George Edward Tjossem (1920-2005)

TJOSSEM, CROSBIE, MANEE, DORNBUSCH

Posted By: jane austin (email)
Date: 3/5/2022 at 00:13:07

George Edward Tjossem, son of Orren and Florence (Crosbie) Tjossem, was born on a farm near Paullina, Iowa on November 23, 1920. He passed away August 1, 2005 in Paullina.

George attended rural school (Dale #7) and graduated from Paullina High School in 1939. That high school class brought him friendships that lasted all his life. He served in the Coast Guard during World War II.

George was married more than once. In 1942, he and Joyce Manee of Windom, Minnesota were wed. Two sons were born to this union: Gerald George (who died at birth) and James Allen.

About ten years later, in 1952, he and Arlene Dornbusch married. They had two children: Martin Orren and Linda Ann. He (and sometimes his family) lived in Virginia, Missouri, Wisconsin, and later, here in Iowa.

George took great joy in making new friends and had many talents that brought him to a number of different ways of earning a living. These included trucking, farming, buying and selling machinery, piloting his own plane, operating heavy earth moving equipment, and doing the work himself to keep his own machine in good repair. Perhaps his greatest satisfaction came from his becoming a "Crop Duster" (The man to whom he sold his crop dusting business in Mound City, Missouri, has been spraying many fields this week in the Paullina area. [sic])

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, and the Shriners.

Funeral services for George E. Tjossem, age 84, of Paullina, Iowa, were held on August 15, 2005 from the Gaudian Eldridge Funeral Home in Paullina, Iowa with Rev. Alex Horvath officiating. Burial is in the Prairie View Cemetery, Paullina, Iowa.

George is survived by his three children: Jim and his wife, Marge, of North Branch, Minnesota; Martin of Paullina, Iowa, and Linda and her husband Deke Abbott of Geneva, Illinois; three grandchildren [redacted]; his sister, Olive Wilson, and a host of other relatives and friends.

George is preceded in death by his parents, an infant son and by his younger brother, Glenn Tjossem.

Paullina (Iowa) Times, 18 Aug 2005, p5

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