BioA: Voss, Mr./Mrs. Hans (55th Anniv - 1925)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames: VOSS
REINHOLDT ----Source:
ABBOTSFORD TRIBUNE (Abbotsford, Wis.) 02/19/1925 Voss, Mr./Mrs.
Hans (55th Anniv - 16 Jan 1925) The following
article was taken from the New Holstein Record, giving an account
of the Golden Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Voss, parents of Mr.
Gust Voss, who resides two miles north of Highway 13 from this
village (Colby, Wis.) "Fifty-five years
of married life is the unusual honor that fell to Mr. and Mrs. Hans
Voss on Jan. 16th. A number of
neighbors and friends and ladies of the Lutheran Aid Society with
their husband, gathered at the Voss home last Friday evening to pay
their respects to our highly respected citizens. Beautiful bouquets
of cut flowers were presented Mr. and Mrs. Voss by the Lutheran
Ladies Aid and the New Holstein Ladies Aid Society. Rev. Halboth,
pastor of the Lutheran Church, of which Mr. and Mrs. Voss have
always been faithful members, gave a short talk and read several
passages from the Holy Scripture. Several appropriate hymns were
sung. Hans Voss and Anna
Reinholdt were united in marriage in New Holstein on Jan. 16, 1870.
They began life together on an 80 acre farm in the town of Rantoul.
The farm was heavily wooded, Mr. Voss being forced to use an axe
and saw to clear enough land for spring seeding. The first years of
their married life were beset with hardships and privations.
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