Gertrude Leota Hoesel

Gertrude was born 24 Mar 1902 in Pulaski County to William B and Sarah E (Dawson) Powers. On Sept 5, 1923 she married George William Hoesel. They had two sons: George Jr and Neil. She was preceded in death by her husband, son, George, four sisters, Sarah E "Sadie" (Powers) Hoesel, Nellie M Grostefon, Emma Jane Compton and Romaine Coulson, and four brothers, Albert Bryan, Jonathan and Frank Powers. She is survived by one son and six grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.

From Logansport Pharos-Tribune obituary: She was a 1920 graduate of Star City High School, a homemaker and a Farm Field Woman in the county extension office. A member of Star City United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and the Modern Woodmen Lodge. A member of the Pulaski County Farm Bureau and American Legion Post #71 Aux, Order of the Eastern Star #96, Garden Club and Mother's Club, all of Winamac. She lived most of her life in the Star City and Winamac area, but had lived in Mississippi and Georgia in childhood. She enjoyed making scrapbooks, painting, helping others, genealogy and traveling.

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