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Ancestors and Descendants of
Michael Hammes, Jr & Margaretha Hammen
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 1946 - 2023 (76 years)
Has 197 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
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Richard Kenneth Krier |
| Birth |
22 Oct 1946 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Sep 2023 |
Springfield, Illinois, USA  |
| Person ID |
I252 |
Peter and Anna |
| Last Modified |
9 Oct 2023 |
| Father |
Kenneth Henry Krier, b. 13 Sep 1922, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 22 Feb 2011, Keokuk County Health Center, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 88 years) |
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Birth |
| Mother |
Anna Kathryn Hammes, b. 4 Feb 1924 d. 21 Aug 2019, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 95 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Marriage |
5 Jun 1944 |
Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk, County, Iowa |
| Notes |
- NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
6Oth Wedding Anniversary
Kenneth Krier and Anna Kathryn Hammes
Kenneth Krier and Anna Kathryn Hammes were married June 5, 1944, in St. Peter and Pauls Catholic Church at Clear Creek. They will celebrate their 60th anniversary with their family for a weekend in Hannibal, Missouri. They are the parents of Richard of Indianola, Iowa, James and Michael of Ollie, Iowa, Larry of Ottumwa, Iowa and Judy Brook of Hedrick, Iowa. The couple has nine grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
SOURCE: Sigourney News Review, Sigourney, Iowa, June 2004
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| Family ID |
F50 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Beverly Ann Petersen, b. 6 Jun 1949, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa d. 4 Mar 2015, Copper Mountain, Summit County, Colorado (Age 65 years) |
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22 Jul 1978 |
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| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2015 |
| Family ID |
F398 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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- OBITUARY - Richard Kenneth Krier
Funeral Mass for Richard Kenneth Krier, 76, of Indianola, Iowa, who passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in Springfield, Illinois, will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 23, 2023, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. Cremation will follow services. The family will continue with a Celebration of Life Gathering at the American Legion Post # 165 from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday evening.
Richard Kenneth Krier was the first born of Anna Kathryn (Hammes) Krier and Kenneth Henry Krier on October 22nd, 1946. He greatly enjoyed fishing, hunting and trapping in his youth on the family farm, north of Ollie, Iowa. He also began boat racing with his father at the age of 13. He graduated from Pekin High School and also Iowa State University with an industrial engineering degree. He served four years in the US Navy, trained as a salvage diver and left the service as a lieutenant. After military service he became a Wausau Homes contractor, in 1974, operating as Krier Homes, in Indianola, Iowa, where he met and married his wife, Beverly Peterson. The family business flourishes to this day.
Richard won several national boat racing championships in his 63-year racing career, and was never happier than when he was racing…unless he was in the mountains of Colorado snow skiing, or in the Northwest Territory fishing with his dad and sons. Richard was a true outdoorsman, who lovingly included his family and friends in all his hobbies.
Rich is survived by his sons, Timothy “T.R.” Krier and Brian Krier; grand dog, Tilly; siblings, Jim (Mary) Krier, Larry (Dianne) Krier, Mike Krier and Judy (Tom Davin) Book-Davin; significant other, Margie Skahill; in-laws, James (Anita) Petersen, Sherri (Wayne) Pickens; aunt, Virginia; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Krier; parents, Kenneth and Kathryn Krier; sister-in-law, Sue Krier; and brother-in-law, Terry Book.
Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., with family present, Friday, September 22, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, where a Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials, in Rich’s name, may be given to Central Iowa Trails Association.
- NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ---
from the West Central Illinois Journal-Courier, 15 Sep 2023, Dave Dawson, Assistant Editor
Richard Krier died doing what he loved to do, which was to race his boat on a summer weekend.
Krier, 76, of Indianola, Iowa, died at 2:03 a.m. Wednesday at Springfield Memorial Hospital from injuries he suffered during a boat-racing crash on Lake Jacksonville, according to Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon.
"I like it," Krier told the Indianola, Iowa, Independent Advocate in 2020. "I still can, which is kind of surprising. I have fun out there. We're not very cutthroat. I mean we just want to go out and beat somebody on the race course."
The circumstances of the accident that caused Krier's death are largely unknown because there was no report of the accident and it was discovered only after the Sangamon County Coroner's Office began looking into the cause of Krier’s death, the Journal-Courier has found.
Krier was taken to the hospital by ambulance Sept. 8 after the boat he was operating crashed during a race on Lake Jacksonville. Krier died from multiple blunt-force injuries sustained in that crash, Allmon said.
Krier was a veteran on the racing circuit, starting his career when he was 13, according to the Independent Advocate. His dad, Kenneth, raced and built boats and Krier and his brother, Mike, eventually joined him.
Krier was a PRO outboard competitor and a six-time national champion in the sport. PRO outboard is a form of boat racing that puts few limits on engine or hull design.
The Jacksonville event featured races through both the National Boat Racing Association and US Title Series Racing.
The fact there was a death caused by injuries that occurred during the races only started to surface Thursday.
"There was an accident at Lake Jacksonville during the boat races. We have no idea how it happened. We found out that a person was transported from Lake Jacksonville to a Sangamon County hospital," Jacksonville Police Lt. Sean Walker said. "No report was made to any police agency. The Department of Natural Resources did not know anything about it either."
Jacksonville Police Department has jurisdiction over the lake, but Walker initially said the Department of Natural Resources would be leading the investigation.
However, Jayette Bolinski, director of communications for the Department of Natural Resources, said the conservation police will not be involved in the investigation.
"It falls under Jacksonville's jurisdiction," Bolinski said. "One of our officers is going to make a call to them to clarify."
Regardless of which agency leads the investigation, they will be starting from scratch.
"There was apparently no official notification of an accident given to any law enforcement authorities," Walker said.
Walker was at the boat races and was unaware that any kind of accident had occurred, he said. Normally, in a situation like that, the lake would have been shut down while an investigation was conducted, he said.
Krier raced in a runabout, the hull of which has a flat bottom.
"They turn well, ride rough and, as any experienced Runabout rider will tell you, require the most skills to drive," according to the United States Title Series Racing website. Krier ran in both the 250cc and the 350cc classes, the Independent Advocate said.
"Runabouts don't have seats — the driver kneels and has to lean hard into the turns while bouncing on the water at speeds up to 100 mph," continued the title series description. "With one hand on the throttle and the other on the steering wheel, these sharp-turning boats require quick reflexes and a love for adrenaline."
Krier worked with his son, Brian, at Wausau Homes Indianola in the off-season. He has built boats and did much of his own repair work, the Independent Advocate reported.
In a post on the U.S. Title Series Racing website, Krier's sons, Brian and J.R., wrote: "Thank you for the thoughts and prayers during this challenging time. It is with great sorrow to inform you that our beloved father Rich has passed to the next life. We are incredibly grateful he was able to live a full life and enjoy his passion for boat racing until his last days. The sons of X-51."
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