Herme F. Hahnen, 31 years old, chief clerk of the Iowa National bank, and a leader among the younger men in the banking circles of Des Moines, died at 7:10 o'clock Sunday morning at Mercy hospital of appendicitis followed by peritonitis. ... Mr. Hahnen, who was born In Des Moines February 15, 1880, leaves a wife, who, before her marriage, was Miss Zora Courtney of Galesburg, Illinois, and two children, Gretchen, 9 years old, and Robert, 4 years old. He was married nine years ago. Parents Survive. ... He was the second to die of a family of ten children. The brothers and sisters are E. A. Hahnen, 1348 Maple street; W. H. Hahnen of Joplin, Missouri; Mrs. M. R. Davis, Miss Minnie Hahnen and Miss Josephine Hahnen, 1070 West Seventh street; Mrs. Anna Wirt, 1543 West Fourth street; Mrs. Claude Englebeck, Fourteenth and Clark streets, and Mrs. D. B. Ransburg of Minneapolis. ... The deceased was a graduate of West High and had been in the banking business in Des Moines for eighteen years. Recently he was one of the organizers of the Altoona Savings Bank. He would have been vice president of the institution. ... Eighteen years ago he entered the employ of the New England Loan & Trust company as bookkeeper, remaining with it two years. He then went to the Citizens' National bank where he was bookkeeper for eight years, he joined the force of the Iowa National bank eight years ago and at his death was chief clerk with ten clerks under him. ...
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