SPROUSE, Joseph Edwin

SPROUSE, NELSON, MURR, PETERSON, HUGG, BASCHKE, FREDERICK, TUTTLE, SHAHAN, WETZEL, WOLFE, JOHNSON, COZINE, PEEKENSCHNEIDER

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/26/2006 at 11:53:36

JOSEPH E. SPROUSE

Funeral services for Joseph Sprouse, 79, of Aurelia, will be 1:30 Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia with Pastor Jack O. Weida officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia. Visitation will be Monday from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

Joseph Edwin Sprouse was born on November 7, 1925 in Galva, Iowa, the son of Lawrence Arthur and Nina Katherine (Nelson) Sprouse. Joe graduated from the Galva High School. He entered the US Army in August of 1944 where he served until November of 1945. Joe was united in marriage to Dolores Marie Murr on February 5, 1949 at Odebolt, IA. They had six children, Connie, Diane, Nancy, Larry, Mark and Michael. After the service, he began working at the Aurelia Elevator then as a farm hand and later started at Wilson’s in Cherokee until his retirement in August of 1985. Joe was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, was a member of the VFW and the Grashoff-McManus American Legion Post #390 of Aurelia. He enjoyed fishing, woodworking, hunting, gardening and kidding around with family and friends.

Joe died on Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the Country Side Estates in Cherokee.

Preceding Joe in death were his parents, two sisters, Viola Peterson and Mary Sprouse, and one granddaughter, Brenda Hugg.

Survivors include his wife Dolores Sprouse of Aurelia, three daughters, Connie and her husband Mark Baschke of Fostoria, IA, Diane and her husband Ned Hugg of Bryan, OH, Nancy and her husband Bruce Frederick of Alta, IA, three sons, Larry and his wife Heather Sprouse of Plymouth, MN, Mark and his wife Mary Jane Sprouse of Cherokee, and Michael and his wife Beverly Sprouse of Aurelia, thirteen grandchildren, Heather Nelson Tuttle, Ryan Nelson, Neil Nelson, Brooke and her husband Nathan Shahan, Brad Hugg, Zach and his wife Sarah Frederick, Zeb Frederick, Jeremy Wetzel, Rebecca Wolfe, Daniel Wolfe, Rachel and her husband Seth Johnson, Jerud and his wife Cassy Cozine and Joshua Cozine, and five great-grandchildren, Gage Tuttle, Ethan Shahan, Riley Johnson, Aiden Johnson and Ethan Cozine. Also surviving are one sister, Hattie Peekenschneider of Cherokee, IA, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.