Maurice E. Dahmus

CELEBRANT
Fr. Mathew Vazhappilly
MUSIC
Organist ~ Georgianne Pravecek
Congregational Hymns
“Hail Holy Queen”
“How Great Thou Art”
“O Loving God”
“Immaculate Mary”
CASKETBEARERS
Mike Dahmus
Bob Luken
Patrick Foley
Jim Foley
Doug Wuebben
James Sedlacek
Eric Dahmus
Dennis Sedlacek
Maurice Edward Dahmus was born in St. Maurice, Indiana on Friday, May 12, 1911. He was born the sixth of eight children to Henry and Rosa (Rahe) Dahmus. His youth was spent at St. Mary’s West Woods, near Jerseyville, Illinois. He graduated from Jerseyville High School. Higher education achievements included attaining a B.S. degree in engineering from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Education/Math Education from the University of Arkansas. Maurice married Ruth Randolph of Jerseyville, Illinois on June 5, 1938. To this union ten children were born. Maurice taught all math subjects and science to junior and senior high school students and held administrative positions as well. While teaching in North Dakota, Maurice also farmed to provide for the needs of his growing family. Late in his years, he took college course work and taught computer science. His first love was seeing students learn and feel comfortable with math. Maurice authored a 2-volume book entitled Mathematics Education Issues: The Other Side of the Story. After a teaching career of 50 years in the states of Missouri, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, he and Ruth retired to Scotland, South Dakota to be near two daughters.  After Ruth died in 1995, he went back to Jerseyville, Illinois. Maurice met and married Genevieve Tepen who died in 2008. Coming back to South Dakota, he settled in Yankton.. In August 2010, he moved to the Golden Living Center at Armour. Children and grandchildren who attended Maurice’s 100th birthday celebration will always remember a “grampa” who, on May 12, 2011, was alert, witty, shouted,”100 – Yipeee!”, and two days later recalled names of those who had attended, and stood at the window waving good-bye ‘til all of them were in their cars. Maurice Edward Dahmus passed away at Golden Living Center on Saturday, August 20, 2011 having attained the age of 100 years, 3 months, and 5 days.
Survivors include a sister, Rosa, of Illinois; eight children: Theresa (Jim) Sedlacek of Scotland, Dorothy (Jim) Foley of Scotland, Anthony (Marie) Dahmus of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, Ann Leach of Winslow, Arkansas, Paul Dahmus of Washington D.C., Fritz/Frances Dahmus of Fridley, Minnesota, Elizabeth Dahmus of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Stephen Dahmus of Seattle, Washington; twenty grandchildren, forty great-grandchildren, one great-great-daughter and numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceding Maurice in death were his parents, four brothers and two sisters, his first wife, Ruth, his second wife, Genevieve, a daughter, Loretta, and a son, Vincent.