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Wilke, Rosa Sophia[1]

Female 1887 - 1977  (90 years)


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  • Name Wilke, Rosa Sophia 
    Born 24 Nov 1887  Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 Dec 1977  Colfax County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Christ Lutheran Cemetery; Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13778  Wuerdemann Family
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 

    Father Wilke, John Herman,   b. UNKNOWN, ? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN, ? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Neemeyer, Anna Margaret,   b. 31 Aug 1864, Westerstede, GER. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1938, Platte County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married UNKNOWN  ? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grotelueschen, Emil Henry,   b. 28 Apr 1879, Platte County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1967, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1908  Christ Lutheran Church; Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Grotelueschen, Clarence Walter,   b. 23 Jan 1909, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1994, Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Grotelueschen, Velma Victoria,   b. 26 Nov 1910, Platte County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 2002, Belgrade, MT. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Grotelueschen, Gilbert Arthur,   b. 4 Nov 1912, Colfax County, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1960, Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     4. Grotelueschen, Edna Verona,   b. 7 May 1915, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN, ? Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Grotelueschen, Anna Elaine,   b. 7 Jun 1918, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1993, ? Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +6. Living
    +7. Grotelueschen, Eugene A. John,   b. 21 Mar 1925, Leigh, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 2008, Columbus, NE. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +8. Living
     9. Living
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 
    Family ID F2412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • _P_CCINFO 2-14330
      From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, December 13, 1977, pg. 6, col. 5


      Services for Mrs. Emil (Rosa) Grotelueschen, 90, Leigh, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church, preceded by a 1:45 p.m. family prayer service.

      Pastor Martin Bornemann will officiate, with burial in Christ Lutheran Cemetery. The body lies in state at Gass-Haney Funeral Chapel until noon Wednesday, then at church, 1-2 p.m.

      Daughter of John H. and Anna (Neemeyer) Wilke, she was born Nov. 24, 1887 in Platte County. She was baptized and confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church, attended parochial and rural schools and married Emil H. Grotelueschen Feb. 28, 1908 at Christ Lutheran. Since she lived south of Leigh. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid.

      Eight children survive: Clarence, Eugene and Martin of Leigh; Mrs. LeRoy (Velma) Frese of Columbus; Edna of Seward; Mrs. Reinhold (Anna) Bock of Readlyn, Iowa; Mrs. Paul (Evelyn) Mueller of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Frederick (Rose Marie) Graft of Fort Wayne, Ind.

      Also surviving are 23 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brother, Gottlieb Wilke of Columbus; sister, Irene Wilke of Canby, Ore.

      She was preceded in death by her husband; son, Gilbert; one grandchild; brothers, Emil, John, Rudolph and infant Adolph; sisters, Mrs. Emil (Clara) Wurdeman and Mathilda Wilke.
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  • Sources 
    1. ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008 ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW Date of Import: 3 May 2008.