Gosper County NeArchives Obituaries.....Gruber, George August June 8, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald June 10, 2009
George August Gruber, age 98, of Elwood, died June 8, 2009 at Plum Creek Care 
Center in Lexington.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 11, 2009 at Our Redeemer Lutheran 
Church in Elwood with Pastor Jeff Ernstmeyer officiating. Burial is at the 
Salem Cemetery southwest of Elwood.

Survivors include his daughter, Coleen (Bob) Simmons, of Foster City, Calif.; 
son, Douglas (Carol) Gruber; two grandchildren, Danny Gruber and Gail (Ray) 
Ball, all of Elwood and a sister, Elsie Hofman, of Imperial.

George was preceded in death by his wife, Anna in 2003; his parents, Emil and 
Maria and brothers, Oscar and Leonard.

George was born April 24, 1911 in Elwood to Emil and Maria (Marquardt) Gruber, 
the first of four children.

He attended rural school in Elwood and farmed with his father, a German 
immigrant. 

On Oct. 29, 1933, he married Anna Marie Maahs, the daughter of Carl and Kate 
(Kalthoff) Maahs, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The couple resided and farmed 
on the family homestead south of Elwood where George was born.

He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and an avid snake hunter.


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