Obit: Gosse, Ernest J. #2 (1884 - 1951)

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Surnames: Gosse, Henschel, Niemi, Wells, Kolpanen, Hake

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 01/03/1952

Gosse, Ernest J. #2 (23 MAY 1884 - 23 DEC 1951)

Funeral services were conducted from the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 26^th, 1951 at 2 o’clock at Longwood for Ernest John Gosse.  The Rev. T. M. Nelson officiated at the final rites and burial was made at Riverside Cemetery.  Mr. Gosse passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in the Town of Longwood (Clark Co., Wis.) on Dec. 23^rd, 1951, succumbing to a heart attack.

Mr. Gosse was born in the town of Mosell, Sheboygan Co., Wis., the 23^rd of May, 1884.  On Dec. 25, 1905 he and Mary Henschel joined in wedlock in a ceremony performed in the town of Mosell.  The couple have since resided in the community, being successfully engaged in the occupation of farming.

Surviving his untimely death are his wife and eight children, Gerhart of Riplinger, Wis., (Adeline) Mrs. Albert Niemi, Lake Forest, Ill., (Margaret) Mrs. Stanley Wells, Lake Forest, Ill., Harold, Lake Forest, Ill., Sherman, home, (Gertrude) Mrs. Wm. Kolpanen, Owen, Edward, Loyal, Wis., LaVern, Neenah, Wis.  Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Adolf Hake, Green Grove, and seventeen grandchildren.