KUHN, Elizabeth 1899-1999

KUHN, DRAKE, GUEST, PETERMAN, LOVEJOY

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Elizabeth Kuhn

June 26, 1899 -- February 16, 1999

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Elizabeth Kuhn, 99, formerly of Osage, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1999, in the Windsor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Cedar Falls.

Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m., at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage, with the Rev. Richard Kuhn and the Rev. Christopher Kuhn officiating.

Burial was in the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sylvester; a son, Lt. Cmdr. James P. Kuhn; four sisters; a brother; and an infant brother.

Survivors include five daughters, Phyllis and Lincoln Drake of Honolulu, Hawaii, Joan Guest of Washington, D.C., Kay Peterman of Rifle, Colo., Sister Jeanine Kuhn PBVM of Cedar Falls, and Betty and Ronald Lovejoy of Hastings, Minn.; two sons, The Rev. Richard Kuhn of Ossian and Robert and Kathy Kuhn of St. Charles, Illinois; 23 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Transcribed by an IAGenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.
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Elizabeth Kuhn

OSAGE, IOWA — Elizabeth Kuhn, age 99, formerly of Osage, died Tuesday, February 16, 1999, at Windsor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Cedar Falls. She was born on June 26, 1899, in Riceville, Iowa, the daughter of Michael and Rose (Erwin) Sullivan. She moved with her family to Osage as a young child, where she attended school and graduated from Osage High School in 1917. Elizabeth learned to drive an overland car at the age of 14, the first to drive in her family and probably one of the few women in the county to do so. She then attended Iowa State College in Ames. While there, she played in the orchestra and was a member of the Newman Club and the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She taught at the Pleasant Valley country school and at Washington Elementary school in Osage.

Elizabeth married Sylvester L. Kuhn on June 15, 1921, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Osage. They began married life on the Kuhn family farm, and later farmed in Rock Township, before moving to their own farm northeast of Osage, in Burr Oak Township. In 1972, they moved to a home on Maple Lane, in Osage. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1981. Sylvester passed away on Nov. 19, 1981.

Elizabeth was a life long member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Over the years she served as president of the Sacred Heart Guild, St. Theresa and Mt. Carmel Circles. She also sang in the church choir and played the organ. She belonged to the American Legion Women's Auxiliary as a Gold Star Mother, and the Mutual Improvement Club of Burr Oak Township. Her interests included playing the piano and organ, sewing, painting and gardening; however, her greatest pleasure came from doing things for her family and others. She spent the last years of her life in the Starr Home in Charles City.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, February 19, 1999, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Osage, with the Rev. Richard Kuhn, the Rev. Christopher Kuhn, Vicar Msgr. Dean Walz, as Concelebrants; along with other Priests of the Archdiocese. The Rev. Leon Connolly will be the Homilist. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Osage.

Visitation will be from 2:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. today, at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with a rosary at 3 p.m. and a scripture service at 7 p.m.

She is survived by five daughters, Phyllis Drake and husband, Lincoln, of Honolulu, Hawaii; Joan Guest, of Washington, D.C.; Kay Peterman, of Rifle, Colo.; Sister Jeanine Kuhn, PBVM, Cedar Falls; and Betty Lovejoy and husband, Ronald, Hastings, Minn.; two sons, the Rev. Richard Kuhn, Ossian; and Robert Kuhn and wife, Kathye, St. Charles, Ill.; one daughter-in-law, Cathy Berry, of Cherry Hill, N.J.; 23 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by parents; husband, Sylvester; one son, Lt. Cmdr. James P. Kuhn; one son-in-law, Adm. Frank B. Guest; four sisters, Marie O'Brien, Monica Comisky, Winifred Sullivan, and Vera Sullivan; one brother, Leo Sullivan; and one infant brother, Eugene Sullivan.

[Globe Gazette, Feb. 19, 1999]