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Personal data Grace Gertie Groen
- Alternative names: Grace Gertie Green, Grace Groen Wubben
- She was born on May 3, 1903 in farm, "so. of", Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
- She was baptized in First Bapt. Chr., Swea City, Kossuth Co., IA.Source 1
- She died on November 17, 1983 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, she was 80 years old.
- A child of Seert "Sydney" Groen and Anna Okken
- This information was last updated on March 1, 2018.
Household of Grace Gertie Groen
She is married to Fred Henry Wubben.
They got married on February 27, 1933 at First Cong. Chr., Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, she was 29 years old.
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Notes about Grace Gertie Groen
Grace Gertie Groen
Source: Author: Winter, Darlene Groen, Title: Descendants of Jurjen Hinderks Groen, (Publication location: Holland, MI, Publisher: DGW, Published: received x Nov MMX), pg. 29.
[Pg. 29]
"... 72. Seert (Sidney) GROEN GROEN:Seert (Sidney) (1866-1947), b. 06.11.1866 in Stapelmoorerheide,212 baptized 25.11.1866 in Stapelmoor,212 d. vor 1947 in Iowa, USA.207 He married Annie N.N. Annie N.N.
Children: ...
v. Grace GROEN GROEN:Grace.
..."
Author: Knock, Marvin, Title: "Knock Family," (Publication location: Sioux Fls., SD, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: x Apr MMX), Repository: The Cloud
Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I268762
"... Grace GROEN ... Sex: F Birth: 3 May 1903 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA Death: 17 Nov 1983 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA Burial: Nov 1983 ? ... Change Date: 10 Apr 2010 ...
Father: Sidney GROEN b: Nov 1866 in Bunde, , Ostfriesland, Germany
Mother: Annie OKKEN b: Dec 1869 in Forreston, Ogle County, Illinois, USA
Marriage 1 Fred Henry WUBBEN b: 10 May 1908 in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, USA Married: 27 Feb 1933 in ? Change Date: 10 Apr 2010"
The Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, 50th Yr., # 49, 15 Apr 1943, Pg. 1., Col. 2
"Funeral Services for Mrs. Anna Green Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Green who passed away suddenly Saturday afternoon, April 10, at | the home of her brother, Ernest i Okken of Grundy County, Iowa, ; were held Tuesday afternoon, April 13, at the local Baptist church with theRey. Peter Peters and Rev. Geo. Wolff in charge.
Interment was in Graceland cemetery. ... On March 9, 1892, she was married to Mr. Sydney Green and they moved on a farm in this vicinity. Four daughters and one son were born to them, the son, Sydney John, died in 1917. Also her husband preceeded her in death exactly twentytwoyears to the day. ..."
Obituaries, The Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 92, # 33, 24 Nov. 1983, Pg. 14. Col. 3
"Grace G. Wubben, 80
Funeral services for Grace G. Wubben, 80, of Buffalo Center were held Monday morning, November 21 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Buffalo Center with Rev. James Brygger officiating. Interment was in Olena Mound Cemetery with Winter Funeral Service in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Wubben passed away Thursday, November 17 after a lengthy illness.
Casketbearers were Bruce Wubben, Rodney Wubben, Richard Wubben, Neil Wubben, Clyde Honken and Leslie Wubben. Mrs. Vera Bronleewe was the organist and music was by Bruce Wubben, Neil Wubben and Mary Behrends accompanied by MervinGramstad.
Grace Gertie Green was born May 3, 1903, the youngest child of Sydney Green and Anna Okken Green, on a farm south of Buffalo Center where she spent her early years and attended the rural school.
She took teacher's training at Estherville, a branch of the Cedar Falls Teacher's College, after which she taught for several, years in the rural schools of the area. She was also a faithful teacher for the American Sunday School Unionfor many years.
In her youth she was baptized by George Siemens at the First Baptist Church in Swea City. She attended the First Baptist Church of Buffalo Center faithfully until her health failed. She was united in marriage to Fred Wubben on February27, 1933. They farmed in Winnebago and Kossuth counties until the death of her husband in 1973 after which she made her home with her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Clarice Wubben and family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and one brother.
She is survived by one sister, Anna Honken; two sons, Joseph and Sidney; two daughters-in-law, Clarice and Rosella; , three grandsons, two granddaughters and one great-grandson."
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Birthday May 3, 1903
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Day of marriage February 27, 1933
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Day of death November 17, 1983
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