The Niemuth
Family -- Generation 8
-- Dorothy
J. (Niemuth) Klemp's obituary --
- CRESWELL, Ore. - Alice Marie Gosda,
79, of Creswell, Ore. and formerly of Grand Island, died from
- cancer at her home on Wednesday,
Oct. 13, 2004.
- Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday
at the Creswell Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the Creswell
- Pioneer Cemetery. England's Creswell
Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
- Mrs. Gosda was born May 19, 1925,
at Grand Island to Warren and Mable (McMullen) Davis.
- She was preceded in death by her
husband, Lloyd Gosda, on March 29, 1994.
- Survivors of the immediate family
include four children, Sondra Dunaway and Lenard Gosda, both
of
- Creswell, Lloyd Gosda Jr. of Lebanon,
Ore., and Gene Gosda of Eugene, Ore.; a brother, Alfred Davis
of Cottage Grove, Ore.; and a sister, Alta "Dot" Blackburn
of Grand Island.
- Also surviving are nine grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
- Alice married Lloyd Gosda in Smith
Center, Kan., on Feb. 24, 1946. They lived in Grand Island until
they
- moved to Creswell in 1956.
- She worked for WEBCO and FirCrest
in Creswell. She enjoyed crocheting, crafts and especially her
- grandkids. She attended Creswell
Presbyterian Church and was a volunteer at the Senior Center
in Cottage Grove, Ore.
- She was preceded in death by her
husband; a sister, Alberta Smith; and a brother, Eddie Davis.
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- [Source: Grand Island Independent,
October 18, 2004]
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