Orville Newton GAULKE
GAULKE, BAUGE, ROSBURG, BAILEY
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/17/2007 at 03:32:38
11/26/2003
July 29, 1905 - November 24, 2003
IOWA FALLS - Orville Newton Gaulke, 98, of Iowa Falls died Monday, Nov. 24, 2003, at Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be Friday, Nov. 28, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls with burial at the Morgan Township Cemetery in Franklin County. Visitation will be Thursday, Nov. 27, from 6-8 p.m. at the Linn's Funeral Homes Iowa Falls Chapel. Orville was born July 29, 1905, on his parents' farm in Morgan Township, Franklin County, to Theodore and Sarah (Bauge) Gaulke. He attended the Dows Public Schools, graduating with the class of 1927. He attended Ellsworth College in Iowa Falls for four years, and also attended the University of Iowa, receiving his master's degree in business. He taught at Modale; Owasa; Pontiac, Ill.; Kenosha, Wis.; and then took a professorship with his alma mater, Ellsworth College, from 1947-1970, when he retired. He was a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church.
Survivors include three sons, Alan Gaulke of Iowa Falls, Maurice Gaulke and wife Marlene of Ackley, and Richard Gaulke and wife Sharon of Iowa Falls; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; one brother, Avron Gaulke and wife Mariane of Clarion; and one sister, Donnabelle Rosburg of San Pablo, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents; one granddaughter, Mary Kay Gaulke; two sisters, Edna Bauge and Inez Bailey; and four brothers, Harry, Lewis, Leo and Fay Gaulke.
ŠIowa Falls Times-Citizen 2003
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