Haas, Mrs. Emma 1861-1954

HAAS, WERNLI

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/23/2008 at 19:54:02

MRS. EMMA HAAS

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Emma Amelia Haas, 93, a longtime resident here, who died Saturday at the Sacred Heart hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the City Cemetery here. Rev. H.V. Bratz will officiate. Burial will be under the direction of the Mauer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Haas was born July 11, 1861, at Iola, Wis. She was the wife of Conrad E. Haas, early day hardware dealer here, who died in February, 1949.

She came to LeMars in 1880 and had resided here since. The last 3 ½ years, she resided at Sacred Heart hospital here. She was married to Mr. Haas here on October 18, 1882.

Survivors are three sons, Edward C. of Des Moines, Herbert D. of LeMars and Wilbur M. of Sarasota, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Roseberry of LeMars; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; two half-brothers, Otto Wernli, Hudson, Wis., Frank Wernli of Hudson, Wis.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Clara Paul of Pereu, Ohio, Mrs. Minnie Schaefer of Berla, Ohio, and Mrs. Elsie Livingston, who lives in Iowa.

~Source: LeMars Globe-Post, December 13, 1954