OBITUARY: Robert L. Straube, 1920-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; Feb. 11, 1997]




                       Robert L. Straube

RUDD, IOWA--Robert L. Straube, age 76, of rural Rudd, died Monday, Feb.
10, 1997, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, Feb. 13th, at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Osage, Iowa, with the Rev. Chris F. Gugel officiating.

Burial was in the Park Cemetery, Nora Springs, Iowa.

Robert was born May 5, 1920, near Nora Springs, the son of Arthur and
Lyrle (Baker) Straube.  Robert attended school in Nora Springs and
graduated from Nora Springs High School in 1937.

He married Dorothy Schultz on Sept. 21, 1946, at the Emmanuel Lutheran
Church, Grafton, Iowa.  They lived and farmed on the same farm stead
near Rudd for over 50 years.

He taught Sunday school and was superintendent at St. Luke's Lutheran
Church, Nora Springs.  He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Osage.

He served on the elevator board in Rudd for a number of years.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Straube, Rudd; one daughter, Rhonda
Groshens and her husband, Douglas, Bancroft; two sons, Dennis Straube and
his wife, Cynthia, Rudd, and Douglas Straube and his wife, Martha, Rudd;
five grandchildren, Dustin and Derek Straube, Rudd; Terri and Kelli
Groshens, Bancroft, and Laura Straube, Rudd; one sister, Doris Hillmer
and her husband, Lyle, Mason City; and one brother, Glen Straube, Mason
City.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.

The Champion Funeral Home, Osage, was in charge of arrangements.



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