Obit: Gieschen, Lily Barbara (1926 - 2006)

Transcribed by: Crystal Wendt

Surnames: Gieschen, Brandstetter, Kratt

---Source: Foto News (Merrill, Lincoln County, Wis.) Wednesday, 25 Oct 2006; page 9

---Gieschen, Lily Barbara (24 Jan. 1926 - 14 Oct. 2006)

Lily B. Gieschen

Lily Barbara Brandstetter Gieschen, the daughter of Jacob F. Brandstetter and his wife Anna Marie Kratt, was born in Milwaukee on Jan. 4, 1926.

Already in early infancy, on March 21, 1926, Lily was received into God's Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, which vow she renewed on the day of her confirmation on May 12, 1940.

Lily was united with Rev. Henry Carl Paul Gieschen in Holy Wedlock on Aug. 15, 1948, in Jerusalem Ev. Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. The union was blessed with six children, sons Henry, Darrell, Steven and Charles, and daughters Susan and Charlotte.

Lily was blessed with a beautiful singing voice and sang in church choir, was a soloist for many weddings and funerals, led the singing in Sunday School, and sang and prayed with her children every evening as they were growing up. She was a good and faithful Christian and mother.

After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in her late thirties, she suffered its debilitating effects over the years. Over 30 years of her life were spent in nursing home facilities. Her Christian bearing of her cross was an inspiration to her family and all who knew her. She departed this life at Mount View Care Center in Wausau on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, at 3:25 p.m. at the age of 80 years, nine months and 10 days. Her son Darrell, daughter-in-law Nancy and granddaughter Sarah were with her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Karl and Walter, granddaughter Ruth, and her husband Rev. Henry C. Gieschen. She leaves to mourn her passing her children Henry, Darrell, Susan, Steven, Charlotte and Charles, her sister Claire, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Services were Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Waid Funeral Home, Merrill. The family would like to thank the staff at Mount View Care Center for all the loving care and concern they gave their mother while she lived there.

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