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DOSS, Ella Marie (Breuer) 1915-2013

DOSS, BREUER, MCCARTY, OLSON, JORGENSEN, KERKVLIET, SCHRERS

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/30/2014 at 14:22:49

Ella Marie (Breuer) Doss – September 10, 1915 – April 15, 2013

Ella Marie Doss passed away in her sleep at the Sanford hospice in Sioux Falls on April 15, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at St. Michael Catholic Church, Sioux Falls. Interment will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Salem, SD. On Friday, April 19, 2013, the family will be present for a visitation at St. Michael Catholic Church in Sioux Falls at 5:00 p.m. to greet friends. The Christian Wake Service will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the church.

Ella Marie (aka) Ella Ree was born on September 10, 1915 to William and Carrie (McCarty) Breuer in Larchwood, IA. She attended rural public schools, and graduated from Rock Rapid high school. After a term at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, IA, she taught in a rural country school in Logan Township for six years.

On August 23, 1939, Ella Ree was united in marriage to Wayne Doss of Rock Rapids, IA. They raised four children and a special niece, Diane Breuer, who joined the family at age three after the death of her mother. They successively lived in Rock Rapids, Sioux Falls and Mitchell, SD before purchasing an International Harvester dealership in Salem, SD in 1950. Ella Ree was involved in the running of the business, and kept the books for the several years of its operation. After Wayne's death in 1976, she and the family continued to operate the Implement Business for another 10 years.

Ella Ree was a member of St. Mary's Altar Society, the National Catholic Society of Foresters, and part of a Kitchen Kadoodler Band for several years. She enjoyed playing cards and belonged to several different card clubs playing well into her 90's. Ella Ree loved spending time with her grandchildren playing cards, board games and attending their various activities.

Ella Ree continued to live in Salem until 2003 when she moved to Sioux Falls to be closer to her children. Grateful for having shared her life are her four children and a special niece, Diane Breuer. Survivors include Allan Doss, Lakewood, WA, Dean (Donna) Doss, Brookings, SD, Carol Doss and Cindy (Bert) Olson, Sioux Falls, SD, and Diane (Mark) Jorgensen, Aberdeen, SD, ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Ella Ree was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wayne, brothers Robert and Donald Breuer, three sisters; Sister Mary Eldred (Mildred Breuer), Eileen Kerkvliet and Betty Schrers and a daughter-in-law Toni Doss.

Published in The Argus Leader on April 17, 2013


 

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