OBITUARY: Emil Kuebler, 1924-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Original version posted on www.mcpress.com Oct. 19, 2005 ]






                                Emil Kuebler
 
Funeral Services for Emil Kuebler, 81, of Osage, Iowa, were held on Friday,
Oct. 21, 2005, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Dennis
Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating.

Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery with Military Honors by Osage American
Legion Post 278.   Emil died Thursday, October 13, 2005, in Sun City, Ariz.

Emil was born on April 4, 1924, on a farm near Eureka, South Dakota, the son
of John and Selma Kuebler. He was baptized in June 1924, at Neudorf Lutheran
Church. Emil was educated in the rural school. He served in the US Navy
from 1945-1946, he then returned to farming until 1953. In 1954, Emil
enrolled at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, graduating in 1958 with a
BA degree in education. He obtained a teaching position in Osage, Iowa,
where he taught seventh grade math and social studies. Emil then continued
studies during summers to obtain a MA degree in 1967.

He served as principal and 5th grade teacher in the Mitchell School for two
years, and then came to Osage for a full-time principal's position at
Washington School. He retired from Osage Public Schools in 1983. He then
served as president of the Mitchell County Food Bank for 10 years, served
on the Faith Home Board for 10 years, and served on various boards and
committees at Our Savior's Lutheran Church where he was president for one
year. He was a member of American Legion. Emil was united in marriage to
Doris Olson on July 7, 1973, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage.
They have spent the last 12 winters in Peoria, Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his parents John and Selma; two sisters and
three brothers-in-law, Anna (Oscar) Metzger, Irene (Walter) Metzger and
Alfred Lindemann.

Emil is survived by his wife Doris of Osage; step-daughter Dorothy Harms
of Peoria, Ariz., three grandchildren & six great-grandchildren, Anthony
and Marcie Harms and their children, Jordyn and Colby of Queen Creek, Ariz.,
Shane and Jacy Elrod and their children, Jessica and Kyler of Glendale,
Ariz., Sgt. Jonathon and Tracy Harms and their children, Hannah and Sarah
of US Army, Bamberg, Germany; one sister Amanda Lindemann of Eureka, S.D.;
three nephews and three nieces.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of the arrangements.
(641)732-3706.

 

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