HUSS, Francis M. (1936-2009)

HUSS

Posted By: Don Boucher (email)
Date: 12/2/2012 at 09:51:31

Obituary from The Des Moines Register newspaper, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA on 2-21-2009:

Francis Milton Huss, 72, passed away surrounded by his loving family, Thursday, February 19, 2009, at Iowa Health Hospice Taylor House in Des Moines.

Francis was born to Mary and Otto Huss on September 12, 1936, in Hardy, Iowa. Francis enjoyed farming along with being employed by Roadway Express until retirement at age 54. During retirement, he drove a school bus for Bondurant-Farrar Community School District and was a long time member of Cyclone Country Ramblers and Iowa Wild Rose Good Sam Club.

Francis is survived by his loving wife, Irene of Maxwell, IA; daughter, Ann (Mike) Maertens of Ankeny, IA; son, Duane (Stephanie) Huss of Cottage Grove, MN; beloved grandchildren, Eric, Sarah, Jennifer, Alexander, and Tyler; sisters, Dorothy (Charles) Spotts and Barbara (Danny) Brundidge; and brothers, Robert (Joanne) Huss and Henry (Mary) Huss. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Dean Huss.

Funeral services will be held 12 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2009, at Hamilton's near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th, Des Moines; with burial to follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Iowa Health Hospice Taylor House in loving memory of Francis.

Obituary from The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune newspaper, Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, USA on 3-15-1984:

In a sod house in the sand hills of Cherry County, Neb., 12 miles west of Elsmere, Otto Francis Huss, the fourth of the six children of Henry William Huss and Mary Iota (Ida) Dowlin Huss, was born April 30, 1908.

On Jan. 3, 1984, he died of congestive heart failure at the Indianola Good Samaritan Center at the age of 75 years, eight months and four days.

When only a small child Otto was in a tornado, carried outside by the wind and deposited uninjured in a mud puddle. Later the family moved back to Iowa where Otto was reared and received his formal education in the public schools of Warren and Polk Counties.

At Hampton on Dec. 18, 1935, Mr. Huss was united in marriage to Mary Anna Steffa, the oldest of the six children of the late John Milton Steffa and the late Lizzie Matilda Myers Steffa of rural Goldfield. To this union six children, five of whom survive their father, were born.

Most of Mr. Huss' adult life was spent in farming, first as a farm hand and then farming for himself beginning in 1943. In 1947 the family moved to the present farm home, "SQUEB Valley Ranch" southeast of New Virginia, where Mr. Huss farmed until he suffered a severe C.V.A. on Sept. 28, 1960.

As a result, he was an aphasiac, right hemiplegic until his death. He was unable to do much work, but still enjoyed being on the farm and helping with the chores. Since March 31, 1982, Mr. Huss has been confined in a nursing home.

On Dec. 20, 1950, Mr. Huss and his wife and three oldest children were baptized by immersion in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Des Moines. He was received into fellowship in the Liberty Center Seventh-day Adventist Church, now known as the Indianola Seventh-day Adventist Church, where he held a number of church offices.

Mr. Huss was preceded in death by his father and mother; his second son, Otto Eudine (Deanie) Huss; a granddaughter, Lynette Rene Huss, in infancy; a great-granddaughter, Sue Anna Bell, in infancy; a sister, Dorothy Huss, in infancy; and another sister, Lillian Mae Reid. He is survived by his wife, five children, 18 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

His surviving children include three sons, Francis Huss and wife Irene of rural Maxwell, Henry Huss and wife Mary of rural New Virginia and Robert Huss and wife Joanne of Athens, Ga.; and two daughter, Dorothy Spotts and husband Charles of near Des Moines and Barbara Brundidge and husband Danny of Bonner Springs, Kan.

Also surviving are three brothers, Everett Huss and wife Johanna of Sacramento, Calif., Carl Huss of Bee Branch, Ark., and Leslie Huss and wife Adele of Pueblo, Colo.; and a half-brother, Paul Huss and wife Louise of Sapulpa, Okla.

Services were held at Peterson Funeral Home on Friday, Jan. 6, with Pastor George King or rural Martensdale officiating. Mrs. Irma Mowry of Des Moines was organist. Merle Trotter and Mrs. Dianne Hiller of Indianola sang "The Old Rugged Cross," "In The Garden" and "God Be With You."

Pallbearers were his three sons, Francis, Henry and Robert Huss; and three of his grandsons, Duane, Kevin and Daniel Huss. Honorary pallbearers were his two sons-in-law, Charles Spotts and Danny Brundidge; one grandson, Andrew Huss; and one great-grandson, Eric Livingston. Interment was in the Linn Grove Cemetery at Prole.

Obituary from The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune newspaper, Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, USA on 1-5-1984:
Funeral services for Otto F. Huss, 75, will be held Friday at Peterson Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Linn Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Huss died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at the Good Samaritan Home in Indianola, ending a 23-year illness which began with a stroke.
He was born in Elsmere, Neb., and had lived in Warren County the past 45 years. He attended the Indianola Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mr. Huss had been a farmer.
Surviving him are his wife, Mary of RR 5 Osceola; three sons, Francis of rural Maxwell, Henry of New Virginia and Robert of Athens, Ga.; two daughters, Dorothy Spotts of Des Moines and Barbara Brundidge of Bonner Springs, Kan.; three brothers, Everett of Sacramento, Calif., Carl of Bee Branch, Ark., and Leslie of Pueblo, Colo.; 14 grandchildren; 14 stepgrandchildren; three great-Friends may call at Peterson Funeral Home after 8:30 p.m. Thursday.