Name Otto Joerns | ||
Otto B. Joerns (March 13, 1864 – September 15, 1917) was an American civil engineer, businessman, and politician.
Born in the community of Winooski, in the town of Lyndon, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Joerns graduated from Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Wisconsin. He then received his bachelor's degree, in civil engineering, from Valparaiso University in 1886. In 1905, Joerns became the owner of Joerns Furniture Company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He served as surveyor of Sheboygan County. Joerns also served as treasurer of the school board. He also served as assessor and mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Joerns also served on the library board and on the Sheboygan Police and Fire Commission. In 1911, Joerns served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat. In 1916, the furniture plant in Sheboygan was destroyed by fire. In April 1917, Joerns and his family moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin where the company had another furniture plant. Joerns died suddenly in Denver, Colorado where he had gone for medical treatment because of ill health.