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| OBITUARIES OF CHICKASAW COUNTY - G - |
20 October 1910 Surnames: Getsch, Heath, Mottershed, Woehrle, Wentworth, Smith, Sinden Contributed by Claudia Groh |
| Native Son Dies at 82 25 November 1954, page 1 A native son of Nashua, who became a business and civic leader of the community in his prime and who had been ill for some years past, was paid last honors in funeral services Friday at the Congregational church. He was William F. Getsch, "Bill", as he was known from boyhood to his last summons. He succumbed Nov. 17 at Mercy Hospital, Waverly, at the age of 82. Services were conducted by the Rev. C. E. Luce of Waterloo, former Methodist pastor here and a dear friend of Bill for many years. The Rev. Ernest C. Rueter, pastor of the church assisted. Music was by another old friend, Mrs. Ethel Staley, and flowers likewise were tenderly cared for by old friends, Leta Stevenson and Claudia Smith. Comrades of many years also were among those acting as casket bearers, these being R. D. Hanson, C. E. Emerson, E. D. Smith, Edward Woehrle, Charles Woehrle and Milton B. Norman. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Bill Getsch was born June 29, 1872, in Nashua, the son of Ferdinand and Caroline Hanna Getsch. He was graduated from Nashua high school in 1890 and for two years thereafter worked as a miner in Utah. He returned to Nashua and worked as a bookkeeper of the A. G. Case and Co., bank. He later became president and remained with the bank after it became known as the Commercial State Savings Bank until it closed in 1927. He was a field representative with the Northwestern Life Insurance Co., in Minneapolis, Minn., for eight years. His marriage to Helen Dexter occurred on June 6, 1900. She survives as do a son, William C. of Minneapolis, and a daughter, Mrs. Roy Milligan, Tucson, Ariz. There also are four sisters: Miss Millie heath and Mrs. Bertha Chapman, Yakima, Wash.; Mrs. Anna Woehrle, Grasston, Minn.; and Louise Getsch, Mason City. There also are five grandchildren. Many old friends attended the writes and those from away are name in other items in this issue. Mrs. Getsch left this week with her daughter, Mrs. Milligan, to spend some time in Tucson. ---------------------------------Nashua Reporter Out of town relatives and friends present at the funeral services for W. F. Getsch held at the Congregational church Friday afternoon were his son and wife Mrs. and Mrs. Wm. Getsch of Minneapolis; his daughter, Mrs. Roy Milligan of Tucson, Ariz.; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mercer, Charles and Edward Woehrle, all of Minneapolis; Mrs. Eva Dexter of Lakeland, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Smith, Robert D. Hanson and Jerry Zugart, all of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Emerson of Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Johnson of Waterloo; Mrs. Gus Gitsch, Mr. and Mrs. August Gitsch and Mrs. Griesert, all of Fredericksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hinkley of Eagle Grove; Mrs. Lee Gogg of Waverly; Mrs. Alden Leichtman and Mrs. Smith of New Hampton; and the Rev. C. E. Luce of Waterloo, who has had charge of part of the funeral service. Contributed by Carol Page Tilson, 2007 |
16 May 1907 Joseph Goodhart, well known to the people of Nashua, was stricken with apopplexy [sic] on Wednesday morning of last week, and died the evening of the same day, at his home in Charles City. The deceased was born in Germany but had been a resident of Charles City for several years. He was thrice married, one of his wives being a daughter of Mrs. Abner Allen, of Nashua, and the wife who survives him being Mrs. Emma Bement, also formerly of this city. The funeral was held at the M. E. church in Charles City, Friday, at 10 a.m., and the burial was in Riverside cemetery, at that place.
