Norman R. Hamm

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.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Perry United Methodist Church.

The family suggests memorials to the Hamm Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to enhance educational opportunities in northeast Kansas schools. They may be sent in care of the Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 416, Oskaloosa 66066.