Gulsvig, Ernest O'Landis 1901-1992

REIERSON, GULSVIG, FREEMAN, ELLIOTT, LARSON, RENZMAN, PUFFER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 3/6/2010 at 18:22:01

Ernest O'Landis Gulsvig, 90, son of Engebert and Ida (Reierson) Gulsvig, was born June 24, 1901, on a farm near Gunder, IA. He died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1992, in the Covenant Medical Center at Waterloo, IA.

He attended the rural schools near his home and later he attended a Barber College in Forest City, IA. On Oct. 20, 1933, he was married to Olive Freeman at Cresco, IA. They had five children. He lived in the Postville area most of his life. He was employed as a meat cutter at the Postville Locker for 35 years. For the past 12 years he has lived in Waterloo at the home of his daughter, Donna and her husband, Glenn Elliott.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Olive, who died in 1966, a son, Ronald, two brothers, Milo and Roy, and a sister, Irene Larson.

Surviving are three sons, Dean (Donna) Gulsvig of Twin Lakes, WI; Jerry (Patricia) Gulsvig of Camarillo, CA and Landis Gulsvig of Waterloo, IA; a daughter, Donna (Glenn) Elliott, 17 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and a great-great grandson, two sisters, Lila Renzman of Postville and Gladys Puffer of Portland, OR; and a brother, Richard Gulsvig, Waterloo, IA.

Funeral services were held Friday, Jan. 31, 1992, at 1:30 p.m. in the Schutte Funeral Home at Postville, IA. The Rev. Charles W. Miller officiated. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery.

Casket bearers were Travis Kneeskern, Greg Gulsvig, Greg Karasek, David Wach, Jim Sonksen and Lyle Hammond.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping from my mother's obituary collection.
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