GRAFF, Marie "Amelia" (Richsmann) 1874-1943

GRAFF, RICHSMANN

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Date: 2/12/2011 at 09:38:07

Amelia (Richsmann) Graff

a.k.a. AMALIA GRAFF
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AMELIA GRAFF OF OSAGE DIES
RECEIVED INJURIES IN ACCIDENT DECEMBER 30

Osage, Iowa – Mrs. Amelia Graff 66, died at the Osage Hospital at 3 a.m. Wednesday from complications of injuries she received, Dec. 30, when she walked into a state highway snowplow at the intersection of Main and Seventh streets.

The truck, driven by Don Greeley, was being worked back and forth across the intersection in an attempt to clear the street of ice. Mrs. Graff, who had poor eyesight and hearing, apparently did not see or hear the truck or Henry Bloss, highway commission supervisor, who was standing on the curb at the corner and shouted warnings to her.

Mrs. Graff was thrown to the ground by the force of the truck and her right leg was crushed under the rim of one of the wheels. Complications to the injury caused her death.

Born in Denmark, Mrs. Graff came to America as a young girl. She married Ernest Graff about 40 years ago. Living in this area most of her life, she spent a few years at Reliance, S. Dakota. The Graffs farmed near Osage until four years ago when Mr. Graff died and Mrs. Graff moved into Osage.

She is survived by one son, Herman of Minneapolis, and two brothers; George Richsmann of Osage; and Frederick Richsmann of Minneapolis.

No funeral arrangements have been made.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday January 6, 1943
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GRAFF, Amelia (Richsmann) Ca. 1877-1943

Funeral service will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Shelledy Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. T. P. Solem. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery. (redacted)

[Mitchell County Press, Thursday, January 7, 1943]

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Marie Amelie Graff, nee Richsmann, was born in Ballum, North Schleswig Holstein, Denmark, on August 27, 1874, and passed away in Osage, Iowa, January 6, 1943.

Deceased was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church in her native land. Both her parents died when she was in early childhood.

At the age of 19 she immigrated to America, coming directly to St. Ansgar.

She was united in marriage with Ernest Graff at St. Ansgar with Ernest Graff at St. Ansgar with the Rev. John Olsen officiating.

The Graffs lived in and near Mitchell; also near Carpenter, for a time. With the exception of two years in Minneapolis, and eight years near Reliance, South Dakota, the Graffs were residents of Mitchell County.

In 1938 Mr. Graff passed away. After her husband's death Mrs. Graff lived in Mitchell and Osage.

Beside her husband, a daughter preceded her in death.

Surviving are her son, Herman of Minneapolis; a granddaughter and two brothers, Fred Richsmann, of Minneapolis, and George Richsmann, of Osage.

Funeral service was held at the Shelledy Funeral Home last Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. T. P. Solem, and interment was in the Mitchell Cemetery.

[Mitchell County Press, Thursday, January 14, 1943]