George Kammerer, although not a member, donated the first five-hundred dollars toward the building of the Catholic Church, and also helped to build it. He moved to Fremont Co., IA in the mid 1870's with his parents, John and Salome Bussard Kammerer. He and his son Elmer built many of the homes and churches in Imogene. One of their first needs was a Protestant church. In 1876, the Fousts, the George Kammerers, John Eastman and his wife Emaline (Kammerer), and D.S. Bussard and his wife, organized the Pleasant Valley Reformed Church with 16 members who met for worship in each others homes. In 1880, they built a small frame church one-half mile northwest of Imogene. The church and a successor building in Imogene served the Kammerer clan and neighbors for a century. George and Susan Scheibler Kammerer were married May 10. 1867 in Zwingle, Jackson Co., IA. With this union they were the parents of at least 12 children.
Family Members
Parents
John Kammerer
1819–1899
Salome Bussard Kammerer
1824–1895
Spouse
Susan Scheibler Kammerer
1846–1929
Siblings
Mary Elizabeth Kammerer Foust
1845–1916
Michael Kammerer
1849–1937
William H. Kemmerer
1851–1855
Emaline Kammerer Eastman
1853–1935
Leah Krammerer Adams
1854–1952
Sarah Ann Kammerer Gee
1858–1955
James Borlin Kammerer
1862–1935
Rush Kammerer
1865–1936
Children
Mary Margaret Kammerer Huston
1868–1960
George Edward Kammer
1874–1936
Emaline C Kammerer Black
1876–1966
Claire M Kammerer
1878–1879
Sarah Elizabeth Kammerer Perry
1880–1954
