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Ira Alvin Hankamer

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Ira Alvin Hankamer

Birth
Hankamer, Chambers County, Texas, USA
Death
11 Feb 1945 (aged 75)
Liberty, Liberty County, Texas, USA
Burial
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for Ira A. Hankamer, 75, of Hankamer, who died early Sunday morning in Mercy hospital here, were held today at 2 p.m. at his home in Hankamer with the Rev. L.J. Hand of Anahuac officiating. Burial was in Magnolia cemetery in Beaumont. Mr. Hankamer, lifelong resident of Hankamer, was a retired rice farmer and cattleman. He was a director of the Security State bank of Anahuac. The town of Hankamer was named for his father, John William Hankamer, and he, himself, was the first postmaster of the town, serving for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Hankamer; six daughters, Miss Ella E. Junghans, Mrs. Gussie M. Carr and Mrs. Charles E. Reed of Huntsville; Mrs. O.L. Wiley of Houston, Mrs. Arthur J. McGuire of Liberty and Mrs. Robert A. Collins of Unadilla, Ga.; three sons, Dewey, Adolph and Jett Hankamer, all of Hankamer; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Josie Jordan of Beaumont; two half brothers, and two half sisters. Pallbearers were Fred Mull, J. M. Johnson, C.A. Fowler, Pat Boyt, C.R. Walker, A.J. Harmon, Eley Whitehead and Bob Evans.

Father: John William Hankamer, b. Germany
Mother: Lurenda Smith, b. Texas
informant: I.J. Hankamer
Funeral services for Ira A. Hankamer, 75, of Hankamer, who died early Sunday morning in Mercy hospital here, were held today at 2 p.m. at his home in Hankamer with the Rev. L.J. Hand of Anahuac officiating. Burial was in Magnolia cemetery in Beaumont. Mr. Hankamer, lifelong resident of Hankamer, was a retired rice farmer and cattleman. He was a director of the Security State bank of Anahuac. The town of Hankamer was named for his father, John William Hankamer, and he, himself, was the first postmaster of the town, serving for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Hankamer; six daughters, Miss Ella E. Junghans, Mrs. Gussie M. Carr and Mrs. Charles E. Reed of Huntsville; Mrs. O.L. Wiley of Houston, Mrs. Arthur J. McGuire of Liberty and Mrs. Robert A. Collins of Unadilla, Ga.; three sons, Dewey, Adolph and Jett Hankamer, all of Hankamer; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Josie Jordan of Beaumont; two half brothers, and two half sisters. Pallbearers were Fred Mull, J. M. Johnson, C.A. Fowler, Pat Boyt, C.R. Walker, A.J. Harmon, Eley Whitehead and Bob Evans.

Father: John William Hankamer, b. Germany
Mother: Lurenda Smith, b. Texas
informant: I.J. Hankamer

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