Elsie Gross

Obituary of Elsie Olga Gross

Elsie Olga GROSS, age 88, of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at Fairhaven, in Whitewater, WI. Elsie was born in Eagle, Wisconsin on March 4, 1922, the daughter of Reinhold and Frieda (Thierfelder) Fiege. She attended the Eagleville School. The family moved to a larger farm in Union Grove and later returned to Eagle. Elsie met her future husband, Arnold Gross at a dance in Little Prairie, Wisconsin. The couple was married at the Palmyra United Methodist Church on October 29, 1938. Arnold preceded her in death on May 20, 2007. Elsie and Arnold worked at various farm operations and also had a milk hauling operation and a gravel business. In 1959, they bought land off Hwy 106 where they built a home, they resided there until 1992. In 1992, the couple moved into Fort Atkinson and in 1999 they moved to Jefferson and Elsie moved to Fairhaven in Whitewater in 2007. The couple wintered in Arizona since 1985.Elsie served as the clerk for the Hebron Town Board for 4 years. In 1963, Elsie started working as a cook in food service for the Fort Atkinson School District, retiring in 1984. Elsie was a 4-H Leader in Hebron, served on the School Board at the Curtis Mill School, was President of the Farm Bureau Women, was president of Chapter 17 of Wisconsin Food Service, was President of the Fort Senior Center Advisory Board and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church, Fort Atkinson, serving on serveral church boards. Elsie enjoyed traveling with her husband. Surviving are: Her Children: Francis Gross, Jefferson, WI, Roger (Joanne) Gross, Jefferson, WI, Arlene (Scott) Trull, Rothschild, WI, and Donald (Olive) Gross, Fort Atkinson, WI, Grandchildren: Eleven grandchildren, Seventeen great-grandchildren and Three great-great-grandchildren. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers: Robert Fiege and Emil Fiege (in infancy), and a granddaughter Elizabeth Gross. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, August 20, 2010, at the First United Methodist Church, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin with Rev. Russell Frees Jr. officiating. Inurnment will be in the Hebron Cemetery, in Town of Hebron, Wisconsin. Friends may call from 4-7PM on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at the Nitardy Funeral Home, Fort Atkinson and after 10:00AM on Friday at the church until the services. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider a memorial to the First United Methodist Church, Fort Atkinson.
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