Obit: Grassman, Elsie (1890 - 1968)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Grassman, Kurth, Braatz, Schmidt, Todd, Langrehr, Dieck

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/30/1968

Grassman, Elsie (17 February 1890 - 27 May 1968)

Funeral services were held Wednesday from Zion American Lutheran Church in the town of Grant for Mrs. Elsie Grassman, 78, of Rt. 2 Granton, who died Monday in Neillsville. The Rev. Evan Dieck officiated. Burial was made in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Grassman, the former Elsie Kurth, was born February 17, 1890, in the Town of Lynn. She was married November 3, 1917, to Alvin Grassman, who died in 1960. They farmed in the Town of Lynn, and in 1940 moved onto a farm in the Town of Grant. She was a lifelong member of the American Lutheran Church and of its Ladies Aid.

Surviving are a son, Richard, of Granton and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Norman Braatz, Walter Schmidt, Ray Kurth, Leslie Todd, Alfred Langrehr and Victor Braatz.