KUEBLER, Emil 1924-2005

KUEBLER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/28/2010 at 16:22:30

OBITUARY: Emil Kuebler, 1924-2005

Funeral Services for Emil Kuebler, 81, of Osage, Iowa, were held on Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating.

Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery with Military Honors by Osage American Legion Post 278. Emil died Thursday, October 13, 2005, in Sun City, Ariz.

Emil was born on April 4, 1924, on a farm near Eureka, South Dakota, the son of John and Selma Kuebler. He was baptized in June 1924, at Neudorf Lutheran Church. Emil was educated in the rural school. He served in the US Navy from 1945-1946, he then returned to farming until 1953. In 1954, Emil enrolled at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, graduating in 1958 with a BA degree in education. He obtained a teaching position in Osage, Iowa, where he taught seventh grade math and social studies. Emil then continued studies during summers to obtain a MA degree in 1967.

He served as principal and 5th grade teacher in the Mitchell School for two years, and then came to Osage for a full-time principal's position at Washington School. He retired from Osage Public Schools in 1983. He then served as president of the Mitchell County Food Bank for 10 years, served on the Faith Home Board for 10 years, and served on various boards and committees at Our Savior's Lutheran Church where he was president for one year. He was a member of American Legion. Emil was united in marriage to Doris Olson on July 7, 1973, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage. They have spent the last 12 winters in Peoria, Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his parents John and Selma; two sisters and three brothers-in-law, Anna (Oscar) Metzger, Irene (Walter) Metzger and Alfred Lindemann.

Emil is survived by his wife Doris of Osage; step-daughter Dorothy Harms of Peoria, Ariz., three grandchildren & six great-grandchildren, Anthony and Marcie Harms and their children, Jordyn and Colby of Queen Creek, Ariz., Shane and Jacy Elrod and their children, Jessica and Kyler of Glendale, Ariz., Sgt. Jonathon and Tracy Harms and their children, Hannah and Sarah of US Army, Bamberg, Germany; one sister Amanda Lindemann of Eureka, S.D.; three nephews and three nieces.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of the arrangements.
(641)732-3706.

[ Original version posted on www.mcpress.com Oct. 19, 2005 ]