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Sophie Margaretha (Grau) Eltiste

Born - September 6, 1884

Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska

Baptized - October 5, 1884

Confirmed - April 17, 1898

Married - May 10, 1905

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Stuttgart, Phillips County, Kansas

Died - December 27, 1948

Her Home -Phillips County, Kansas

Buried - December 30, 1948

Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery

Stuttgart, Phillips County, Kansas

 

 

 

Obituary ~ Eltiste

Mrs. Sophia Margaret Eltiste, daughter of Henry Grau and Elizabeth nee Bietz, was born September 6, 1884 near Auburn, Nebraska. On October 5, she was received into the Kingdom of God through Holy Baptism. She came to Phillips county, Kansas, with her parents in 1886. She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Emmanuel Lutheran church, Stuttgart, Kansas on April 17, 1898.

On May 10, 1905, she was united in marriage with Fred Eltiste. To this union two children were born. A son, Ernest, and a daughter, who died in infancy.

Mrs. Eltiste suffered from Asthma for over 20 years. She passed away at her farm home December 27, 1948, at 3:15 p.m. at the age of 64 years, 3 months and 21 days.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, Fred; her son, Ernest; three brothers; Conrad, Henry and Theodore Grau, all of Phillips county; also two sisters, Mrs. Henry Hesterman of Kensington and Mrs. Henry Badenhoop of Agra; two grandchildren, a number of other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services were conducted December 30, 1948, at Emmanuel Lutheran church, Stuttgart, Kansas, with Rev. Herbert J. Schauer officiating. Interment was made in Emmanuel Lutheran cemetery.

 

Phillips County Review

Thursday, January 27, 1949

 

 

 

Husband - Frederick Henry Eltiste

Born - February 13, 1880

Osage, Otoe County, Nebraska

Baptized - May 16, 1880

Evangelical Lutheran Church

Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska

Naturalized - April 26, 1898

Phillips County Kansas

Married - May 10, 1905

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Stuttgart, Phillips County, Kansas

Died - February 16, 1962

Mary Lanning Hospital, Hastings,

Adams County, Nebraska

Buried - February 19, 1962

Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery

Stuttgart, Phillips County, Kansas

 

 

Son - Ernest Henry Eltiste

Born- October 30, 1910

 

Daughter - Infant Death

Born -July 2, 1907 ~Died -July 2, 1907

 

 

Brother - Johannes Konrad Grau

Conrad J. Grau

Born - January 16, 1887

Married - April 19, 1911

Died - July 1966

Wife - Annie B. (Zillinger) Grau

 

Brother - Henry A. Grau

Born - September 11, 1889

Married - June 2, 1915

Died - December 26, 1954

Wife - Anna (Bach) Grau

Father - John Bach

Mother -Elizabeth (Merklein) Bach

 

 

Sister - Elizabeth (Grau) Hesterman

Born - September 6, 1892

Married - February 18, 1914

Died - March 1978

Husband - Henry J. Hesterman

 

Sister - Katherina B. (Grau) Badenhoop

Born - July 16, 1895  - Kansas

Married - June 7,1922

Died - December 1977

Husband - Heinrich John Badenhoop

Born -  November 21, 1893 - Kansas

 

Brother - Johannes Heinrich Theodor Grau

Theodore H. Grau

Born - November 11, 1898

 

 

Father - Heinrich Grau

Mother - Anna Elizabeth (Bietz) Grau

 

 

 

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