Kass, Mary "Mina" (Mrs. Odilo) 1892-1985

KASS, SAUER, MULVANEY

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-Volunteer
Date: 3/6/2015 at 22:21:03

Source: Sioux County Capital (1-31-1985)

Born: January 16, 1892
Died: January 23, 1985

Mrs. Mina Kass, 93, of Alton passed away Wednesday, January 23, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars, after a brief illness.

“Mina” who was baptized Mary Wilhelmina, was born January 16, 1892, on a farm near Granville, the daughter of Henry Sauer and Mary Mulvaney Sauer. On November 24, 1919, she married Odilo Nicholas Kass at Alton. They lived in Chicago, Illinois, Charleston, West Virginia, and Peterson and Jefferson, Iowa. Except for a short time in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 1930’s, they lived in Alton since 1927. On August 11, 1975, Mr. Kass passed away at Chicago. Mrs. Kass became a resident of the Happy Siesta Retirement Home in Remsen on January 1, 1979.

For many years Mrs. Kass was a self-employed seamstress.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton and its Rosary Society. She was a former member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Catholic Daughters of America, and the Sewing Club.

Survivors include her two sons, Don, of Sioux City and James of Minneapolis, Minnesota; her daughter, Mrs. Ray (Marianne) Tritz of Tucson, Arizona, 19 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. J.T. (Blanche) Even of Alton.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters.

Funeral services were held Saturday, January 26, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton. The Reverend Father David Hogan officiated. Interment followed at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, under the direction of the Van-Etten-Oolman Funeral Home of Orange City.