The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-16
Mrs. John w. Stamm Dead
She Was President Of W. Va,
Service Star Legion at
Her Death
Took Keen Interest in Civic
Affairs-Prominent In
Women S Clubs

Mrs John ". Starlm. IL years old.
promincn. IN Wheeling civic. patriotic
and traternal organizations. passed
away At the North Wheeling hospital
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. She
underwent an operation several days
ago and had been III three weeks.
Mrs. Stamm was the w.fC OF John w.
Stamn y: tho Hazel-A;'as Glass COM
PAW. and was president % Tho West
Virginia Service star Legion and state
denuty Of the Protected Home Circle.
Very active in all organizations and
holding Offices ~ various times. Mrs.
Stamm had hos, oc friends who viii
be gricved u learn of her demise.
Mrs. S,amm was affiliated with the
following organizations: Ladies' - tho
Maccabees. Protected Homc Circle,
Ladies' Relief Corps. Daughters 81
American Revolution, Service star
Legion. wheeling Woman's club and
Daughters OF Veterans. She was also
an ac;ivH member OF tho Fourth Street
NJ. F.. church.
Born In wheeling.
She was born IN Wheeling and resided
a: No SO Fifteenth street. She was
Miss Eta NickerSon. Resides her hus-
band she is survived by her mother.
Mrs. Lydia NickerSon. OF Martins Ferry.
daughter. Mrs. Clarence Bolton. and
two sons Guy and John Ewing Stamm.
OF this city.
Four sisters and three brothers also
survive. They are: Mrs. !. ii. Craft.
OF Cortland. Ohio: Mrs William Ho-
baugh. OF l-n!ontown. IA: Mrs. Fred
Hartlieh. OF Washington. Pa. Mrs.
Thomas Lewis. OF Martins Ferry, Ohio,
W. r. Nickerson. OF Wheeling: II. y.
S,rka~S,n 80 rraprS>.I1a nd /
N!ckerson. Of Elm Grove.
Soldiers Express sorrow.
Last night when the news Of Mrs
StammS death became generally known.
soldiers :hroa CHOU; The city expressed
hes; friends the soldier boys ever had
in Wheeling.
From tn" veyy outset OF the wa-. they
say. she was over ready to lend SYM
pathetic ear 10 their outpourinSs. and
during The war she was regarded as one
Of WheeNng's foremost advocates OF
win the war"
To all outward appearances. they
say. she dismissed her own suffering
and the personal loss which the strife
brought her. and threw herself whole
heartedly into relieving the pain Of
other mothers n the Wheeling area.
The devotion OF the veterans was IN
,ensified when they returned home and
found that Mrs Stamm had been
frequent caller 1t their homes COM
torting and reassurirg their parents.
when the West Virginia Service star
Mothers was formed she was elected
10 the presidency with LITTLE opposition.
member Of y. A. r.
Descendant from one Of Americas
foremost families. her ancestors fought
with Washington In the war of indie
pendence. and her friends said last
night that Mrs Stamm considered al
matters of secondary Importance 20
patriotism.
The same love OF liberty which
prompted her forefathcrs 70 defy me
British RICH, to rule America. they said.
was seen by her attitude to the Ger
man attempt At world dominance.
To every society or club with which
she was affiliated she took keen pleas
urc ia explaining her views OF America
and her conception OF American ideals.
In the Womea's club Of Wheeling Hne
was esteemed highly and her opinions
carried weight. for. friends say. moth
ing selfish ever entered any of her mo-
tires.
Funeral services will DC held Tues
day afternoon At o'clock In the ATT
meyer X Mccoy funeral chapel. Four
,centh and Eoff streets mr.. Clarence
E. Allen Of the Fourth Street NJ. l..
church will offtciate. Burial will re
made in Greenwood cemetery.
The ritual Of the Service Star Legion
will be read at the services and the
lcsion will attend in a body.