Contributed by Mike Peterson |
3 January, 1942; Section 1, page 2 Funeral services for Alfred I. Gordon , 46, of 3133 Lindberg St., will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Bethel Lutheran church, the Rev. Morris Wee officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial. Mr. Gordon was stricken on the street Friday and died en route to a hospital. The body will be at the Schroeder funeral home untill time for the services. Mr. Gordon had been a resident of Madison since 1929, when he came here from New Hampton, Ia. He had formerly been a bank employee at Litton, Ia. Mr. Gordon was a trustee and custodian of the Bethel Lutheran church. He served overseas in the World War and was a member of the Iowa American Legion. Survivors include the widow, a son, John, 7; two sisters, Irene Gordon and Mrs. Lloyd Annett, New Hampton, Ia., and three brothers, John and Clarence Gordon, New Hampton, and Edward Gordon, Lawler, Ia. Contributed by Jim Johnson, June 2009 |
2 March 1938 Andrew E. Gordon, 46, of 108 Cardy street, died yesterday (March 1, 1938) at a hospital. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. L. D. Annett and Miss Irene Gordon, of New Hampton, Iowa, and four brothers, Edward, Clarence and John Gordon, of New Hampton, and Alfred Gordon of Madison, Wis. Contributed by Jim Johnson, April 2009 |
11 June, 1980; Section 6, page 3 Hattie E. Gordon, age 91, died on Monday, June 9, 1980, at a Stoughton nursing home after a short illness. Born in Jerico, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Martha Johnson. She spent most of her life in Madison where she was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church. She was a charter member of Bethel Guild and its Senior Citizens. Survivors are a son, John and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred; five brothers; and seven sisters. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, June 12, at 1: 30 p.m., at Bethel Lutheran Church at 312 Wisconsin Avenue with the Reverend Robert G. Forward officiating. Private burial services will be held on Wednesday at Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, at the GUNDERSON FUNERAL HOME at 5203 Monona Drive. Memorials may be made to the Bethel Lutheran Church Radio Fund. Contributed by Jim Johnson, June 2009 |
Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home Website A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 26, 2009, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Lawler with Rev. Marvin Salz celebrating the Mass. The pall will be placed on the casket by his children. Chris Goss and Nick Summers will present the offertory gifts. Interment with military honors will be in the church cemetery. His twelve grandchildren will serve as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be Arnie Busta, Don Blazek, Irv Schulz, Steve Lennon, Jack McKone, Jerry Meyers and Red Speltz. Friends may call 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral home in New Hampton where there will be a 4:00 pm. Rosary and a 6:00 p.m. Scripture Service. Visitation continues an hour prior to the Mass at the church on Friday. Joe Goss was born December 30, 1920, on the Canty family farm north of Lawler, the son of Ambrose Michael and Florence Ann (Canty) Goss. He attended Utica #4 country school and was a 1938 graduate of the Lawler High School. Joe served in the United States Navy as an aviation machinist and was honorably discharged on August 9, 1943. On February 18, 1947, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in New Hampton he married Signora Attleson. To this union seven children were born. The couple moved to their current Lawler home in 1951 and Joe worked at the former Eikoff Hardware from 1944 until 1993. He was also a rural mail carrier from 1949 until retiring without any accidents in 1986. Joe and Sig also had livestock for over 20 years. In his free time, Joe enjoyed fishing, hunting, trapping, playing cards and gardening. Joe will be long remembered for being an avid historian for the town of Lawler. Survivors include four sons, Gene Goss of Lawler, Bill (Maureen) Goss of Sumner, Jim (Teresa) Goss of Columbus, OH, Mike Goss of Scottsdale, AZ; three daughters, Cheryl (Vern) Ostrander of Des Moines, Jan Summers of Ankeny, Sue (Jim) Muth of Scottsdale, AZ; one sister, Sister Mary Eugene Goss P.B.V.M. of Dubuque; 18 grandchildren, two great grandchildren; two foreign exchange students who lived with the Goss family, Roland Schmitt of Germany and Ed Nunes of Argentina; his beloved dog, Sadie. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a grandson; a brother, Eugene Goss; a sister, Madonna Guenther. Contributed by Jim Johnson, August 2009 |
