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Hugo Edwin Griess

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Hugo Edwin Griess

Birth
York County, Nebraska, USA
Death
20 Aug 1996 (aged 98)
Sutton, Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Sutton, Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Plot
04W-15-06-02
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Hugo Griess attended rural school. On Jan. 29, 1919, he married Mollie L. Lissman in Sutton. They farmed north of Sutton. They later moved to Lincoln where he drove a bus. He attended auctioneering school in Chicago. He returned to Lincoln where he worked at Gold's department store and auctioneered at night. He moved to Russell, Kan., where he was an auctioneer full time. Less than a year later he returned to Sutton and then Lincoln. He was a carpenter and later became a realtor. They later moved to California. In February 1989, they returned to Sutton, moving into the Nolde Center. His wife died June 9, 1989. He lived with his children, later moving to Sutton Community Home.
He was the oldest member of Hope Reformed Church and a past member of St. John's Reformed Church of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by one son, Rubert H.; four brothers, six sisters, one half sister and grandson (Lon Plettner), and granddaughter, Penny.


Hugo Griess attended rural school. On Jan. 29, 1919, he married Mollie L. Lissman in Sutton. They farmed north of Sutton. They later moved to Lincoln where he drove a bus. He attended auctioneering school in Chicago. He returned to Lincoln where he worked at Gold's department store and auctioneered at night. He moved to Russell, Kan., where he was an auctioneer full time. Less than a year later he returned to Sutton and then Lincoln. He was a carpenter and later became a realtor. They later moved to California. In February 1989, they returned to Sutton, moving into the Nolde Center. His wife died June 9, 1989. He lived with his children, later moving to Sutton Community Home.
He was the oldest member of Hope Reformed Church and a past member of St. John's Reformed Church of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by one son, Rubert H.; four brothers, six sisters, one half sister and grandson (Lon Plettner), and granddaughter, Penny.


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