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GROTELUESCHEN, EMIL H. (April 28, 1879 - July 2, 1967) - [The Columbus Daily Telegram, July 5, 1967, pg. 10, col. 1]
Emil H. Grotelueschen, 88, retired Leigh farmer died Sunday evening at Behlen Memorial hospital after an illness of three weeks.
Funeral services will take place Friday at 1:15 p.m. at Gass Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. at Christ Lutheran church, with the Rev. Martin Bornemann officiating. Burial will be in Christ Lutheran cemetery. The body is to lie in state after 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Mr. Grotelueschen, a retired farmer, was born April 28, 1879, in Platte county, the son of Johann and Anna Loseke Grotelueschen. He attended Christ Lutheran school and District 15 school, Platte County.
On Feb. 20, 1908, he was married to Rosa Wilke at Christ Lutheran church. He had resided north of Columbus in Platte county until his marriage, after which he farmed south of Leigh.
A voting member of Christ Lutheran congregation, he was baptized May 11, 1879, at Christ Lutheran by the Rev. Ernest Frese, and confirmed March 26, 1893, by the Rev. H. Fischer.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Clarence, Eugene and Martin, Leigh; five daughters, Mrs. LeRoy (Velma) Frese of Columbus, Edna Grotelueschen of Seward, Mrs. Reinhold (Anne) Bock of Readlyn, Ia., Mrs. Paul (Evelyn) Mueller of Boone, Ia., Mrs. Frederick (Rose Marie) Graft of Ft. Worth, Tex.; 23 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren; one brother, Otto, Columbus; and three sisters, Mrs. Henry (Rose) Luschen, Mrs. Otto (Bertha) Korte and Mrs. Fred (Minnie) Kant, Columbus.
Mr. Grotelueschen was preceded in death by one son, Gilbert of Leigh; one grandchild; two brothers, Louis of Audubon, Ia., and Adolph of Columbus; and four sisters, Mrs. Fred (Ida) Otte of Leigh, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Loseke of Columbus, Mrs. William (Louise) Loseke of Richland, and Clara, in childhood.