Mrs. Mary Grabs, 80, of 619 Paine St., Kiel, widow of Herman Grabs, died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kolberg, at Ripon. She had been making her home there since May.
She was born Jan. 3, 1879, at New Holstein, the daughter of the late Nicholas and Eliza Manz Balz. She was married to Mr. Grabs on Nov. 11, 1899. The couple lived in Kiel all of their married life.
She was a member of St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church, the church Frauenverein of which she was a past president, and a member of the Royal Neighbors of America, Kiel branch.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Amanda) Kolberg, Ripon, and Mrs. Greg (Viola) Logan, of Milwaukee; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Winkel, Mrs. Ernst Damrow and Mrs. Emma Dedering, all of Kiel.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1942, a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Helen) Fox, in 1955, a son, Howards in 1957, and one sister and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home at Kiel by the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor of St. Peter's Church. Burial will be in the Kiel cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Grabs, 80, of 619 Paine St., Kiel, widow of Herman Grabs, died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kolberg, at Ripon. She had been making her home there since May.
She was born Jan. 3, 1879, at New Holstein, the daughter of the late Nicholas and Eliza Manz Balz. She was married to Mr. Grabs on Nov. 11, 1899. The couple lived in Kiel all of their married life.
She was a member of St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church, the church Frauenverein of which she was a past president, and a member of the Royal Neighbors of America, Kiel branch.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Amanda) Kolberg, Ripon, and Mrs. Greg (Viola) Logan, of Milwaukee; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Winkel, Mrs. Ernst Damrow and Mrs. Emma Dedering, all of Kiel.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1942, a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Helen) Fox, in 1955, a son, Howards in 1957, and one sister and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home at Kiel by the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor of St. Peter's Church. Burial will be in the Kiel cemetery.
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