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Fred W. Gamm
Celebrate Silver Wedding
Watertown Gazette, 08 12 1920
Fred W. Gamm and wife
celebrated their silver wedding last Sunday afternoon and evening at their
home, 221 College Avenue. On this happy
occasion were present all their children as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Gamm
and family of Sullivan; Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Gamm of
McIntosh, S. Dak.; Mr. and Mrs. E. Winter Gamm of Lebanon; Edward Gamm of
Aberdeen, S. Dak.; Miss Martha Gamm
of Minneapolis; Miss. Severa Gamm,
Ralph and Fred Gamm of this city. Others present were Mrs. M. Wartschow, a sister of Mrs. Gamm
of Colby; Mr. and Mrs. John Gamm of Watertown; Mrs.
August Gamm and Miss. A. Gamm
of Milwaukee; Miss Sophie Gamm of this city; Mr. and
Mrs. O. Uttech of Lebanon.
Mr. Gamm is the popular
cashier of the Bank of Watertown, with which
bank he has been connected 28 years. Mr.
and Mrs. Gamm are two of Watertown’s most esteemed
citizens, and have the hearty wishes of all our people that they may live to
celebrate many happy returns of their wedding day.
Watertown Daily Times, 03 27 1941
Fred W. Gamm,
of this city, former cashier of the Bank of
Watertown and now acting temporarily as the cashier of the Ixonia State Bank, was credited today with having thwarted
an attempt to rob the Ixonia bank Friday afternoon. Mr. Gamm was alone
in the bank when two armed men entered the place and ordered him to 'stick 'em up'. He complied
with their request and started edging slowly toward a rear door. Just as
he reached the exit Gamm leaped and escaped into a
back room. The two armed men evidently
feared he had gone for assistance and fled without attempting to obtain any
loot. Mr. Gamm
notified authorities and bankers here learned of the holdup attempt some time
later.
Severa Gamm Thompson
1908 - 1965
Source: Wisc. State Journal, 03 06 1965
Severa is dau.
of Friedrich William Adolph Gamm
and Hedwig Schlimpf
Mrs Thomas A. Thompson, 56, of 823
Tompkins Dr., died Wed. (3-3-1965) in a Madison hospital after a brief
illness. The former Severa
Gamm was born in Watertown and was a Madison resident
for the past 25 years. She was married in 1934.
Mrs Thompson was a graduate of Northwestern College in Watertown and was
employed as supervisor at the Rural Mutual Insurance Co. Survivors include her husband; two sisters,
Mrs. E. H. Winter, Lebanon; and Mrs. Arthur Bratass,
Minneapolis, MN; three brothers, the Rev. Edgar Gamm
Sr., Marshall, MN; Eldor Gamm,
Ft Worth, TX; and Fred Gamm, Milwaukee. The funeral will be Saturday in the East Side
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2310 Independence Lane, with the Rev. Karl G. Bast officiating. Burial
will be in Watertown [Oak Hill Cemetery].
