michael "John" Kermis

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• Military: WW1 - US Army
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130203

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53074
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister

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REV. J. KERMIS DEAD. Word has just reached here bringing the sad news of the death of Rev. J. Kermis, which occurred at his home in Potsdam, Minn., on August 24th last, in his 56th year, from the result of an operation. Deceased was pastor of the Missouri Synod Lutheran church for a period of nineteen years, until about nine years ago when he resigned. The older members of the community have still tender memories of their former pastor and his estimable wife, to whom their profound sympathy goes out in her great sorrow.
Wellesley Maple Leaf, September 11, 1902

Obituary is supplied by the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society Click here to go to their website.

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Begun: 1844

The first church was built in 1844 on the future cemetery site when Rev. F.A. Peifer was the pastor. A new frame church was built at another site in 1851 during the pastorate of Rev. Immanuel Wurster (1851-1853) of the Canada Synod, and consecrated on January 18, 1852. The congregation at that time was called "Emmanuel's Congregation." Pastors who immediately followed Rev. Wurster were Revs. Charles Friedrich Diehl (1853-1855), Frederick T. Feysel (1855) and W.B. Ralby (1858).

Another new church, built in 1876, was struck by lightning in 1915 and completely destroyed. The present church was begun in 1915, on property belonging to August Knipfel, which was exchanged by him for title to the former church site. The church was completed in 1916; an addition was built in 1962. The cornerstone reads: "Ev. Luth. Emmanuels Gemeinder 1915".

Pastor Henry Koch of First St. Paul's, the Missouri Synod church in Wellesley, accepted a call to Emmanuel in 1867 - to serve the Petersburg congregation along with Wellesley and St. John's, Poole. Pastor Koch was followed by Revs. Adam Ernst (1869), F. Dubpernell (1870-1876), and J. Kirmis (1876-1895). Emmanuel remained with Wellesley and Poole until the late 1970s when it became an independent congregation with the Rev. Allan Scharlach as pastor.

Ambrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

Julius — Catharine Magdelene Fretus. Catharine was born 9 May 1858, Argenta, Macon, Illinois, United States; died 18 Jun 1928, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Potsdam, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Magdelene Kermis
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53290