MRS. MINNIE GRASSER
Mrs. Minnie Grasser, 70, wife of Michael Grasser of Chicago, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Nicholas hospital following a lingering illness.
She had been visiting in Sheboygan at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Gus Waldau, 1601 N. Ninth street, when she was stricken and removed to the hospital.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rades, the deceased was born Nov. 1, 1876, in the town of Schleswig, Manitowoc county, attended school at Rockville, and was married on Feb. 20, 1898, to Michael Grasser at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic church, Kiel.
Following their marriage, the couple resided on a farm in the town of Eaton and at New Holstein until 1901 when they moved to Marrinette, Wis., where they lived until 1942. For the past five years they had made their home with two children in Chicago.
Mrs. Grasser was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic church at Chicago, and was affiliated with the Christian Mothers' society of the parish.
Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Gustav (Erna) Waldau, Sheboygan, Mrs. Albert (Sylvia) Kearney, Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Sigvald (Elmyra) Johnson, Chicago, and Mrs. Joseph (Leona) Pouliot, Waltham, Mass.; four sons, Raymond, Portsmouth, N.H., Cyrill, Chicago, Myron, Waltham, Mass., and Everist, Marinette; one sister, Mrs. Carl Koeser, Sheboygan Falls; a brother, William Rades, Kiel, and 17 grandchildren.
One son, First Lt. Sylvanus Grasser, was killed in action with an infantry unit on New Guinea in April 1944.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Ballhorn Funeral chapels and at 9 a.m. at Holy Name church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Philipp Dreis will officiate, and interment will be made on the family lot in Calvary cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the funeral chapels from Saturday afternoon until the time of the services.
"The Sheboygan Press" Newspaper - Sheboygan, Wisconsin - Thursday, September 18, 1947 - Page# 14