William Earl Gossman

1911 - 1996  (84 years)

• Name	William Earl Gossman
  Born	3 Mar 1911	Rural Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Jan 1996	Thompson, Winnebago, Iowa, United States   [1]
  Buried	Olena Mound Cem, Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I2139	Tarbert - Waldo
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	William A. Gossman,   b. 4 Apr 1864, Crooksville, Perry, Ohio, United States ,   d. 9 Jul 1936, St Marys Hosp., Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Belle Woods,   b. 8 Sep 1875, near Langsville, Meigs, Ohio, United States ,   d. 25 Jul 1963, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States  (Age 87 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1893	Minerton, Vinton, Ohio, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pearl Minnie Sprunk,   b. 16 Jul 1916, Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States ,   d. 12 Jul 1996, Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1938	Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States   [1]
  Last Modified	31 May 2021
  Family ID	F755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from the notes of Kent M. Gossman: Always went by name Earl. Farmer. Farmed the family farm until 1944 when they moved to a farm near Thompson, IA. His mother moved with them and lived with them for awhile but also lived in her own house in Buffalo Center during some period. HIS MEMORIAL LISTED HIS BIRTHDAY AS MAR 3, I HAD IT AS MAR 4. ASSUMING HIS CHILDREN KNEW WHEN HE WAS BORN, I CHANGED IT TO MAR 3. HE MARRIED AND THEN HIS WIFE MOVED IN WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIM. HIS FATHER WILLIAM KEPT HIM ACTIVE IN FARMING IN NEBRASKA. WILLIAM DIED AND THEN HE STAYED IN THE HOUSE WITH HIS MOTHER AND HIS FIRST 3 CHILDREN WERE BORN THERE. THEY THEN MOVED TO IOWA AND BELLE CONTINUED TO LIVE WITH EARL AND PEARL FOR WHAT MY FATHER REMEMBERS WAS 6-8 MORE YEARS. AFTER THAT THE BOYS PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN BUFFALO CENTER FOR HER TO LIVE AND EARL LIVED ON SAME FARM IN THOMPSON FOR 52 YEARS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE TRUSTEE DRAIN #13 IN 1968. HIS WIFE WENT INTO THE NURSING HOME (WITH A BELIEVE M.S.) WHILE I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH OR HIGH SCHOOL. Downloaded from Rootsweb WorldConnect Project, file of Helen Rehart Fagerburg <granolamama@gmail.com>.

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] research of Kent M. Gossman.