CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF MAUD DUBEL GOTHIER ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Kristi Bergman Lam. kristi.lam@home.com Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== AGED LADY DIES AT H. RICE HOME ---------- Rites for Mrs. Maud Gothier Held Wednesday--Is Survived by 10 Children ---------- Mrs. Maud Gothier, 75, and widow of the late L.C. Gothier, died Monday morning [January 3, 1944] at the home of her son-in-law, J. Howard Rice, after a short illness. For the past eleven years she had made her home with the Rice family, where she has ministered as mother during years when the children's mother was ill and since her death on August 5, 1938. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church Wednesday morning, when mass was read by Rev. Father G.E. Kelley, and interment was made in the Catholic cemetery. Arrangements were in the hands of the Davis service. Maude M. Dubel was born July 11, 1868, at Elkader, Iowa, the daughter of Volney and Ella Dubel. She was married to L.C. Gothier on December 17, 1888, at Sioux City, Iowa, and the family moved to Flandrewu in 1918. To this union were born eleven children, of whom ten survived the mother. They are: Ernest, Gerald and Mrs. Roy (Mable) Armstrong of Flandreau; Paul and Mrs. Joe (Ethel) Bergman of Hartington, Neb.; Mrs. Julius (Marie) Grindvold, of Circle, Mont.; L.C. Gothier Jr., of Tooele, Utah; Mrs. Matt (Margaret) Redl, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Joe Gothier, Glasgow, Mont.; Earl Gothier, Kirkwood, Mo. Also surviving are 28 grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren. Her husband passed away December 26, 1925. Two brothers who survive are Anson Dubel, Omaha, Neb., and Kit Dubel, Sioux City, Iowa; a sister is Mrs. Ed Ryan of Cherokee, iowa. ---------- JANUARY 1944