George Blass Family

George Blass was born in Hessen Darmstadt, Germany October 1836. His parents were Lenhart and Anna May Hoch Blass. He married Margaret Kessler in 1865 in Lee County, Illinois. She was born January 13, 1847 in Eisenach Province, Saxony, Germany to Conrad Bonial Kessler and Margaret Baumgardner. George died November 14,1898 and Margaret died March 26, 1929. They were the parents of ten children.

   1.

      George Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois September 6, 1866. He married Katherine Hoefling March 2, 1892. She was born December 24, 1871. George died November 16, 1938 and Katherine died February 18, 1954. They are buried in the Early, Iowa Cemetery. They were the parents of eleven children.

         1.

            Charles C. was born September 23, 1893 and died January 21, 1919 in France in WWI. He is buried in the Expeditionary Forces Cemetery in Indre, France.

         2.

            Rosa Eve 1895-1895

         3.

            Clara Anna 1898 - She married Percy L. Van Vleet. He was born in 1898 and died in 1959. They had three children. They are buried in the Early, Iowa Cemetery.

1.      Arlene-married a Johnson

2.      James

3.      Larry George 1933-1934

                  D.   Elmer F. 1900 - He married Margaret Martin. They had five children.

                              1-5. ?

E.     John George was born December 16, 1902. He married Florence Steeg May 1931. Florence was born December 14, 1909 and died August 21, 1939. He died February 1, 1957 at Schaller, Iowa. They are buried in the Early, Iowa Cemetery. They had two children.

            1. William

            2. Edward

      John married Pearl Bedell February 1941.

F.     Leonard Chris was born June 20, 1905 and died January 1, 1998 in Storm Lake, Iowa.   He married Irene Snyder. They have two children.

             1-2. ?

G.    Martin Joseph 1907. He married Wilma Hopper. They have four sons.

             1-4. ?

H.    Ione Marie 1911-1966

I.       Eleanore was born September 28, 1913 and died January 10, 1996. She was not married.

      2. Lena H. (Karollina) married Christ Eckhart. They had two children.

            A. Mary-married Harris

            B. Fred

3. Rosa Veronica (1873-1948). She married Lorenz Henry Hansen (1874-1964).     They had Five Children.

A.     Howard

B.     Carl

C.     Ferd

D.     Everett A. 1905-1944

E.      Lois-married a Roose

        4.   Rosetta B. “Sadie” (1875-1956) married William Buehler (1876-1964) in 1898. They had 9 children. They are buried in Odebolt, Iowa.

A.     Florence-married James Davidson

B.     Vernon was born March 25, 1900 and died April 1983 in Schaller, Iowa. He married Inez Collenbaugh. She was born November 10, 1907 and died March 1973 in Schaller, Iowa.

C.     Etta-married Ralph Morgan

D.     Emmett W. was born January 3, 1903 in Sac County, near Odebolt and died September 11, 1980 in Ida Grove, Iowa. He married Dorothy C. Raasch December 22, 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born April 30,1912 in Odebolt, Iowa and died May 6, 1994 in Odebolt, Iowa. They are buried in Odebolt, Iowa. They have two children.

a.       Shirley-married Daniel Lifschitz. They have two children.

1.      Loretta-married a Alsouqi, one child-Hannah

2.      Lazzar

b.      Diane-married Larry Schwartz. They have two children.

1.      Ray-married and has a child-Morgan

2.      Randi-married a Wineinger

E.      Gladys-married Cecil Nichols

F.      John was born February 21, 1906 in Sac County, Iowa and died May 5, 1982 in Ida Grove, Iowa. He married Ethel Rydberg on March 1,1934 in Odebolt, Iowa. She was born September 4,1905 in Ida County, Iowa and died July 12, 1994 in Denison, Iowa. They are buried in the Odebolt, Iowa cemetery. They have three children.

a.       Audrey-married Lester Stehr.

b.      Donna-married Henry Demey, Jr.

c.       Darrell-married to Sally ?

G.     Catherine-married John Sutton

H.     Ellen was born in 1913. She married Merle Quirk (May 1,1914-December, 1979)

I.        Eileen-married Russell Casey

       5.   Kathrine “Katie” (1877-1936) married George M. Wagner (1876-1944). They were the parents of six children. They are buried in Early, Iowa Cemetery.

A.     Lurene A. was born October 15, 1901 and died October 1979 in Des Moines, Iowa. She married David W. Harkness. He was born May 12,1906 and died May 1983.

