Mrs. Maria Garris
dies this morning;
funeral Monday
Monday funeral services have
been set for Mrs. Maria (Mary)
Garris, 514 7th St. S.W. Mrs.
Garris, 77, died at the Oelwein
hospital early this morning
(Saturday).
Services will be at 10:30 a.m.
Feb. 28 at Sacred Heart church
wilh the Rev. Thomas Keating
officiating. Burial will be in
Woodlawn cemetery. The body
will be at the Brant Funeral
Home after 10 a.m. Sunday where
the rosary will be recited at 8
p.m. Sunday.
Mrs. Garris is survived by her
husband, John; six sons, Pete,
Oelwein; John, Fort Wayne,
Ind.; George, Chicago; Joe,
Downers Grove, Ill. and Adam
and Jerome, Waterloo; three
daughters, Mrs. Irene Winkle,
Downers Grove, Ill. and Mrs.
Marie Hartman and Cecilia
Garris both of Oelwein. Four
sisters, Mrs. Christine Jacobs,
Mrs. Lena Hergenreder, Mrs. Liz
Schaefer and Mrs. Ann Landover
all of Chicago, also survive.
Mrs. Garris, who was born in
Germany, had lived in Oelwein
the past 51 years.

Published Olewein Daily Register
March 5, 1972

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3/19/1914 Confirmation; Maria Gareis, age 18, confirmed Barbara at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Topeka, KS. Sponsor was Barbara Diller.

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4/8/1913 Married; John Gareis, born 2/27/1891 in Köhler Russia. Son of Adam Gareis and Maria Ziegler, both reside in Köhler Russia. Married Maria Schmidt born 10/20/1892 in Pfeifer Russia. Daughter of Matt. Schmidt and Catharina Herschfeld, both reside in Topeka KS. Married at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Topeka KS, by Rev. Francis Henry. Witness by George Schmidt and Magdalena Dechant. St. Joseph Church Records

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Requiem Mass At

Sacred Heart Church
Oelwein, Iowa

February 28, 1972

Officiating
Rev. Thomas Keating

Casket Bearers
Joseph Schulmeister, James Roth
Peter Schulmeister, Paul Frank
Joseph Roth, Henry Blomme

Final Resting Place
Woodlawn Cemetery
Oelwein, Iowa

recopied from back side of Maria Garris Holy Card

**Note Holy Card has first name spelled Maria not Marie**

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