Dr. J. W. Grosehucseh, former teacher, treasurer and librarian of Mission House college, which he served for 55 years, died today at the home of his sister, Mr. Lydia Vriesen, near Johnsonville. He was 90 years old.
Dr. Grosshuesch was the father pf Prof. Paul Grosshuesch, president of Mission House. He had been visiting for the past few weeks at the home of his sister in the town of Sheboygan Falls.
News of his death will come as a shock to his many friends throughout Sheboygan county and to academic circles throughout Wisconsin in which his role, for more than half a century, was one of prominence. He will be particularly mourned by those who were associated with him during his long period of service at the college.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Emmanuel Evangelical and Reformed church in the town of Herman. The body will lie in state at the Meiselwitz Funeral home, Kiel, from Sunday afternoon until 10 a. m. Monday, and at the church near Mission House from 11 a. m. Monday until the time of the rites.
Dr. Grosshuesch Ieft the Mission House campus in 1938 where, except for five years, he had made his home since 1871, the year he entered the seminary as a student.
Since being employed by the school in 1878, he served as assistant professor, full-time professor of mathematics, treasurer and librarian. It was only during the years of 1916 to 1921 that he left the college to teach for two years in South Dakota academy and to preach orr several years at Colby, Wis. Following his retirement he had made his home in Fremont. Wis, and more recently, at Klemme. Iowa.
Helped Organize Fund
Restlessness and ambition were characteristics of Dr. Grosshuesch's long academic career. In addition to teaching, he devoted personal time and money to the cause of retired ministers and was responsible for the organization of the Ministerial Relief association of the Reformed church, a fund established to assist needy clergymen.
A Ph. D. degree which his alma mater conferred on him in 1909 attested to the respect and gratitude of his co-workers. His retirement in 1939 upon completion of 55 years of service to the school, was the occasion for an impressive testimonial banquet to do him honor.
Dr. Grosshuesch, older than the Mission House itself, was born in a log cabin on the site where the school now stands. He was the son of a German Immigrant preacher who came to America more than a century ago. After spending his childhood in Rochester and Buffalo, New York, he returned to enter the school in 1871.
At the time of his enrollment the student body was composed of 22 young men preparing for the ministry. Three white frame buildings and a board fence made up the campus at that time. With other students, he earned his keep by splitting wood and performing household chores.
As an advanced student he began to preach in nearby churches on Sundays and also acted as a tutor to fellow students. Always industrious, his conduct earned him a position on the faculty staff shortly after his graduation.
Built Up Branch
When in subsequent years the college department was added to the already existing preparatory division and seminary, Prof. Grosshuesch was placed in charge of all mathematics courses. Aided by some advance work at the University of Wisconsin, he was largely responsible for building up the mathematics branch of the Mission House curriculum.
For 38 years he remained as professor and left in 1916 only after he received insistent calls to accept a professorship at Scotland Academy Scotland, S. D. In 1919 he assumed a pastorate at Colby, Wis., serving there for two years, and in 1921 he returned to Mission House. A year later the board of trustees elected him treasurer of the school.
Dr. Grosshuesch married the former Sila Muehlmeier, daughter of a founder of Mission House. The couple's only daughter, Ruth, passed away in 1921. Of the remaining five sons, three became preachers. At the time of his departure from the college eight years ago, his associates praised him as an enthusiastic, patient, wise, kindly and scholarly neighbor, father and teacher. Prof. Alvin Grether, faculty secretary, wrote:
"We who have been associated with Dr. Grosshuesch during a part of the long years he served the Mission House have found him unfailing in courtesy, in patience, in modesty. We love and respect him and his good wife for their sterling Christian character and their splendid gifts of mind and heart."
Survivors Include his wife; five sons, Oscar Grosshuesch, Yankton. S. D.; Dr. Paul Grosshuesch of Mission House; Walter Grosshuesch, Madison; the Rev. Calvin Grosshuesch, Klemme. Iowa, and the Rev. Victor Grosshuesch, Oconto. Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Vriesen. Town Sheboygan Falls, and Mrs. Seiler, Shilby, Ky.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
12 Jul 1946, Fri • Page 6
Dr. Grosshuesch was the father pf Prof. Paul Grosshuesch, president of Mission House. He had been visiting for the past few weeks at the home of his sister in the town of Sheboygan Falls.
