Willis Grems, 1911-1975

GREMS

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/3/2009 at 12:10:55

ESTHERVILLE--Services for Willis Grems, 64, of Estherville will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Presbyterian Church of Estherville with burial in East Side Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be held.

Mr. Grems died Thursday at the Veteran Hospital in Minneapolis. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Henry Funeral Home in Estherville.

Mr. Grems was born June 7, 1911 at Gruver. He married Myrtle Roach Jan. 17, 1942 in Jackson. He was employed as a carpenter and had lived in Estherville since 1948 and was a veteran of World War II.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Leslie of Estherville and Harold of Mankato; two daughters, Mrs. Gary Pearson of Britt and Mrs. Lyndal Cloud of Plainview, Ill.; four grandchildren; two brothers, Merl and Lester of Estherville, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Julius of Estherville.

Source: Fairmont Sentinel, Fairmont, Minnesota, October 4, 1975.