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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1974
Page
6
Immaculate Conception Church notes Father Vincent Beacom weekday Masses at 7 30 a m with confessions at 7 and 7 20 am Wednesday confessions 3 30 to 3 50 pm Saturday Mass 7 30 pm confessions 6 30 to 7 20 am 9 00 am Sunday confessions 8 00 to 8 50 Rosary before all masses except Wednesday 4 00 pm mass.
Lost Island Lutheran Reverend Christensen holds Sunday worship at 9:90 a.m. with 10:00 a.m. Sunday School and 7:30 p.m. open house for college students at the parsonage. Bethel Lutheran Pastor O J Reitz leads 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. worship with 9:45 a.m. Sunday School. Dismissals note Margaret Lambe Graettinger and Kim Anderson transferred to Iowa City.
The family thanks the ladies circle for service at Floyd Brobst funeral and the business community for floral arrangements. Messages also thank visitors during illness in Rochester and at home. A Merry Christmas is sent to George Lavin Brobst Shorty Dot Brobst from Fuzz and Marg.
Funeral services for Floyd Phillip Brobst were held December 17 1974 at United Methodist Church Graettinger Iowa with Rev Clair Odell officiating. Born November 27 1892 in Polk County to George and Emmeline Brobst he died December 14 1974 at Palo Alto County Hospital from a fall and heart failure. He married Grace Lane March 12 1911 and they farmed in Polk Emmet and Palo counties.
Sylvia Viola Breitkreutz born December 18 1903 in Lost Island Township Iowa died December 19 1974 in Lutheran General Hospital Chicago Illinois aged 71. She worked at C A Jensens General Store Graettinger and later as a Nurse Aide in East Moline Illinois. Survived by three daughters two sons fourteen grandchildren one great granddaughter two sisters two brothers. Funeral held December 23 1974 at Bethel Lutheran with music. Married William Starkey in 1924 then Lloyd Breitkreutz in 1950. lived in Ayrshire Graettinger East Moline and Chicago. buried in Graettinger.
The deceased lived in Alto Counties for years and worked for Iowa Portable Feed Mills in Oelwein and the Chicago North Western at LaMont. He moved to Wallingford to live with his son Harold, then moved to a home in Wallingford in 1973 where he remained until death. Survived by daughters Margaret Mammen and Elaine Reynolds of Graettinger, sons George of Graettinger and E.W. Shorty of Milton Florida, 18 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Preceded by parents, wife, one son, one brother, one sister, two grandsons and two great grandsons.
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