News of his death will come as a shock to his many friends throughout Sheboygan county and to academic circles throughout Wisconsin in which his role, for more than half a century, was one of prominence. He will be particularly mourned by those who were associated with him during his long period of service at the college.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Emmanuel Evangelical and Reformed church in the town of Herman. The body will lie in state at the Meiselwitz Funeral home, Kiel, from Sunday afternoon until 10 a. m. Monday, and at the church near Mission House from 11 a. m. Monday until the time of the rites.
Dr. Grosshuesch Ieft the Mission House campus in 1938 where, except for five years, he had made his home since 1871, the year he entered the seminary as a student.
Since being employed by the school in 1878, he served as assistant professor, full-time professor of mathematics, treasurer and librarian. It was only during the years of 1916 to 1921 that he left the college to teach for two years in South Dakota academy and to preach orr several years at Colby, Wis. Following his retirement he had made his home in Fremont. Wis, and more recently, at Klemme. Iowa.
Helped Organize Fund
Restlessness and ambition were characteristics of Dr. Grosshuesch's long academic career. In addition to teaching, he devoted personal time and money to the cause of retired ministers and was responsible for the organization of the Ministerial Relief association of the Reformed church, a fund established to assist needy clergymen.
A Ph. D. degree which his alma mater conferred on him in 1909 attested to the respect and gratitude of his co-workers. His retirement in 1939 upon completion of 55 years of service to the school, was the occasion for an impressive testimonial banquet to do him honor.
Dr. Grosshuesch, older than the Mission House itself, was born in a log cabin on the site where the school now stands. He was the son of a German Immigrant preacher who came to America more than a century ago. After spending his childhood in Rochester and Buffalo, New York, he returned to enter the school in 1871.
At the time of his enrollment the student body was composed of 22 young men preparing for the ministry. Three white frame buildings and a board fence made up the campus at that time. With other students, he earned his keep by splitting wood and performing household chores.
As an advanced student he began to preach in nearby churches on Sundays and also acted as a tutor to fellow students. Always industrious, his conduct earned him a position on the faculty staff shortly after his graduation.
Built Up Branch
When in subsequent years the college department was added to the already existing preparatory division and seminary, Prof. Grosshuesch was placed in charge of all mathematics courses. Aided by some advance work at the University of Wisconsin, he was largely responsible for building up the mathematics branch of the Mission House curriculum.
For 38 years he remained as professor and left in 1916 only after he received insistent calls to accept a professorship at Scotland Academy Scotland, S. D. In 1919 he assumed a pastorate at Colby, Wis., serving there for two years, and in 1921 he returned to Mission House. A year later the board of trustees elected him treasurer of the school.
Dr. Grosshuesch married the former Sila Muehlmeier, daughter of a founder of Mission House. The couple's only daughter, Ruth, passed away in 1921. Of the remaining five sons, three became preachers. At the time of his departure from the college eight years ago, his associates praised him as an enthusiastic, patient, wise, kindly and scholarly neighbor, father and teacher. Prof. Alvin Grether, faculty secretary, wrote:
"We who have been associated with Dr. Grosshuesch during a part of the long years he served the Mission House have found him unfailing in courtesy, in patience, in modesty. We love and respect him and his good wife for their sterling Christian character and their splendid gifts of mind and heart."
Survivors Include his wife; five sons, Oscar Grosshuesch, Yankton. S. D.; Dr. Paul Grosshuesch of Mission House; Walter Grosshuesch, Madison; the Rev. Calvin Grosshuesch, Klemme. Iowa, and the Rev. Victor Grosshuesch, Oconto. Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Vriesen. Town Sheboygan Falls, and Mrs. Seiler, Shilby, Ky.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
12 Jul 1946, Fri • Page 6
Dr. J. W. Grosehucseh, former teacher, treasurer and librarian of Mission House college, which he served for 55 years, died today at the home of his sister, Mr. Lydia Vriesen, near Johnsonville. He was 90 years old.
