John Alvin Engelmann, 79, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Monday, February 12, 2018, at Navicent Health in Macon, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Central United Methodist Church in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with the Rev. B.J. Funk and the Rev. Dr. Richard Wright officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery, in Fitzgerald. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, from 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Engelmann was born April 17, 1938, in Pawnee City, Nebraska, to the late Rev. Alvin & Martha Achenbach Engelmann. He graduated from high school in Hiawatha, Kansas and attended Southern Methodist University, where he played basketball. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University where he also played basketball. He was a former employee of Noble Manufacturing and in 1984 moved from Storm Lake, Iowa and began working for Rainbow Irrigation. Mr. Engelmann was owner and operator of J Engelmann Ltd. Men’s Store for over 32 years. He enjoyed hosting a gathering of friends at his home every Fourth of July. Mr. Engelmann enjoyed fishing, working in his backyard and attending Central United Methodist Church. He was a very active member of the church and the Couples/Singles Sunday School class. He also served as a trustee and on many other boards of the church.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Dianne Engelmann of Fitzgerald; children: Elizabeth Quine of Garland, Texas, Fritz & Deirdre Engelmann of College Park and Anne & David Phelps of Patterson; six grandchildren and a brother, Dr. Calvin Engelmann of Kansas City, Kansas.