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Grage, Ray A. 1919-2001

GRAGE, CHRISTOPHERSON, NILLES

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/3/2008 at 19:59:51

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Ray A. Grage, 82, of Remsen, Iowa
MAIDEN NAME (if applicable):
CAUSE OF DEATH:
DATE of DEATH: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001
PLACE of DEATH: at Happy Siesta Care Center in Remsen
DATE of BIRTH: Aug. 27, 1919
PLACE of BIRTH: in rural Remsen, Iowa
PARENTS: son of Joachim and Cora (Christopherson) Grage
SPOUSE & DATE of MARRIAGE: Margaret Nilles, July 13, 1943
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Remsen, Iowa
OCCUPATION: He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. His wife lived with her parents while he served in the European Theater during World War II. He was discharged in August 1945 and returned to the Remsen area, where the couple farmed from 1946 until retiring and moving into Remsen in January 1984.
SURVIVORS: survived by his wife, Margaret; a son and his wife, Gary and Rosie, of Kingsley, Iowa; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: a son, Dale; two brothers, Henry and Elmer; and six sisters, Mrs. Gilbert (Marie) Roling, Mrs. Fred (Anna) Steffen, Mrs. Bill (Viola) Gottsche, Mrs. Clarence (Lillian) Heitmann, Mrs. Elmer (Bertha) Steffen and Mrs. Alfred (Erma) Hansen.
PLACE of BURIAL: Remsen City Cemetery, Remsen, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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