Wilson Family Genealogy
Death Announcements and Obituaries for Josephine Lucille (Curtis) Gaskill
Josephine Lucille (Curtis) Gaskill died on 15 Jan 2012 in USA, IA, Black Hawk, Waterloo.
This Obituary is from Josephine's Memorial on Find-a-Grave.
"Josephine L. Gaskill, 100, of Waterloo, Iowa and formerly of Arlington died on Sunday morning, January 15, 2012 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo.
Funeral services: 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the United Methodist Church in Arlington with Pastor Lisa Schroeder officiating. Visitation: 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Friday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Arlington and for one hour before services at the church on Saturday. Interment: Taylorsville Cemetery, Arlington, Iowa.
Josephine Lucille Curtis was born on September 13, 1911, in Tripp County, Dog Ear Township, located in rural South Dakota near the small town of Colome. She was the daughter of Harley B. and Etta B. (Martin) Curtis. She attended 8 years of school in a one room rural school and graduated from Colome High School in 1930. She then attended Southern State Teachers College, Springfield, S.D. and received her teachers certificate.
She taught in the Colome area rural schools and rode her horse, "Nancy," to school. Some of her students were her younger sisters. On June 15, 1935 Josephine was married to Vincent Challand Gaskill in the home of her parents. This marriage lasted 66 years until Vincent's death in 2002.
Josephine and Vincent farmed in the Colome area until 1940 when they moved to a farm near Arlington, Iowa, where they continued farming until their move to an acreage in Arlington in March, 1948. Josephine was an active partner in the farming operations and a busy homemaker, involved in many activities at the Arlington United Methodist Church and the community. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Josephine is survived by her [children]; 12 Grandchildren * * *; 2 Step Grandsons * * *; 26 Great Grandchildren * * *; 7 Great Great Grandchildren; Sister; Sister-In-Law [and her husband] and several Nieces & Nephews.
She was preceded in death by her Parents, Husband (Vincent C. Gaskill on April 16, 2002), 3 sisters and 2 brothers."