BORN MARCH 8, 1903 FLENSBURG, GERMANY
DIED JANUARY 24, 1991 MANNING GENERAL HOSPITAL, MANNING, IOWA AGE 87 YEARS, 10 MONTHS, AND 16 DAYS
SERVICES MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1991, 2:00 PM
OHDE FUNERAL HOME, MANNING, IOWA
OFFICIATING PASTOR ROBERT RIGGERT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, MANNING, IOWA
MUSIC FERN JENSEN, ORGANIST
MARGARET BACKHAUS, VOCALIST
INTERMENT MANNING CITY CEMETERY MANNING, IOWA
CASKETBEARERS MICHAEL NEMECEK, DEAN GRAU, DONOVAN GRAU, DAN GRAU, ROBERT GRAU, DAVID GORE
THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE

THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still water. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anoitest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Magda Grau

Funeral Services for Magda Grau were held January 28, 1991, at 2:00 p.m. at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, Iowa. Pastor Robert Riggert, Zion Lutheran Church, Manning officiated the service with Fern Jensen as organist and Margaret Backhaus as vocalist. Interment was in the Manning City Cemetery with Michael Nemecek, Donovan Grau, Robert Grau, Dean Grau, Dan Grau and David Gore as casketbearers.

Magda, daughter of Karl and Fredia (Belkin) Holm, was born March 8, 1903, in Flensburg, Germany. She attended school in Germany through the high school level.

Economic conditions were not good in Germany and Magda immigrated to the United States, arriving in this country on Labor Day of 1923. In 1924 on March 11, she was united in marriage with Emil Grau, Sr. Seven children, Leora, Rosie, Louise, Alfred, Irwin, Thomas, and Emil were born to this union.

The family farmed near Manning. Emil died in 1947 and Magda continued to make her home on the farm until she moved to Manning in 1971. She had been in failing health this winter and was hospitalized at Manning General Hospital and died there on Thursday afternoon, January 24, 1991, at the age of 87 years, 10 months, and 16 days.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; by a sister, Charlotte Bahnson; by a son, Emil; and by a grandson, Lester Grau.

Magda is survived by her children: Leora Nemecek, of Omaha; Rosie and her husband, Edward Collings, of Chicago; Louise Troeh, of Chicago; Alfred Grau and his wife, JoAnn, of Denison; Irwin Grau and his wife, Carol, of Schleswig; and Thomas Grau and his wife, Ann, of Manning; by a daughter-in-law, Pat Grau, of Manning; by 20 grandchildren and great grandchildren; by a sister, Frieda Peters of Flensburg, Germany, and by other relatives and friends.