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Ernest Stephen Hammrich

1 Dec 1919 – 12 Jan 2000

Birth1 Dec 1919
Death12 Jan 2000
CemeteryHoly Cross Cemetery
Ipswich , Edmunds County , South Dakota , USA
Added byMaxine White on 22 Apr 2018
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109863104

Bio

Ernest Hammrich passed away January 8, 2000 at the Mobridge Regional Hospital in Mobridge. Ernest was born December 1, 1919 in Edmunds County, Northeast of Ipswich, to Frank and Mary Ann (Tuscherer) Hammrich. He attended country school and completed eighth grade. Following his education, he helped his father on the family farm as his father was not well. As a young man he operated a threshing machine harvesting the family's and neighbors crops. On June 11, 1945 he married Pauline Peterson at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich. They made their home on a farm near Ipswich until 1965 when they moved to Mobridge where he had since resided. Ernest was in the horse business all of his life. He sold horses to the U.S. Government, New York and Chicago Police Departments and the U.S. Cavalry. He spent three months in Bogota, Columbia after shipping two boat loads of horses to them. He set up horse raising farms for the Bogota government so their horses could be improved. He also supplied the U.S. Forest Service with pack mules that were used in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. He was also very instrumental in providing bred mares to the Pregnant Mare Units in Canada for drug production. He bred and raised Registered Quarter Horses and was recognized for 50 year of membership in the American Quarter Horse Association. He was also a member of the Basker (Curly Horse) association. He was one of the last known breeders of Curly Horses in the world. Ernest's grandfather and Henry Ford were old friends and because of this Ernest cultivated another business interest; collecting old cars. He was well known through out the United States for his collection and knowledge of old cars. Some of the cars in his collection were sold in Norway, Spain, Canada, Sweden, Australia and all over the U.S. Racecar driver A.J. Foyt even had Hammrich cars in his collection. At the time of his passing; he was survived by his wife Pauline of Mobridge; daughter, Ellen (Ree) Hammrich of Mobridge; sons, Ervin of Russelville, Arkansas, Vernon of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Richard of Palm Springs, California; two brothers, Franklin (Nancy) Hammrich and Eugene (Norma) Hammrich, both of Ipswich; six sisters, Caroline Armstrong of Aberdeen, Rosella (John) Heilman of Yakima, Washington, Dorothy Gisi of Ipswich, Rita (Elton) Herman of Casper, Wyoming, Helenmae Hammrich of Aberdeen, and Marion (Gilbert) Peterson of Longmont, Colorado; two granddaughters; three step grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; nine step great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews. Casketbearers were Lonnie Eckhart, Galen Gisi, Dana Hammrich, Lou Novich, Brian Pfiefle and tracy Peters. Honorary casketbeareres were all of the people whose life Ernie touches.

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