Obit: Gross, Agnes (1926 - 2018)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Gross, Marek, Vobora, Mielke, Tofte, Wesely, Gfeller, Kinzler,
Rockwell, Garbisch, Wickland, Bartlett
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 10/242018
Gross, Agnes (21 April 1926 – 15 October 2018)
Agnes Gross, 92, of Hawley, MN, passed away Monday, October 15, 2018 at Hawley
Senior Living under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Agnes Vobora was born April 21, 1926 in Granton, daughter of Bohemian immigrants
Tony and Mary (Marek) Vobora. She attended Mayflower Country School in Lynn
Township, Clark Co., where she walked 1½ miles to school. There was no
electricity or telephones, and they used a wood burning stove for cooking. A
large furnace in the basement provided heat. There were 10 children, and all had
chores at a very young age. Large gardens provided food and her father was a
hunter so that was a prime source of meat. The family always had a lot of
chickens for eggs and meat, a few hogs for ham and bacon and the dairy farm
provided milk.
During her senior year of high school, she obtained a part-time job as
bookkeeper for Welsh Chevrolet auto dealership in Neillsville. She graduated in
May 1943 from Neillsville High School and then worked full time. In the fall of
1943 she went to Chicago where she immediately obtained employment with the
Veterans Administration in Chicago and in 1946 was transferred to Denver, CO.
Agnes was united in marriage to Leonard Gross on January 21, 1947. They lived in
Missouri and Wyoming before coming to Minnesota. She was the bookkeeper at the
Lake Park Co-op elevator for 31 years and a member of Eksjo Lutheran Church and
Lake Park American Legion Auxiliary. In 1942 she became a member of WBFA Lodge
Lewis in Neillsville and later transferred her membership to Lodge #168 in
Mahnomen, MN. At the age of 76 she took in her two youngest grandchildren and
raised them for their entire public education where both graduated from Hawley
High School.
Agnes is survived by her son, Tony (Melody) Gross, who live on the home farm;
daughters, Bonnie Mielke, North Prairie, Mary (John) Tofte, Hensel, ND, and
Seadrift, TX, and Jo Anne Wesely, Moorhead, MN; grandchildren, David Tofte,
Fargo, ND, Jessica (Jeff) Gfeller, Duluth, MN, Jenna (Ryan) Kinzler and Carmen
Gross, West Fargo, ND, Amber Gross, Valencia, CA, Katelyn Gross, Morris, MN,
Ryan Rockwell, Fargo, ND and Renee Rockwell, Mankato, MN; two
great-grandchildren, Kaitlin and Megan Gfeller; sisters, Angela Garbisch and
Libbie Wickland, Neillsville, and Josephine Bartlett, West Allis.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard (2000); son, Sgt. Robert
(1970) (twin to Mary); granddaughter Kayla (1993); brothers: Anton, James,
Frank, George and Stanley; sister, Marie; several nieces and nephews and
son-in-law, Bob Mielke.
In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Hospice of the Red River Valley.
A visitation will be held on Friday, October 19, 2018 from 5-7 P.M. at Wright
Funeral Home, Hawley, MN.
The funeral will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at Wright
Funeral Home, Hawley, MN.
Burial will be in Eksjo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lake Park, MN.
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