Wobert 'Bert' Gruis
Source: 28 Feb 1925 Grant Twp Winnebago Co IA census, 42 File 14 Drawer 5, LDS Reel 1429598
'140 Gruis, Bert, head, male, white, 33, single, USA=33, IA=33, b. IA; Fath=Gruis, Berend, b. Ger; Moth=Kuper, Jennie, b. Ger; Parents marr Ger; Protestant'
Tombstone & death certificate.
Never married Died in Britt Community Hosp. Buried in Ramsey Reformed Chr. Cem.
Boyken, Ruth et Hans-Georg, Wo sind sid geblieben? -Ostfriesen in Amerika Teil IV, (Titonka IA, Boyken & Boyken, MMIII), no pagination, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
'Ostfriesische Nachrichten #11-1968 ...'
'Bert GRUIS *\\ starb bef. Dec 1968 Titonka, IA [75y] \\\\ L'
Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa Teil 1, (Titonka IA, Boyken & Boyken, 2007) no pagination, ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
"Wolbertes GRUIS * 20 August 1892 near Ackley, IA as son of Berend GRUIS and his wife Jennie *KUPER >> 1893 south of Buffalo Center, IA with his parents + 3 November 1968 hospital Britt, IA # 5 November 1968 Ramsey REformed cem. north ofGerman Valley, IA
Funeral Services Are Held Tuesday For Bert Gruis, 76
Funeral services for Wolbertes Gruis, 76, were held Tuesday afternoon, November 5 from the Ramsey REformed Church. Rev. John Janssen officiated, with Winter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Richard Beenken, organist,accompanied a quartet of Fay Asche, Warner Smidt, Alvin Hopkes and Donald Tapper. Interment was in the Ramsey Reformed Cemetery with Rolland Fox, John Hamilton, Edward Boyken, Robert Lang, Henry Baade and Harm Huisinga serving aspallbearers.
Wolbertes Gruis was born August 20, 1892 near Ackley, Iowa, a son of Berend and Jennie Gruis nee Kuper. In 1893 he came with his parents to Buffalo Center and settled on a farm south of town. He was a communicant member of the RamseyReformed Church.
Mr. Gruis farmed with his sisters on the home place unitil 1957 when he and his sister, Minnie, moved to Titonka.
Several weeks ago he suffered a stroke and entered the hospital at Britt where he passed away on November 3, attaining the age of 76 years, 2 months and 13 days.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Fannie in 1944 and Minnie in 1964, and one brother, Herman in 1961. He leaves to mourn his passing many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends." <>
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