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Personal data Herman Gruis Jr. 

  • He was born on February 11, 1926 in s. of, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • He was christened in German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA (Ramsey Ref. Chr.).
  • Confirmation of church membership in German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA (Ramsey Ref. Chr.).
  • Resident:
    • December 1990: Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
    • on February 3, 2005: Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • (Living) on February 3, 2002 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • He died on January 20, 2006 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA (Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit), he was 79 years old.
  • He is buried on January 24, 2006 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Olena Mound Cem.).
  • A child of Herman Gruis and Grietje Meinders
  • This information was last updated on December 5, 2014.

Household of Herman Gruis Jr.

He is married to Dorothy Eleanor Thompson.

They got married St. Patricks Day 1947 at Luth. Chr., Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, he was 20 years old.

Herman Gruis oo Dorothy Eleanor Thompson

Marriage source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, Title: Gruis/Meinders FGS (Publication location: Buffalo Ctr IA, Publisher: RL, Publication date: v Dec MCMXCIV).

Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 286, Repository:Dallas TX pub. lib.

He [Herman Gruis, Jr.] married Dorothy Eleanor Thompson on March 17, 1947 - Buffalo Center IA Centennial book pg 286

Buffalo Ctr (Iowa) Trib., Vol. 110, # 47, 7 Feb 2002, pg. 9 col 2.

"...Funeral services for Dorothy (Rippentrop) Hippen, 79, will be held today, Thursday, February 7 at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center. ... passed away February 3, 2002 ... in Mason City. ... Dorothy is survived by ... one brother, Herman and his wife, Dorothy, Gruis of Buffalo Center. ..."

Author: Lee, Alice, Title: "Family Tree," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: x July MCMXCIX), Repository: The cloud

"... Dorothy THOMPSON ... Change Date: 10 Jul 1999 ... Marriage 1 Herman GRUIS ... Married: 17 Jan 1945 in Buffalo Center, IA ..." <>

Child(ren):

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  3. Beverly Gruis  1981-< 2006
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Notes about Herman Gruis Jr.

Herman Gruis Jr.

Source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, Title: Gruis/Thompson FGS, (Publication location: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: RL, Publication date: v Dec MCMXCIV)

20 Oct 1994 - "Herman Gruis and wife, Dorothy, of Buffalo Center." - Buffalo Center Trib obit. for Ben Gruis

5 Dec 1994 address: Herman & Dorothy Gruis, 414 2nd Ave SW, Buffalo Center, IA 50424

Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 286, Repository:Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"Herman Gruis Jr. was born Feb. 11, 1926 near Buffalo Center on the Gruis home place."

"To this union five children were born; there six grand-children. Herman and Dorothy live on the home place near Buffalo Center."

This entry to the book must have been submitted for the centennial book before the move into Buffal Ctr. in Dec. 1990.

Buffalo Ctr (Iowa) Trib., Vol. 110, # 47, 7 Feb 2002, pg. 9 col 2.

"...Funeral services for Dorothy (Rippentrop) Hippen, 79, will be held today, Thursday, February 7 at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center. ... passed away February 3, 2002 ... in Mason City. ... Dorothy is survived by ... one brother, Herman and his wife, Dorothy, Gruis of Buffalo Center ..."

Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol 113 # 48, 10 Feb 2005, pg 7, col 3

"Obituaries Jennie B. Ricks, 84 Funeral services for Jennie B. Ricks, 84, were held ... February 5 at ... at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center. ... Jennie passed away Thursday, February 3, 2005 at the Titonka Care Center in Titonka. ... Jennie Bertha Ricks, daughter of Herman Gruis Sr. and Grace Meinders, was born March 26, 1920 on the Gruis farm in Grant Township, south of Buffalo Center. She was baptized at Ramsey Reformed Church near Titonka. She received hereducation in the Grant Country Schools ... ... Jennie is survived by ... one brother, Herman Guris Jr., and his wife, Dorothy, of Buffalo Center; ..."

Obituaries, Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 114 # 46, 26 Jan 2006, pg. 4 col 5

"Herman Gruis, Jr., 79

Funeral services for Herman Gruis Jr., 79, were held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 24, 2006 in the First Reformed Church, Buffalo Center, with Pastor Bill Peake officiating. Organist was Mariene Krull. Vocalist was Judy Junkemeier.the congregation also sang. Casketbearers were Don Gruis, Jason Gruis, Dean Gruis, Wayne Hormann, Dale Gruis and Jerry Thompson. Interment was in Olena Mound Cemetery with the Winter Funeral Home of Buffalo Center in charge ofarrangements. Herman died Friday, January 20, at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Herman Gruis, Jr. was born February 11, 1926 on the family farm south of Buffalo Center, Iowa to Herman Gruis, Sr. and Grace (Meinders Gruis. He was baptized and confirmed at the Ramsey Reformed Church near rural Titonka.

Herman was married March 17, 1947 to Dorothy Thompson. They moved to a farm south of Blue Earth, Minnesota where he worked on the Herman Rosenau farm. One year later, they moved to a farm south of Buffalo Center where they startingfarming in 1948. In 1966, Herman became a member of the First Reformed Church where he was an active member and served a term as an elder. Herman retired from the Gruis Century Farm in 1995, and worked for area farmers until 2005.

He is survived by Dorothy, his wife of 58 years; one daughter, Patricia Meyer, and her husband Roger, of Latimer; three sons, Donald Gruis and wife, Linda, of Buffalo Center; Dean Gruis and wife, Jeanne of Ankeny, Dale Gruis and wife,Dawn, of Indianola; five granddaughters, Jodi, Shari, Rhonda, Kelli and Jessica; four grandsons, Jason, Nathan, Derek, and Cole; four great-grandsons, Hunter, Garret, Tyler and Trever, and many nieces and nephews.

Herman was preceded in death by his daughter, Beverly; his parents; his brother, Ben Gruis; and his three sisters Wyona Harms, Jenny Ricks and Dorothy Rippentrop." <>

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    Birthday February 11, 1926

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    Day of death January 20, 2006

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    Day of burial January 24, 2006

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