Dr. Grosshuesch was the father pf Prof. Paul Grosshuesch, president of Mission House. He had been visiting for the past few weeks at the home of his sister in the town of Sheboygan Falls.
News of his death will come as a shock to his many friends throughout Sheboygan county and to academic circles throughout Wisconsin in which his role, for more than half a century, was one of prominence. He will be particularly mourned by those who were associated with him during his long period of service at the college.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Emmanuel Evangelical and Reformed church in the town of Herman. The body will lie in state at the Meiselwitz Funeral home, Kiel, from Sunday afternoon until 10 a. m. Monday, and at the church near Mission House from 11 a. m. Monday until the time of the rites.
Dr. Grosshuesch Ieft the Mission House campus in 1938 where, except for five years, he had made his home since 1871, the year he entered the seminary as a student.
Since being employed by the school in 1878, he served as assistant professor, full-time professor of mathematics, treasurer and librarian. It was only during the years of 1916 to 1921 that he left the college to teach for two years in South Dakota academy and to preach orr several years at Colby, Wis. Following his retirement he had made his home in Fremont. Wis, and more recently, at Klemme. Iowa.
Helped Organize Fund
Restlessness and ambition were characteristics of Dr. Grosshuesch's long academic career. In addition to teaching, he devoted personal time and money to the cause of retired ministers and was responsible for the organization of the Ministerial Relief association of the Reformed church, a fund established to assist needy clergymen.
A Ph. D. degree which his alma mater conferred on him in 1909 attested to the respect and gratitude of his co-workers. His retirement in 1939 upon completion of 55 years of service to the school, was the occasion for an impressive testimonial banquet to do him honor.
Dr. Grosshuesch, older than the Mission House itself, was born in a log cabin on the site where the school now stands. He was the son of a German Immigrant preacher who came to America more than a century ago. After spending his childhood in Rochester and Buffalo, New York, he returned to enter the school in 1871.
At the time of his enrollment the student body was composed of 22 young men preparing for the ministry. Three white frame buildings and a board fence made up the campus at that time. With other students, he earned his keep by splitting wood and performing household chores.
As an advanced student he began to preach in nearby churches on Sundays and also acted as a tutor to fellow students. Always industrious, his conduct earned him a position on the faculty staff shortly after his graduation.
Built Up Branch
When in subsequent years the college department was added to the already existing preparatory division and seminary, Prof. Grosshuesch was placed in charge of all mathematics courses. Aided by some advance work at the University of Wisconsin, he was largely responsible for building up the mathematics branch of the Mission House curriculum.
For 38 years he remained as professor and left in 1916 only after he received insistent calls to accept a professorship at Scotland Academy Scotland, S. D. In 1919 he assumed a pastorate at Colby, Wis., serving there for two years, and in 1921 he returned to Mission House. A year later the board of trustees elected him treasurer of the school.
Dr. Grosshuesch married the former Sila Muehlmeier, daughter of a founder of Mission House. The couple's only daughter, Ruth, passed away in 1921. Of the remaining five sons, three became preachers. At the time of his departure from the college eight years ago, his associates praised him as an enthusiastic, patient, wise, kindly and scholarly neighbor, father and teacher. Prof. Alvin Grether, faculty secretary, wrote:
"We who have been associated with Dr. Grosshuesch during a part of the long years he served the Mission House have found him unfailing in courtesy, in patience, in modesty. We love and respect him and his good wife for their sterling Christian character and their splendid gifts of mind and heart."
Survivors Include his wife; five sons, Oscar Grosshuesch, Yankton. S. D.; Dr. Paul Grosshuesch of Mission House; Walter Grosshuesch, Madison; the Rev. Calvin Grosshuesch, Klemme. Iowa, and the Rev. Victor Grosshuesch, Oconto. Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Vriesen. Town Sheboygan Falls, and Mrs. Seiler, Shilby, Ky.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
12 Jul 1946, Fri • Page 6
Dr. Grosshuesch was the father pf Prof. Paul Grosshuesch, president of Mission House. He had been visiting for the past few weeks at the home of his sister in the town of Sheboygan Falls.
