Services for Norman R. 'N.R.' Hamm, 92,
Lawrence, formerly of Perry, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at
Perry-Lecompton High School. Private burial will be at Underwood
Cemetery in Williamstown.
Mr. Hamm died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, at
Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born May 23, 1911, in the Buck
Creek community near Williamstown, the son of George Lewis and Portia
Ann Martin Hamm, and had lived all of his life in the Jefferson County
area.
Mr. Hamm was the founder and president of the Hamm Cos.,
based in Perry. He retired in 1990. He also owned and operated Hamm
Town, a custom harvest operation that covered the Midwest from 1942 to
1964.
He was a member of Perry United Methodist Church and Perry
Lions Club. He once served as mayor of Perry. He served on the board of
directors for the Kansas Contractors Assn. and was a longtime Kaw Valley
Bank board member.
He was married twice, once to Avis Tyrell
Hamm and once to Ruth Allen Hamm.
Survivors include a son, Gary,
Perry; a daughter, Marita Hermann, Bradenton, Fla.; eight grandchildren
and 11 great-grandchildren.
A grandson died earlier.
Tuesday, August 5, 2003