GIPE, Mary Rose Geauque

GIPE, GEAUQUE

Posted By: Marlene Skalberg (email)
Date: 2/5/2016 at 14:45:25

Mary Rose Geauque Gipe
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mrs. Adam Gipe, 90, who died late Saturday at her home near Strahan.
She was the wife of Adam Gipe, 93, large land owner, who also is ill.
Pioneers in the Strahan community, Mr. and Mrs. Gipe accumulated large holdings of land, which they divided four years ago among their four living children; Mrs. T. M. Brazelton of Hastings, and Charles Gipe, Zeno Bass, and Mrs. M. W. Woodfill, all of Strahan.
Mrs. Otha D. Wearin is a granddaughter. There are nine other Granddaughters.
Mrs. Gipe was deeply interested in beautifying her farm home with trees, a hobby she began as a bride sixty-six years ago, and pursued throughout her life.
She was active in the Methodist Church in Strahan.
Born in Ohio, May 2, 1847, of parents who immigrated from Switzerland, she married March 14, 1871 to Mr. Gipe and they left Ohio the following day for Southwest Iowa.
The closest railroad point to 130 acres of land Mr. Gipe had purchased near Strahan was Emerson. Mr. Gipe left his bride at Emerson, walked ten miles to his farm returned to Emerson for Mrs. Gipe and a load of lumber to erect a home.
The story of their married life, which has stretched out well over a half century of development, such as no other country has ever known, is a story of the sturdy pioneer men and women who laid the foundation and helped erect a great midwestern agricultural and industrial structure. With their passing one of the most glorious chapters of human achievement in this story of American life is brought to a close.
The funeral services were held in the Strahan Church where Mrs. Gipe has long been an active member. The services was conducted by Rev. Peter Jacobs of Shenandoah, a long time friend of the family. The body was laid to rest in the Malvern Cemetery.
Glenwood Opinion Tribune, October 28, 1937, page 4