News of his death will come as a shock to his many friends throughout Sheboygan county and to academic circles throughout Wisconsin in which his role, for more than half a century, was one of prominence. He will be particularly mourned by those who were associated with him during his long period of service at the college.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Emmanuel Evangelical and Reformed church in the town of Herman. The body will lie in state at the Meiselwitz Funeral home, Kiel, from Sunday afternoon until 10 a. m. Monday, and at the church near Mission House from 11 a. m. Monday until the time of the rites.
Dr. Grosshuesch Ieft the Mission House campus in 1938 where, except for five years, he had made his home since 1871, the year he entered the seminary as a student.
Since being employed by the school in 1878, he served as assistant professor, full-time professor of mathematics, treasurer and librarian. It was only during the years of 1916 to 1921 that he left the college to teach for two years in South Dakota academy and to preach orr several years at Colby, Wis. Following his retirement he had made his home in Fremont. Wis, and more recently, at Klemme. Iowa.
Helped Organize Fund
Restlessness and ambition were characteristics of Dr. Grosshuesch's long academic career. In addition to teaching, he devoted personal time and money to the cause of retired ministers and was responsible for the organization of the Ministerial Relief association of the Reformed church, a fund established to assist needy clergymen.
A Ph. D. degree which his alma mater conferred on him in 1909 attested to the respect and gratitude of his co-workers. His retirement in 1939 upon completion of 55 years of service to the school, was the occasion for an impressive testimonial banquet to do him honor.
Dr. Grosshuesch, older than the Mission House itself, was born in a log cabin on the site where the school now stands. He was the son of a German Immigrant preacher who came to America more than a century ago. After spending his childhood in Rochester and Buffalo, New York, he returned to enter the school in 1871.
At the time of his enrollment the student body was composed of 22 young men preparing for the ministry. Three white frame buildings and a board fence made up the campus at that time. With other students, he earned his keep by splitting wood and performing household chores.
As an advanced student he began to preach in nearby churches on Sundays and also acted as a tutor to fellow students. Always industrious, his conduct earned him a position on the faculty staff shortly after his graduation.
Built Up Branch
When in subsequent years the college department was added to the already existing preparatory division and seminary, Prof. Grosshuesch was placed in charge of all mathematics courses. Aided by some advance work at the University of Wisconsin, he was largely responsible for building up the mathematics branch of the Mission House curriculum.
For 38 years he remained as professor and left in 1916 only after he received insistent calls to accept a professorship at Scotland Academy Scotland, S. D. In 1919 he assumed a pastorate at Colby, Wis., serving there for two years, and in 1921 he returned to Mission House. A year later the board of trustees elected him treasurer of the school.
Dr. Grosshuesch married the former Sila Muehlmeier, daughter of a founder of Mission House. The couple's only daughter, Ruth, passed away in 1921. Of the remaining five sons, three became preachers. At the time of his departure from the college eight years ago, his associates praised him as an enthusiastic, patient, wise, kindly and scholarly neighbor, father and teacher. Prof. Alvin Grether, faculty secretary, wrote:
"We who have been associated with Dr. Grosshuesch during a part of the long years he served the Mission House have found him unfailing in courtesy, in patience, in modesty. We love and respect him and his good wife for their sterling Christian character and their splendid gifts of mind and heart."
Survivors Include his wife; five sons, Oscar Grosshuesch, Yankton. S. D.; Dr. Paul Grosshuesch of Mission House; Walter Grosshuesch, Madison; the Rev. Calvin Grosshuesch, Klemme. Iowa, and the Rev. Victor Grosshuesch, Oconto. Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Vriesen. Town Sheboygan Falls, and Mrs. Seiler, Shilby, Ky.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
12 Jul 1946, Fri • Page 6
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