OBITUARY: Jay Elmo Foss, 1919-2004, Worth Co., Iowa



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[Adapted from Northwood Anchor online - Mar. 3, 2004]
  
                           Jay Elmo Foss

Jay Elmo Foss, 85, Austin, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at the Austin
Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 4, at
Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church, rural Glenville, with the Rev.
Jeff Wallager officiating. Burial with military honors by the
American Legion Post 105 of Lyle will follow the service in
London-Deer Creek Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at the Worlein Funeral Home in Austin on
Wednesday, March 3, from 5-7 p.m. and for one hour prior to the
service at the church on Thursday.


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[Adapted from Northwood Anchor online, posted March 10, 2004]

                            Jay Elmo Foss

Jay Elmo Foss, 85, of Austin, Minnesota, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004,
at Austin Medical Center. Funeral services were Thursday at Deer Creek
Valley Lutheran Church, rural Glenville, with the Rev. Jeff Wallager
officiating. Burial with military honors by the American Legion Post 105
of Lyle, followed the service in London-Deer Creek Cemetery.

Foss was born Feb. 27, 1919, in Siren, Wisconsin, to Ole and Annie
(Swensrud) Foss. He moved to London, Minnesota, as a child, where he
attended school and later graduated from Lyle High School in 1937.

During World War II, Jay served in the U.S. Army with the anti-aircraft
artillery in Europe and Africa. After his discharge he returned to
Minnesota and farmed south of London until his retirement in 1975.

On Sept. 19, 1956, he married Myra (Sweet) Jacobson at the Little
Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. After retirement, they moved to Austin
and spent their winters in Alamo, Texas.

Survivors include his wife, Myra Foss, Austin; stepsons, Richard (Ellen)
Jacobson, Tucson, Arizona; Wayne (Elaine) Jacobson, Wyoming, Minnesota;Larry Jacobson, Belton, Missouri; stepdaughters, Bonnie (Leo) Bridley,
Oakland; Myrnie (Stan) Freeth, Apple Valley, California; 20 grandchildren;
41 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Edward
Foss, Glenville; Archie (Delores) Foss, Albert Lea; sister, Olga Beach,
Dows, Iowa; nieces, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Lawrence; two
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.



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