Hauber, Emma Mary (Slifka) 1915 – 2001
HAUBER, SLIFKA, JAROSH, HAUBER, SHELDON
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 12/23/2017 at 11:05:02
Source: Times Plain Dealer; June 6, 2001 Page A-3
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
Transcribed by Joy MooreEmma Hauber, 85, services held
Funeral services for Emma Hauber were held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 28, at St. Joseph’s Worship Center with interment in Calvary Cemetery, both in Cresco. The Rev. Henry W. Charipar officiated. Pallbearers were: Andrew Ruby, Dan Sheldon, David Ness, JeiTy Slifika, Sonny Slifka, Bob Slifka, Jim Slifka, and Larry Slifka. Honorary pallbearers were: Richard Koliha and Rodney Koliha. Conway Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Emma, 85, died Thursday, May 24, 2001 at the Regional Health Services Hospital in Cresco of complications of Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Emma Mary Hauber was born July 29, 1915 near Cresco, the daughter of Frank and Rose (Jarosh) Slifka. She attended the rural school and the Assumption Grade School and returned home to help her parents, as did most girls her age. She was a waitress in a restaurant and was a housekeeper and cook for a family in Cresco.
On November 14, 1950 she married George Hauber at the Assumption Catholic Church in Cresco. Following their marriage, she helped on the farm in Vernon Springs, then moved on a farm near Ridgeway for about five years and finally moved to their home farm in Winneshiek County, where they lived until they retired and moved into Cresco in 1996.
Emma was a member of Notre Dame Parish, the Altar and Rosary Society, the Winneshiek County Porkettes, and the Farm Bureau Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and listening to polka mu-sic.
She is survived by her husband, George; three daughters: Barbara Hauber of Kasson, MN, Christine Sheldon of Sidney, and Rose Ann Hauber of Lafayette, CO; six grandchildren; and three great-grandsons.
Emma was preceded in death by one daughter: Diane Mary; her parents; and three brothers: Lawrence, Frank and Anthony.
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