Amy L. (Gragert) PAULSEN

GRAGERT, PAULSEN, SCHRODER, TABER, CHRISTIANSEN, DOMINICK, MCCREE, JOHNSON, OSBORN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/20/2011 at 20:58:05

22 August 1911 -- 10 August 2000

Amy L. Paulsen -- Valparaiso, Indiana

Amy L. Paulsen, 88, of Valparaiso, passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2000 at the VNA Mary Bartz Hospice. She was born August 22, 1911 in Dows, Iowa, to Frank and Charlotte (Schroder) Gragert and graduated from high school in 1929 in Iowa Falls. An area resident since 1946, she had worked as a bookkeeper for Northern Indiana Bank, First National Bank and Miracle Water, retiring in 1986. She was a member of Heritage Lutheran Church and was active in planning trips and traveling with the Banta Senior Center. On November 1, 1930, in Nashua, IA, she married Peter J. Paulsen, who preceded her in death in 1982. Surviving are two children, Sondra (Daro) Taber and James Paulsen, both of Valparaiso; two sisters, Ruth Osborn of Minnesota and Mary Christiansen of Iowa; six grandchildren: Lee Paulsen, Julie Paulsen, Valerie Dominick, Phillip Taber, Cynthia McCree and Amber Johnson; seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother. A memorial service will be held Sunday, 2 P.M. at the Moeller Funeral Home, 104 Roosevelt Rd., Valparaiso, Indiana, the Rev. Joseph Ostafinski officiating. Entombment of ashes at the Graceland Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to the VNA Mary Bartz Hospice or Heritage Lutheran Church.

Northwest Indiana Times, August 11, 2000