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Eleanor Sarah <I>Gruber</I> Kasper

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Eleanor Sarah Gruber Kasper

Birth
Agram Township, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA
Death
8 Mar 2021 (aged 95)
Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 4, Row 6
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Eleanor Sarah (Gruber) Kasper, 95, dearly beloved by her family, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 8, 2021 in her home in Pierz, MN. A visitation will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pierz on Friday, March 12, 2021 from 6:00 PM—8:30 PM and one hour prior to the funeral on Saturday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Saturday, March 13, 2021, at 11:00 AM, with Fr. Kenneth Popp officiating. Burial will take place in the parish cemetery.

Eleanor Sarah Gruber was born on September 26, 1925 in Agram Township, Morrison County to the late Joseph and Barbara (Lochner) Gruber. Eleanor married Leonard Kasper on May 6, 1946. A woman of deep faith, she was able to meet the many demands of farm life and raising a large family along with her husband on their farm northeast of Pierz. Her family esteemed her as their role model because of her gentleness and love for them. In the end, she said, “I did it all”. In her retirement years, Eleanor enjoyed a number of hobbies, and especially loved a challenging game of cards with anyone that was willing to take her on.

Eleanor is survived by fifteen of her sixteen children, one sister, 43 grandchildren, and 95 great-grandchildren.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard on November 13, 2006; daughter, Eileen Zens; son-in-law, Bernie Otremba; great-grandson, Grayson Hogendorn; parents, Joseph and Barbara (Lochner) Gruber; sisters, Lucy Dietz, Cresence Meidl, Edith Tretter, Esther Langer, Clara Gruber; brothers, Alphonse, Herb, Wilfred, Carl, Urban, Simon, and Alex Gruber.
Eleanor Sarah (Gruber) Kasper, 95, dearly beloved by her family, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 8, 2021 in her home in Pierz, MN. A visitation will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pierz on Friday, March 12, 2021 from 6:00 PM—8:30 PM and one hour prior to the funeral on Saturday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Saturday, March 13, 2021, at 11:00 AM, with Fr. Kenneth Popp officiating. Burial will take place in the parish cemetery.

Eleanor Sarah Gruber was born on September 26, 1925 in Agram Township, Morrison County to the late Joseph and Barbara (Lochner) Gruber. Eleanor married Leonard Kasper on May 6, 1946. A woman of deep faith, she was able to meet the many demands of farm life and raising a large family along with her husband on their farm northeast of Pierz. Her family esteemed her as their role model because of her gentleness and love for them. In the end, she said, “I did it all”. In her retirement years, Eleanor enjoyed a number of hobbies, and especially loved a challenging game of cards with anyone that was willing to take her on.

Eleanor is survived by fifteen of her sixteen children, one sister, 43 grandchildren, and 95 great-grandchildren.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard on November 13, 2006; daughter, Eileen Zens; son-in-law, Bernie Otremba; great-grandson, Grayson Hogendorn; parents, Joseph and Barbara (Lochner) Gruber; sisters, Lucy Dietz, Cresence Meidl, Edith Tretter, Esther Langer, Clara Gruber; brothers, Alphonse, Herb, Wilfred, Carl, Urban, Simon, and Alex Gruber.


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