This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THIES Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/951 Message Board Post: Gertrude E. Thies AVOCA - The funeral for Gertrude E. Thies, 87, of Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Minden United Church of Christ in Minden with the Rev. Denny Peterson officiating. Mrs. Thies died Feb. 19 at Elm Crest. She was born in rural Neola. She lived in rural Avoca, Shelby and the Minden area before moving to Elm Crest about two years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of Minden United Church of Christ. Mrs. Thies was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Thies, on March 7, 1977. They were married 40 years. Survivors include two daughters, Joan Brown and husband, Quincy, of Minneapolis and Gayle Prokupek and husband, Robert, of Avoca; one son, Gene, of Minneapolis; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Hilda Iverson of Sioux City, Alda Price and Phyllis Delph, both of Council Bluffs; three brothers, Joseph Biederman and wife, Phyllis, of Logan, Robert Biederman and wife, Jeanette, and Donald Biederman and wife, Beth, all of Sioux City. Visitation with the family will be Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Pauley Knutson Funeral Home in Avoca. Burial will be in Minden Cemetery. ©Daily Nonpareil 2003 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Gertrude Thies Thies, 87, Harlan, died Feb. 19, 2003. HARLAN -- Gertrude "Gertie" Thies, 87, Harlan, formerly of the Shelby and Minden areas, died Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. Services were held Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m. at Minden United Church of Christ with burial in the Minden Cemetery. Thies is survived by two daughters -- Gayle (Robert) Prokupek of Avoca and Joan (Quincy) Brown of Minneapolis, Mn.; son Gene Thies of Minneapolis; sisters Hilda Iverson on Sioux City, Alda Price and Phyllis Delph, both of Council Bluffs; brothers Joseph (Phyllis) Biederman of Logan, Robert (Jeanette) Biederman and Donald (Beth) Biederman, all of Sioux City; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003