ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON J. VICTOR OSTERMILLER
His appointment as manager of the Fort Morgan factory amom1ts to a "home -coming" for J. V. Ostermiller who spent some 20 years in Morgan County, first as a high--school teacher at Brush, then as Great Western fieldman and assistant manager.
Marked by outstanding participation in civic, educational and community life, "Vic" Ostermiller's career has won deserved recognition in the beet sugar industry.
He was born in Lincoln, Nebr. , and came in 1913 to Logan County, Colo. , where his father took up farming south of Merino. Both parents, John and Louise Ostermiller, now live in Sterling.
After completing grade and high-school courses at Merino, young Ostermiller attended the University of Nebraska one year and spent three years at Colorado State University where he was graduated in 1932, B. S., majoring in animal husbandry.
He farmed two years with his father and proved himself a com-petent beet grower, then spent eight years as a vocational-agriculture teacher in Colorado high schools at McClave, Yuma and Brush.
Mr. Oste.rmiller entered Great Western service as a fieldman at Fort Morgan·in 1942 and was fieldman at Brush from 1943 to 1950 when he was appointed assistant manager. He continued living-at Brush until his promotion in 1957 to be manager of the Longmont factory.
Additional Information on J. Victor Ostermiller - Page 2
At Longmont Mr. Ostermiller was a director of the Chamber of Commerce and president in 1961; a member of St. Vrain Valley achoo boa.rd and a member of Rotary. In college he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon; Alpha Tau Alpha, honorary voc-ied fraternity; and Lamda Gamma ·Delta, honorary fraternity for animal husbandry and crops majors.
During his previous years in Mor.gar.. County he was master of the Brush Masonic Lodge; president of the Brush Civic Club; president
of
th
e
Brush Jaycees and vice president of the Colorado Jaycees.He
has always been very active in 4·H and FFA work,In
1934
Mr. Ostermiller was married to Miss MargaretKerr
o!
Sterling, a graduate of Colorado State TeachersCollege
at
Gre@ley.She
taught school at Brush and for the p,'3.st
six
years hasmade
an. outi.t9,nding record as a kindergarten teacher at M~a.d 11Jchool,Their daughter
Karen, a
Boettcher ichola.r111hipwinner
,
wo,:. ffl4flYhonors at
Colorado
State University and rer;eiv(!dh
er
m<l1'h:r1 ~ dc,ijff,lijfrom
tho Univor,dtyo! Arizona.
in
1959,
Fo.r
the, pj,
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~ii
been tu.ching
at
R()ubidoux High School atRiv,r,id~
,
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Longmont, Coloradoo
Mr
.
T. H. Ferril, Publicity ManagerDenver, Coloradoo Dear Tom:
June 26, 19630
In
the press release regarding my transfer to Ft. Morganthe fact that Mrs. Ostermiller and I have a son by the name of John
seems to have been eliminated from the storyo
If there is an article in Through the Leaves and the Sugar
Press regarding the transfer we would appreciate it if John could also
be included
in
the article.John graduated from Longmont High School in 1960 and has just
completed his Junior year at Colorado State University at Ft. Collins
where he is majoring in Business Accounting.
I hope you can take care of this as we are both very proud of our son John.
J.V.Ostermiller
JVO:EC
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Sincerely,
