Louise W. Topp Jurries 1885-19

JURRIES, TOPP, FRY, HIRTH, WEST, PEPPIN, DIEDRICK, MALUSZEWSKI

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/28/2013 at 01:20:34

Louise Jurries Dies Aug. 25
Funeral services were held Aug. 28 at the Bethany Lutheran Church with the Rev. Erling Hansen officiating, for Louise Jurries, age 86, who died Aug. 25 at the Palo Alto County Hospital.

Norman Sarkve was the vocalist, accompanied by Mrs. Allen Trelstad, organist.

Louise Jurries, the daughter of Fred and Mary Topp, was born Oct. 14, 1885, at Senaca, Ill. She married Charles Jurries on April 15, 1914 at Joliet, Ill.

She lived in Illinois until 1914, when she and her husband moved to Estherville where they lived until 1939 when they moved to Emmetsburg. She was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary.

Survivors include eleven children: Mrs. Virgil (Gladys) Fry, Spencer; Mrs. Leon (Florence) Fry, Ruthven; Floyd Jurries, Emmetsburg; Lester Jurries, Emmetsburg; Mrs. John (Dorthy) Hirth, Lacon, Ill.; Mrs. John (Bernice) West, Northfield, Minn.; Wilbur Jurries, Knierim; Melvin Jurries, Emmetsburg; Charles Jurries, Henry, Ill.; Mrs. LaVertis (Mavis) Guinn, Spencer, and Stanley Jurries, Emmetsburg; 43 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; three brothers, John Topp, Frankfort, Ill., Emil Topp, Chicago, Ill., and Clarence Topp, Madison, Wisc.; and three sisters: Mrs. Gene Peppin, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Art Diedrick, Joliet, Ill., and Mrs. Joe Maluszewski, Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. Jurries was preceded in death by her husband, Charles, who died Feb. 18, 1951, and two daughters, Luella and Lucille.

Burial was in Wallingford Cemetery [Wallingford Lutheran], Wallingford. Casket bearers were Charles Jurries, Jerry West, Gail White, Dallace Schumacher, Terry Hirth and Kenneth Jurries, all grandsons. (Emmetsburg Reporter, Emmetsburg, IA, August 29, 1972)