Gross, Elsie Olga-August 17, 2010
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.
August 18th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Dear Arlene and family,
I was saddened to learn of Elsie’s death. I know you will all miss her a great deal. It is so hard to lose a loved yet she had such a positive attitude she was a great example of how a person of faith moves to the next place. May you find comfort in knowing she is at rest.
Remembering you all in thoughts and prayers.
Mary Ann Dykes
August 18th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
The Jefferson County Draft Horse Association wishes to express our deepest condolences upon the death of your mother Elsie. A memorial is being sent to the First United Methodist Church in her honor.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Nothing is harder than losing someone you love. Wishing you strength in your memories and faith in tomorrow. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and all of the family.
August 26th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Dear Francis, Roger, Arlene, Donald and Family,
I wanted to express my deepest sympathy and concern for you and also share with you the wonderful hope for our dead loved ones. As you grieve Elsie’s death, please reflect on the hope in question, which comes from Our Heavenly Creator, Jehovah God. By means of the Bible, He allows us to understand how He’ll eliminate death for good one day and bring our dead loved ones back to life. This is evident in Scriptures like (Isaiah 25: 8), (John 5: 28), (1 Corinthians 15:26), (Revelation 21:3 and 4), which can comfort you in your sorrow. God’s promises are guaranteed because He cannot lie (Titus 1:2). Moreover John 11 verses 11-14, 39, 43, and 44 attests that Jesus, whom God appoints to bring the dead back to life, did it before when he resurrected Lazarus and several others when he was on earth. As you await Elsie’s resurrection, please heed Jesus’ counsel in John 17 verse 3 and take steps to gain accurate knowledge of Jehovah God and Jesus by carefully studying the Bible with the Witnesses. In John 5 verse 39, Jesus explains that such study is vital for anyone who wishes to have everlasting life one day here on earth, which will become a paradise where you can be re-united with Elsie again in a world free of VIOLENCE, WAR, SICKNESS, OLD AGE, even DEATH etc… (Ps 37: 9-11 and 29), (Psalms 46: 8 and 9), (Isaiah 33:24), (Job: 33:25).