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Mable
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Mable Grossbach
July 4, 2010 — March 12, 2011
Mable J. Grossbach, 100, died Saturday, March 12, 2011. She was born on July 4, 1910 in rural Ferryville, WI. In 1928 she graduated from Central High School in La Crosse, WI., and worked as a secretary at Erickson Bakery and at the Auto-Lite which made airplane parts during World War II. She married Carl Grossbach and moved to Red Wing in 1949 when Carl was transferred to help open the NSP plant. In 1976 they retired to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, returning to Red Wing in 1987, where she continued to live until 2010.
Mable worked throughout her life in service to others, her family, her church, and her community, as a mom, a waitress at the St. James Hotel under Clara Lillyblad's direction, a financial secretary at United Lutheran Church in Red Wing, a Cub Scout den mother, a Girl Scout leader, a Sunday School teacher, an Altar Guild member, an active ALCW member and officer, a high school music and sports booster, and as a volunteer at the Sheldon Memorial Auditorium.
She was the last surviving child of Oliver B. and Ottina Olson, and their eight children, Ellen Isackson (Edward), Berger (Delores), Jennie Luedtke (Fred), Elmer (Bertina), Temeron (Bessie), Clarence (Bessie), and Edwin (Geneva). Mable's husband, Carl, preceded her in death on September 7, 1994.
She will be loved and continue to live in the hearts of her survivors: children, Carol Asmus of Mankato, Maryellen Gisslen (Wayne) of Medina, and Dr. Donald Grossbach (Pauline) of Braham; grandchildren, Janice Vowels (Steve), Harlan Asmus (Amy), Ann Alfonso (Larry), Jennifer Johnson (Victor), Andy Grossbach, and Katie Cesafsky (Paul); great-grandchildren Erik, Erin, Sarah, Holden, Garrett and Luke; step-great-grandsons Derek and Stephen; her AFS daughter Norah Robertson from Chile; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at First Lutheran Church, Red Wing, MN. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the services at church. Burial will be with her husband, Carl, at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Sheldon Memorial Auditorium or First Lutheran Church, both in Red Wing, MN.
Mable worked throughout her life in service to others, her family, her church, and her community, as a mom, a waitress at the St. James Hotel under Clara Lillyblad's direction, a financial secretary at United Lutheran Church in Red Wing, a Cub Scout den mother, a Girl Scout leader, a Sunday School teacher, an Altar Guild member, an active ALCW member and officer, a high school music and sports booster, and as a volunteer at the Sheldon Memorial Auditorium.
She was the last surviving child of Oliver B. and Ottina Olson, and their eight children, Ellen Isackson (Edward), Berger (Delores), Jennie Luedtke (Fred), Elmer (Bertina), Temeron (Bessie), Clarence (Bessie), and Edwin (Geneva). Mable's husband, Carl, preceded her in death on September 7, 1994.
She will be loved and continue to live in the hearts of her survivors: children, Carol Asmus of Mankato, Maryellen Gisslen (Wayne) of Medina, and Dr. Donald Grossbach (Pauline) of Braham; grandchildren, Janice Vowels (Steve), Harlan Asmus (Amy), Ann Alfonso (Larry), Jennifer Johnson (Victor), Andy Grossbach, and Katie Cesafsky (Paul); great-grandchildren Erik, Erin, Sarah, Holden, Garrett and Luke; step-great-grandsons Derek and Stephen; her AFS daughter Norah Robertson from Chile; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at First Lutheran Church, Red Wing, MN. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the services at church. Burial will be with her husband, Carl, at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Sheldon Memorial Auditorium or First Lutheran Church, both in Red Wing, MN.
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