Galle, Louisa M. Epp (1895-1996)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1996 Mar 21 p. 8

Birth date: 1895 Dec 21

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

Louisa M. Galle, 100, a retired teacher, died March 15 at Friendly Acres Retirement Community in Newton. She was a member of First Mennonite Church of Newton. Survivors include three sons, Edward of Roseville, Minn., Kurt of Seattle and William of Park Forest, Ill.; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Kurt, died in 1973.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1996 Apr 18 p. 11

text of obituary:

LOUISA GALLE

Louisa Galle, 100, of Newton, Kan., died March 15, 1996, at Friendly Acres Retirement Community in Newton. She was born Dec. 21, 1895, in Hutchinson, the fourth of six children born to Jacob J. and Margaretha (Wiens) Epp.

The family moved to Medford, Okla., in 1899 to open a general store in the new territory after the Cherokee Strip land rush. After the recession of 1903-04, they came to Newton in 1905.

Louisa attended Bethel College in North Newton and a business school. She taught in a one-room school and worked in Newton at the Santa Fe Railroad, the Mennonite Mutual Aid Society and the Goerz Flour Mill.

She married Kurt R. Galle of Moundridge on Dec. 26, 1920. They moved to Dodge City, where he started a teaching career. After his postgraduate work at the University of Chicago, they moved to Arkansas City, where he continued his career and became dean of the junior college.

Kurt died in 1973, and Louisa moved to Friendly Acres in Newton in 1975. She joined First Mennonite Church of Newton and became active in organizations such as the Bethel Hospital Auxiliary and the Newton chapter of PEO.

Surviving are three sons, William J. of Park Forest, Ill., Kurt R. of Seattle and Edward L. of Roseville, Minn.; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by five siblings, two of whom died while still young children.

Services were held at First Mennonite Church of Newton. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Newton.