Ionia-Ingham County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gauss, Charles B. August 4, 1928
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County News, Thurs., Aug. 9, 1928
DR. C.B. GAUSS FUNERAL HELD AT PALO HOME

Prominent Lansing Doctor Brought Back to Scene of Start for Burial

SERVICES WEDNESDAY

Won Prominent Place in Chosen Profession

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Palo for Dr. C.B. Gauss, 
Lansing, former resident of Palo, who died Saturday evening at St. Lawrence 
hospital there after several months of illness.

Dr. Gauss was prominent in medical circles in Lansing and had served the Ingham 
County Medical association in several capacities. He was considered one of the 
best of the profession in the Capitol City and was held in high esteem by the 
medical fraternity.

Starts at Palo
He was born July 23, 1874, at Palo. He graduated from the U. of M. in the class 
of 1897, after which he served in a hospital at Ann Arbor. Following his 
service there he returned to Palo where he established practice including 
several surrounding towns.

In June 1918, Dr. Gauss enlisted for service in the World War. In the following 
September he entered the medical division with a captain's commission. From 
that time until 1919, a year after the armistice was signed, Dr. Gauss remained 
in service. 

Following his discharge from the army Dr. Gauss removed to Lansing where he had 
been located until the time of his death. Since the St. Lawrence hospital was 
opened dr. Gauss had been on the staff of that institution., during one year he 
was chief of staff of the hospital.

Fraternally Prominent

Dr. Gauss was a member of the Knights Templar, Lansing, in the Lyons chapter of 
the blue lodge. He also was a member of the Lansing lodge of Elks and of the 
Lansing Exchange Club. In addition to his fraternal association he was a member 
of the medical association.

Besides the widow, Mrs. Myrtie Gauss, he is survived by a son Victor, a brother 
Fred, Palo, a sister, Mrs. H. Hawley, Palo and a niece, Mrs. Fred D. Keister 
Jr., Ionia.

Honorary pall bearers for the funeral were Dr. A.E. Owen, with whom Doctor 
Gauss was long associated,; Dr. J.G. Rulison; Dr. E.I. Carr; Peter Grey, 
Clyde ? Smith, Clare B. Wilkinson, all of Lansing


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