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Koss, Emilie Karoline Johanne (Gruel) 1875 - 1959

KOSS, GRUEL, MULLER, DICKMAN, SCHMIDT, LAGER, YON

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 7/9/2018 at 08:50:48

Clayton County Register, Thur., 11 June 1959.

Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Garnavillo, Sunday afternoon, May 31, for Mrs. Emilie Koss, 83, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eldo Dickman, early Thursday morning, May 28.

Emilie Karoline Johanne Gruel was born in Garnavillo, Dec. 28, 1875, the daughter of William and Christine Muller Gruel. She was baptized April 17, 1876, and confirmed at St. Paul's Church in 1889. She was married March 10, 1896, to John Koss. They made their home on the Koss farm northwest of Garnavillo until 1923, when they moved to town. Mr. Koss died in 1935.

Mrs. Koss is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Eldo Dickman, Garnavillo; Mrs. Ben Schmidt, Guttenberg; and Mrs. Urban Lager, Dubuque; one son, Arnold Koss; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother, John Gruel, Harvard, Ill. Besides her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, a daughter, Mrs. Paul Yon, and one grandson.

Mrs. Koss was a member of the Ladies Aid Society and of the Sewing Circle of St. Paul's Church.

The Rev. L. C. Urlaub conducted the services at the church and at the gravesite in the Garnavillo cemetery.

Relatives and friends from a distance who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. John Gruel, Harvard, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. John Gruel Jr., Woodstock, Ill.; Louis Oldag and Mr. and Mrs. Felix Oldag and Bill, Preston; Mr. and Mrs. Amy Huss, Davenport; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Gruel, Decorah; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gruel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Steglich, Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Casten, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Huebner, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Arno Engelhardt and Emma Huebner, Postville; Bill Miller, Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Lembke, Mrs. Anna Gruel and Lester, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Lenth Sr., and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Lenth Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Loraine Lenth, Monona; Mr. and Mrs. Kurth, Mrs. Lena Gruel and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gruel and family, Farmersburg; and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schmidt, Rockford, Ill.


 

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