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From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, April 23, 2003-
COLUMBUS - Doris L. Gregorius, 93, of Columbus, died Monday, April 21, 2003,
at Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in
Columbus with the Rev. Mark Bridgman officiating. Burial will be in the St.
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday with a vigil at 7 p.m. and from 8-10
a.m. Wednesday, all at McKown Funeral Home.
Mrs. Gregorius was born April 23, 1909, to Albert R. and Tracy (Webster)
Winslow in Kearney. She graduated from Gibbon High School in 1928.
She played piano for silent movies, dances in Gibbon and also played in a
dance orchestra called the Dreamland Entertainers. She worked for the
Nebraska Continental Telephone Company in Kearney until being transferred to
Columbus in 1932.
She married William Gregorius Jr., on June 30, 1934, in Omaha. They lived in
various Nebraska cities and moved to Columbus in the late 1940s. She worked
at the city water office and the city clerk office.
She worked for the Platte County Fair as the office manager for 35 years and
as bookkeeper for 40 years. The 1984 Fair Book was dedicated to her for her
years of service. She was inducted into the Platte County Agricultural
Society Hall of Fame.
She was a member of the church, Catholic Daughters of America, and the
Hospital Auxiliary, where she did volunteer work.
Survivors include a son, Jim (Janice) Gregorius of St. George, Utah; two
daughters, Betty (Jerry) Siemek of Fremont, Joan (Dick) Tooley of Columbus;
two sisters, Verda Hackett of Minneapolis, Minn., and Dema Taylor of
Bloomington, Minn.; 12 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a sister, Bertha
Hoover; and two brothers, Gerald Winslow, and Maynard Winslow.
Memorials are suggested to St. Bonaventure Church, Scotus Central High
School or donor's choice.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]
From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, April 23, 2003-
COLUMBUS - Doris L. Gregorius, 93, of Columbus, died Monday, April 21, 2003,
at Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in
Columbus with the Rev. Mark Bridgman officiating. Burial will be in the St.
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday with a vigil at 7 p.m. and from 8-10
a.m. Wednesday, all at McKown Funeral Home.
Mrs. Gregorius was born April 23, 1909, to Albert R. and Tracy (Webster)
Winslow in Kearney. She graduated from Gibbon High School in 1928.
She played piano for silent movies, dances in Gibbon and also played in a
dance orchestra called the Dreamland Entertainers. She worked for the
Nebraska Continental Telephone Company in Kearney until being transferred to
Columbus in 1932.
She married William Gregorius Jr., on June 30, 1934, in Omaha. They lived in
various Nebraska cities and moved to Columbus in the late 1940s. She worked
at the city water office and the city clerk office.
She worked for the Platte County Fair as the office manager for 35 years and
as bookkeeper for 40 years. The 1984 Fair Book was dedicated to her for her
years of service. She was inducted into the Platte County Agricultural
Society Hall of Fame.
She was a member of the church, Catholic Daughters of America, and the
Hospital Auxiliary, where she did volunteer work.
Survivors include a son, Jim (Janice) Gregorius of St. George, Utah; two
daughters, Betty (Jerry) Siemek of Fremont, Joan (Dick) Tooley of Columbus;
two sisters, Verda Hackett of Minneapolis, Minn., and Dema Taylor of
Bloomington, Minn.; 12 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a sister, Bertha
Hoover; and two brothers, Gerald Winslow, and Maynard Winslow.
Memorials are suggested to St. Bonaventure Church, Scotus Central High
School or donor's choice.
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