GEMAEHLICH, Mathilda ca1875-1965

GEMAEHLICH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/7/2010 at 19:27:52

Mathilda Gemaehlich

OSAGE, IOWA — Mrs. Mathilda Gemaehlich, 90, died Monday at a rest home in Medford, Oregon.

Funeral services are tentatively set for Friday at the Lutheran Church in Medford. A former Mitchell County resident, Mrs. Gemaehlich leaves 109 direct descendants.

Mrs. Gemaehlich was the widow of the Rev. Johannes Gemaehlich, who was pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Mitchell County from 1920 to 1927. He died in 1947.

Surviving are eight children: Andrew, Rudolph and Mrs. Ralph Lorenz, all of Osage; Simon, Sanger, Texas; Emil, Clinton, Okla.; John and Mrs. Ed Rupp, Medford; Berthold, Tujunga, Calif.; 33 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Schardt, Templeton, Tex., and Mrs. Emelia
Gemaehlich, Kensington, Kansas.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Wednesday, August 11, 1965]