Signora Ann Goss, age 81, of Lawler, died Saturday September 3, 2005 at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 8, 2005, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Lawler with Rev. Marvin Salz officiating. The pall will be placed on the casket by her husband and children. The offertory gifts will be presented by Bob Goss, Alex Muth and Kelsie Muth. Interment will be in the church cemetery with grandchildren, Megan Ostrander, Sara Ostrander, Michelle Goss, Chris Goss, Bob Goss, Amanda Summers, Nick Summers, Shea Goss, Kelli Goss, Alex Muth, Kelsie Muth and Gereon Lake as pallbearers. Friends may call 3-8 Wednesday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Lawler, where there will be a 4:00 p.m. rosary and a 7:00 p.m. Scripture Service. See Signora Goss Pedigree Chart Contributed by Jim Johnson |
May 1916 CHARLES M. GRANGER was born in DeKalb Co. Illinois in 1838, and died May 18, 1916, at the age of 78 years. He came with his parents to Polk Township, Bremer Co, Iowa, in the spring of 1856 and lived at the home of his parents until his marriage in 1863 to Elisabeth Thompson, of Nashua, Chickasaw Co., Iowa. To this union was born two sons, Frank and Oscar. Oscar died in childhood and Frank died in 1894 in Michigan. His wife died in Nashua, June 15, 1882, at the age of 52 years. Mr. Granger lived the life of a retired farmer in Nashua since that time. About a year ago he began to ail then succumbed to Brights disease. He was a man upright in character and had many friends. Relatives and kind friends ministered to his wants during his last illness. The funeral was held at 1 P.M. Saturday, conducted by Rev. Burleigh and interment was in Greenwood cemetery, Nashua, Chickasaw Co., by the side of his wife. Contributed by Claudia Groh and Leonard Granger |
12 June 1913 Mrs. W. A. Granger passed away at her home in this city at about 11:30 Monday night after a most heroic struggle against the grim reaper, only to lose when the third operation and last resort proved a failure. Several months ago Mrs. Granger submitted to an operation at the Waverly hospital for the removal of a cancer of the breast. Another operation was necessary for the removal of a tumor, but she was allowed to return home to regain as much strength as possible to meet this emergency. The second operation was performed May 3, and it was expected that this would pave the way to a return of health. However dry gangrene betokened its presence when one foot commenced to turn to a dark color. Every precaution had been taken against this and everything possible was done to combat it after its appearance, but it seems the return to health of Mrs. Granger was not to be. She was removed from the hospital to her home a couple of weeks ago and constantly suffered excruciating pain and grew weaker. As a last resort the third operation was performed Monday when her limb was removed at the hip. As was feared the operation availed nothing and the patient succumbed a short time before midnight that night. Mary Nafus was born in Lambertville, Mich., Jan. 27, 1861, making her age at time of death 52 years, 4 months and 13 days. When a young girl her parents moved to Iowa, settling on the farm now occupied by L. C. Goodsell, later moving onto a farm at Six Mile Grove. While living here she was married in Sumner to Wm. A. Granger, Nov. 24, 1878, and continued living in that neighborhood until about the year 1884, when she came with her husband to Nashua, which place was her home up to the time of her death. Deceased was the mother of two children - Mrs. E. W. Staley, of St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Mildred, of Nashua. These survive her besides the husband, and two brothers, Alfred H. Nafus of this city and Ferson C. Nafus, of St. Paul, Minn., and one sister, Mrs. E. Hill, of Plainfield; also an aged father, J. M. Nafus, of Owassa, Mich. Mrs. Granger was a truly noble woman, exemplifying the life of her Master to the extent that is possible for a mortal. Her life of good deeds will linger long in the memory of her legion of friends and serve to assuage the grief and regret over her demise. The funeral services will held [sic] at the home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by her former pastor, Rev. A. W. Sinden, of Reinbeck, and the interment will be in Greenwood cemetery. As a mark of respect the business houses of Nashua will close during the hour of the funeral. Contributed by Claudia Groh |
2 July 1953 Surnames: Grawe, Cooper Hanscom, Smith, Staley, Meier, Kout, Simpson, Norman, Miller, Wilkinson, Laird, Garland, James Contributed by Claudia Groh |
