ESSIG, Emilie Mae 1928-1944

ESSIG

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 1/15/2017 at 13:56:52

Funeral Services For Mae Essig Sunday Afternoon

Funeral services for Emilie Mae Essig, 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Essig, who died at her home at 2 a.m. Dec. 15, were held Sunday afternoon at the Ivester church, with Rev. W. T. Luckett officiating. Music was by the male quartet from the Eldora school members being Gordon Krause, Ellis Albright, Paul Dahlberg and Dick Protheroe, and a solo by the Eldora music teacher. Ernest Hoffa, Duane Boike, Gordon Reist, Ellis Albright, Fred Dinnes and Don Schwarck were pallbearers. In charge of flowers were Janice Kirkdorffer, Colleen Draper, Ruth Baker and Betty Freed. Interment was in the Melrose cemetery.

Miss Essig had attended the Eldora public school for several years, being in the junior class. Besides her parents she is survived by one sister and one brother and her grandmother, Mrs. Emma Essig of Eldora.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 21 December 1944, pg 3