B.     Margaret was born February 20, 1904 and died February 28,1980. She married Ralph T. Soeth. He was born May 3,1902 and died January 3, 1971. They are buried in the Early, Iowa Cemetery.

C.     Mildred was born July 5, 1907 and died April 30, 1999. She married Robert LeRoy Anker. He was born June 9, 1911 and died October 26, 1965.

D.     Maude L. was born July 5, 1907 or January 8 (stone says July 5, book says January 8) near Early, Iowa and died October 7, 1981. She married a David Leland Huston. He was born January 18,1906 near Early, Iowa and died July 20, 1981. Buried in the Early, Iowa Cemetery. They had two children.

a.       Nancy-married Harlon Seats. They have three children; Rebecca Lyn, Cynthia Lee, and Deborah Dee.

b.      Jorge “Jack”-married Diane Krocos. They have four children; Sheila-married a Hathaway, Kelly Jean, Wendy Sue and James.

E.      Lucile was born November 26, 1912 in Sac County and died March 15, 1992 in Carroll, Iowa. She married Fred Olaf Struchen on April 14, 1934. He was born August 26,1910 and died March 30, 1990. They are buried in Early, Iowa. They have one child.

a.       Yvonne was born January 10, 1935.

F.      Virginia-married Orville Cambier

       6.   Anna was born December 23, 1878 and died December 26, 1959. She married Otto J. Brockman. He was born October 5, 1870 and died April 9, 1921. They had four children.

A.     Slater was born November 24, 1906 and died April 14, 1992 in Odebolt, Iowa. He married Margaret ? They have three children.

a.       Sandra Kay-married Harold Clanton

b.      Joan Dee-married Steven Rottler

c.       Michael Korf

B.     Lillian 1909-1909

C.     Geneva K. 1915-1978

D.     Virginia 1920-

       7. Fred married Frieda Clausen. They were the parents of seven children.

A.     Norman was born September 19, 1913 and died July 6, 2000 in Estherville, Iowa

B.     Carol-married a Wegehaupt

C.     Weldon “Bob” was born November 2, 1916 and died October 1, 1999 in Milford, Iowa

D.     Helen-married a Groenwald

E.      Vivian-married a Mulder

F.      Lois-married a Simmons

G.     Joan Mary 1928-1929

     8. Christian “Chris” was born in Crawford County, Iowa on March 5, 1883. He married Elizabeth Bettin on March 27, 1912. Elizabeth was born January 13, 1889 near Lake View, Iowa. Chris died August 1975 and Elizabeth died September 19, 1978.   Chris was the last survivor of his family.   They had six children

A.     Dorothy M. was born June 2, 1913 in Sac County and died June 21, 1995 in Newell, Iowa. She married Albert Dick November 26, 1941 in Early, Iowa. They have two children.

           1. Jean-married ?   Riddle

           2.   Mike-married Jan

B.     Raymond was born July 19, 1914 and died September 30, 2000. He married Dorothy Mae Landgraf May 29, 1941. She was born May 4,1919. They have four children.

                            1. Donald was born April 19, 1942. He married Rita Nielsen.

    2. Robert “Bob” was born April 30, 1943. He married Joyce Strosahl. They have three children.

           1. Lisa

            2. Angie

            3. Beth

4.      Gene was born February 14, 1947. He married Patricia Moder.

5.      Sue was born March 25, 1953. She married Gerome Cox. They have two children.

            1. Nick

            2. Michelle

C.     George

D.     Delmar was born near Early, Iowa October 5, 1922. He married Jackie Luft November 1,1946. They were the parents of three children.

a.       Linda was born July 4, 1947. She married Dennis Baumerer. They have two children; Michael and Stephanie.

b.      Douglas was born December 30,1949. He married Karen Boeckman.

c.       Barbara was born September 25, 1951. She married Patrick Dahm. They have two children; Sarah and Heather.

             E. Marjorie

             F. Delores-married a Headid. She died in 1969.

9.   Herman married Maria Jensen. He was born November 25, 1888 and died December, 1966 in Estherville, Iowa. She was born July 18, 1893 and died March, 1978 in Emmettsburg, Iowa. They were the parents of five children.

A.     Beulahbel-married a Boines

B.     Maxine-married a Hoch

C.     Marian-married

D.     Elsie-married a Wager

E.      Irene-married a Hunst

10.   Johannes was born and died May 15, 1886. Buried in Richland Township Cemetery in Sac County.

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