17 March 1937 Surnames: Grawe, Kaiser, Ecklor, White, Simmons, Treloar Contributed by Claudia Groh |
3 July 1929 Surnames: Green, Price Contributed by Claudia Groh |
6 June 1963 Funeral services for Alvah Griffith, 75, a retired banker and city clerk, were held Saturday, June 1 at 2 P.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church. Officiating was the Rev. John M. Rohde, pastor. Organist was Mrs. Norbert Stolz and she accompanied Mrs. Donald Whalen who sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Corne Ye Disconsolate". Interment was in Graceland (now New Hampton) Cemetery with W. E. Praska of Waterloo, Donald Zipse of Fredericksburg, Merle Trewin of Alpha, and Elwood Zipse of Clear Lake, all nephews, and J. Aubrey Ransom of Waterloo and Glenn Weigert of New Hampton, both cousins, as pallbearers. Honorary casketbearers were Ray Caster and Olaf Hansen of Decorah, and Jack Rigler, Al Forkenbrock, Alfred Kelsen and Harry Carney of New Hampton. Perry Funeral Service had charge of the arrangements . Contributed by Jim Johnson, August 2009 |
August 1938 Passed Away Friday Morning After A Year's Illness. Burial In Graceland. Mrs. Alvah Griffith died Friday morning, August 26, at her home on East Main street after a long, serious illness. About a year ago Mrs. Griffith began to fail in health and in November 1937 submitted to an operation at Rochester, Minnesota. She improved for a time but in March of this year she started to decline and passed away Friday at the age of 55 years, 1 month and 11 days. Marie Griffith, nee Anna Marie Munson, only daughter of Halvor and Anna Munson, was born in Jacksonville township, Chickasaw county, on July 15, 1883. She had lived continuously in this county since her birth with the exception of about ten years spent in Omaha. After finishing the public school here, she graduated from a business course in Omaha, Nebraska and continued to work in that city for a number of years. Upon her return from Omaha and after her mother's death in 1915 she was employed in various stenographic positions, including about seven years with the First National Bank of this city. Prior to her mother's death, she assumed the care and education of her two nieces, Mrs. Emma Harrison, now of Omaha, and Mrs. Anna May Wolfe, who passed away a few years ago. She was married to Alvah Griffith of New Hampton on June 15, 1925. She was active in civic affairs and could always be counted upon to give her time and services to any worthy cause. She was a member of the First Methodist Church, the Methodist Guild, the Home Study Circle and was a past worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. At the time of her death she held an office in the Star. She was a willing and capable worker in all these organizations and leaves a place that will be hard to fill. Mrs. Griffith was always pleasant and possessed a quiet charm and personality that won for her many friends. She was such capable and dependable person and always ready to give of her talents to any group she was a part of. During her illness she was cheerful and uncomplaining, determined to regain her health and always appreciative of the kindness shown to her by her devoted husband and his friends. Besides her husband and niece, she is survived by six brothers, George, Alfred, Tom, Adolph and Carl Munson, all of Chickasaw county and Henry Munson of Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2: 00 o'clock at the home and 2:30 at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city with Reverend James Lilley in charge. During the services, Mrs. Alden Leichtman and Mrs. Naomi Drape, accompanied by Mrs. Raymond Hutchtnson sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Rock of Ages." The members or the Eastern Star attended the funeral in a body. Her coffin was borne by J. P. Rigler, A. C. Schmidt, James Otteson, Carl Slindee, Alf O. Vaala and A. C. Klatt. Burial was in Graceland cemetery. Out or town relatives and friends were: Mrs. Henry Lingelbach, and her daughter, Helen, of Denver, sister of Mr. Griffith; Henry Munson and Mrs. Benj. Harrison of Omaha; Abbie Converse of Cresco; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gray of Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Wiegert and Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Ranson of Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge of Charles City; John Reinecke and family of St. Paul and Otto Reinecke and family of Minneapolis. Sympathy is extended to her husband and to all others who mourn the death of Mrs. Griffith . Contributed by Jim Johnson, August 2009 |
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