NEIS, Augusta (Blake)1893-1969

NEIS, BLAKE, BRUMM, COUNSELL, MCDOWELL, ROGERS, HARR, MAY, LUTGEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/28/2010 at 22:16:58

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OSAGE, IOWA — Services for Mrs. Ferd Neis, 75, who died Saturday at the Mitchell County Memorial
Hospital, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Survivors include her husband; seven daughters: Mrs. Herbert Brumm of Stacyville, Mrs. Frank Hoffman of South Gate, California, Mrs. Edward Brumm of Hunington Park, California, Mrs. Dick Conger of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. Lloyd Counsell of Nora Springs, Mrs. Ralph McDowell of Rudd, and Mrs. Bill Rogers of Phoenix, Arizona; two sons, William (Bill) of Osage and Joe of Minneapolis, Minnesota; two brothers, William Blake of Stacyville and Fred of Riceville; three sisters: Mrs. Rose Lutgen of Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. Leo Harr of Rochester, Minnesota, and Mrs. Martha May of Spokane, Washington; and 37 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, July 14, 1969]

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The Sacred Heart Cemetery, Osage, listing on IaGenWeb shows this:

Neis, Augusta Blake 1893 -- 12 Jul 1969, 76

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NOTES:
1. The actual newspaper article misspelled her last name as NEIF.

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#3: 50th Anniversary--

Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Neis, Osage, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday. They will begin with a Mass of Thanksgiving at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 11 a.m. followed by dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 12:30 p.m. for relatives and invited guests. There will be an open house at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. for all friends and relatives.

The honorees are parents of 10 children, one of whom, Robert, is deceased. Celebrating with them will be their daughters: Mrs. Herbert (Angela) Brumm, Stacyville; Mrs. Frank (Frances) Hoffman, Los Angeles; Mrs. Edward (Agnes) Brumm, South Gate, California; Mrs. Lloyd (Adelaide) Counsell, Nora Springs; Mrs. Ralph (Rose Ann) McDowell, Rudd; Mrs. Richard (Betty Jane) Conger, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Andrew (Arlene) Anderson, Pheonix, their two sons, William, Osage, and Joseph, Minneapolis, and their families. There are 33 grandchildren and six great-grandchldren.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette, Friday, August 14, 1964]
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Photo of Ferd and Augusta, from their anniversary article, above.

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