Gosse Family Obituaries of Clark County Wisconsin

Gosse, Anna (30 Mar. 1881 – 24 May 1933)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 24 May 1933

* Mrs. Wm. E. Gosse died at the Owen hospital Wednesday morning where she had been operated upon for appendicitis about a month ago. Funeral services will be held at the Gosse home in the town of Colby Saturday afternoon at 1:30 and at the Reformed church in Colby at 2:00 P.M., Rev. H. K. Hartmann officiating. Obituary will be published next week.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 1 June 1933

Funeral services for Mrs. Wm. E. Gosse, whose death was chronicled in the Phonograph last week, were held at the Gosse home in the town of Colby last Saturday afternoon at 1:30 and at the Reformed church in Colby at 2:00, Rev. H. K. Hartmann officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were Albert Wiedenhoeft, Edmund Thede, Alex Thede, Ed. Stock, Otto Dins and Frank Sterzinger. The flower girls were Irene Ortmeier, Adeline Thede, Bertha Dins, Loraine Senkbeil, Valeska Gosse, Dorothy Hamann, Mildred Wiedenhoeft, Margaret Sterzinger. The Royal Neighbors attended in a body.

Mrs. Gosse had been operated on for appendicitis at the Owen hospital, had been improving nicely and it was expected that she would be able to return home in a few days but a sudden heart attack proved fatal. The news of her sudden death was a shock to everybody in this community, and, when the word was whispered about town that she suddenly passed away, it left a sudden pain. The unusually large funeral and the many floral offerings testified to the love and esteem in which she was held.

The deceased was born March 30, 1881, at Sheboygan, Wis., thus reaching the age of fifty-two years, one month and twenty-four days. She was married to Wm. Gosse at Sheboygan, Wis., on April 22, 1900, and made their home there until eighteen years ago when they moved to this community, making their home on a farm in the town of Colby.

She is survived by her husband, two sons, Clarence Gosse and Melvin Gosse of Abbotsford, one grand son, Maynard, one brother, Charles Weins of Sheboygan and two step sisters, Mrs. Fred Gosse of Cleveland and Mrs. William Hamann.

The out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weins, Mrs. Alma Weins, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gosse and daughter, Valeska, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hamann and daughter, Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. August Gosse, Mr. and Mrs. Leugen Gosse, Mrs. Robert Kummer, Mrs. Casper Schneider, Mr. Ed. Mueller, Mr. Jerome Krummer, all of Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Mrs. Henry Wohlhaupt, Mrs. C. O’Brein and daughter, Mr. J. O’Brein and daughter, all of Antigo; Mr. Ed. Breuker, Mrs. Will Volk, Mrs. Val Volk, Mrs. John Horn and children, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wehrman, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wehrman, Mrs. Gust Abel, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Boekeker, Mr. and Mrs. Orlonda Boekeker, all of Greenwood.

Mrs. Gosse was a faithful member of the Reformed church of Colby and also a member of the Colby Lodge of the Royal Neighbors. Her life was gentle and she was always ready to lend a helping hand in time of need – both in acts of kindness and in words. Her cheerful, beautiful, helpful life; her kindness to everybody, will long linger as a fragrant memory in the home which her presence brightened and which death has now darkened. Mrs. Gosse also had been a correspondent for the Colby Phonograph and for many years faithfully sent in all the news of her neighborhood.

*** Note: Mrs. Gosse’s first name is from a Colby Cemetery index.

Gosse, Anna (25 June 1867 – 20 Jan. 1949)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 27 Jan. 1949

* Mrs. Anna Gosse passed away at Owen last Thursday, Jan. 20, complications of several years duration being the cause of her death. Funeral services were held at Peace Ev. and Reformed church at Curtiss on Monday afternoon, Jan. 24, Rev. F. P. Puhlmann officiating, and internment was made in the Pine Hill cemetery.

The deceased, a daughter of Carl Kobs and Albertina Krause, was born in Germany June 25, 1867, thus reaching the age of 81 years, six months and 25 days. She came to the United States with her parents when three years of age and to this community in 1902. She was married to Henry Gosse at Potters in 1888. Ten children were born to this union.

Surviving children are August Gosse of Milwaukee, Fred Gosse of Abbotsford, Tena Ostenson of Curtiss, Hulda Kelsey of Abbotsford, Henry and Carl Gosse of Colby. Also surviving are one brother, August Kobs of Colby, and one sister, Hulda Riemer of Hilbert.

The deceased will be remembered by many of Colby as a good Christian of an industrious and congenial disposition who always endeavored to perform her duties to the best of her ability.

Gosse, William Ernest (17 Oct. 1878 – 25 Apr. 1960)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 28 Apr. 1960

* William Ernest Gosse of Abbotsford died at the Memorial Hospital in Neillsville Monday, April 25, at 3:00 A.M., complications being the cause of his death. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the First Evangelical and Reformed church, Rev. V. O. Grosshuesch officiating, and internment will be made in the Colby cemetery.

Mr. Gosse was born on October 17, 1878, in the town of Mosel, Sheboygan county, where he received his education. He married Annie Weins in 1898. He was chairman of the town of Colby and a member of the Clark County Board of Supervisors for 33 years, a member of the Ev. and Reformed church and the Musicians Local 194 of Abbotsford. He was well known for his honest and congenial disposition and was held in high esteem by all who knew him which was exemplified by voters of the town of Colby by continually returning him to the office of town chairman.

Surviving are one son, Clarence, of Abbotsford, and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Kummer of Kohler and Mrs. Marie Mueller of Sheboygan. His wife, one son, Melvin, a grand son, Maynard, two sisters and three brothers preceded him in death.