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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
GEORGE J. KAISER is a native of Iowa, was born and grew up on a farm, and
from his early years was trained in the habits of industry. His father was not
only an industrious and capable farmer but a high minded man, strictly
honest and honorable in all his relations, and the influences of the home in which
he grew up have been important factors throughout the career of George J.
Kaiser.
Mr. Kaiser was born near the little town of National in Clayton County,
Iowa, February 22, 1882, son of Herman H. and Pauline (Wirkler) Kaiser. His
father was born in Hanover, Germany, and was brought to Iowa during his infancy.
Pauline Wirkler was born on an English vessel while on its way to America.
Both families settled in Clayton County. Herman H. Kaiser, who died in 1920,
was a generous supporter of community undertakings, served on local boards,
as a township officer, was active in the Lutheran Church and a Republican,
though frequently voting for the man rather than the party. He died in 1920.
His widow now lives in Monona. There were eight children in the family, four
sons and four daughters. The sons are: Herman, in the nursery business at
Cedar Falls; George J.; Harvey, in the coal business at Minneapolis; and Elmer,
who lives with his mother.
George J. Kaiser had his first school advantages in the pioneer district
school near the home farm. Later he attended the Epworth Seminary near Dubuque
and finished his education in Beloit College of Wisconsin. For two terms he
taught in the pioneer district where he had learned his first lessons. Before
he was twenty-one he was in business for himself at Monona. Mr. Kaiser took
the work of the U. S. School of Embalming at Chicago. In 1914 he moved from
Monona to Waverly, where he is proprietor of a beautiful funeral home, and
in addition to his profession as a general funeral director is a furniture
merchant. He has supplied Waverly with a high class service, all of his
equipment being of the most modern type. Mr. Kaiser is president of the Credit Men's
Association and was the first president of the Waverly Rotary Club. He has
given much of his time to civic and welfare work. During the World war he
acted as secretary of the Lutheran Brotherhood of America, with headquarters in
Des Moines.
Mr. Kaiser married Elizabeth Graening, daughter of Rev. J. Graening. She was
educated in the Breckenridge School at Decorah, Iowa, and before her
marriage was assistant cashier of the Monona Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser have a
daughter, Alida, who is an A. B. graduate of Carthage College of Illinois.
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