Obit: Griep, Vida M. (1893 - 1981)

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

Surnames: Griep, Bagot, Musgrove, Gard, McCaullaugh, Monroe, Stradtman

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/17/1981

Griep, Vida M. (29 December 1893 – 14 September 1981)

Vida M. Griep, 87, a former Neillsville resident, died on Monday, September 14, in a Beloit hospital after a long illness.

The deceased was born on December 29, 1893, in Sullivan, Illinois, to John and Lucinda (Bagot) Musgrove. On December 30, 1911, she married Tom Gard. She then moved to Neillsville. On May 23, 1955, she married Fred Griep in Neillsville ceremonies and the couple moved to Beloit; he died in 1980. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Beloit.

Survivors include two sons, Claude R. Gard of Beloit and John S. Gard of Klamath Falls, Oregon; one daughter, Gail McCaullaugh, Janesville; two stepsons, Elmer and Dale Griep, both of Beloit; two stepdaughters, Doreen Gard and Joyce Monroe, both of Beloit; 31 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three daughters, five brothers and two sisters.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from Beloit’s Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Stradtman officiating. Burial was made in Beloit.