OBITUARY: Ellen G. (Frascht) Schrage, 1906-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa




                           Ellen G. Schrage
                           
A Mass of Christian Burial for Ellen Genevieve Schrage, age 98, of Osage,
Iowa, was held Monday, March 7 , 2005, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in
Osage, with Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating.

Burial was at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Osage. Ellen peacefully
entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at the Good Samaritan
Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa.

Ellen was born June 20, 1906, in Floyd County, Iowa, to Matt and Catherine
(Kohlhaas) Frascht. She graduated from Charles City High School and
Teacher's Training at the University of Northern Iowa. After graduation,
she taught school in a one room country school near her home.

Ellen married Chriss Schrage on Jan. 12, 1929, in Roseville, Iowa. To this
union, 6 children were born. Chriss and Ellen farmed for 47 years until
Chriss passed away in 1976. She was active in 4-H and her children's school
projects. Ellen loved to crochet, making quilts and knitting mittens and
hats for everyone who needed them. She was active at the Senior Citizen
Center after she moved to Osage in 1976. She lived in Osage until she
entered the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar in 1998.

She was preceded in death by her husband Chriss; her parents; five brothers,
Leo, Bernard, Joseph, Louis, and Bert Frascht; one sister, Marie Kaye; and
a great-grandson, Nicholas Elliott.

Left to cherish her memory are her children: Eugene Schrage of McIntire;
Kathleen (Bill) Cohn of Mission, Texas; Maria Diggle of San Bernardino,
Calif.; Pat (Frank) Kraft of Big Fork, Montana; Leon (Carol) Schrage of
Iowa City; Veronica (Dean) Adams of Stacyville, Iowa; 23 grandchildren, 42
great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

Arrangments made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home (641)732-3706.



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