Ludwig Gustav Trosin
(1867-)
Dorothea Anna Bisping
(1869-)
Elsie Frederika Trosin
(1895-1973)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frank Emil Possin

Elsie Frederika Trosin 1 2 3

  • Born: 28 October 1895, Lakefield, MN 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Frank Emil Possin in 1954
  • Died: 2 September 1973, Mankato, MN at age 77 1 2 3
  • Buried: 5 September 1973, Minneapolis, MN 1 3
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bullet  General Notes:


Was first married to Henry Edward Lucks in 1915. Five children.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Her obituary was published in the Mankato Free Press on 3 September 1973 in Mankato, MN.

Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Possi, 77, who died Sunday at the Valley Hospital Unit, will be at noon Wednesday at the Landkamer Funeral Home. She had been a resident of the Mankato House. The Rev Robert Reim will officiate and burial will be in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. She was born Oct. 28, 1895 in Lakefield.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Carl (Dorothy) Jansen, Vista Calif; four sons, Louis Lucks, Springfield, Va.; Walter and Arthur Lucks, Worthington; Edward Lucks, Aspen, CO; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Bauer, Alexandria, and Mrs. Louise Malchow, Lakefield; a brother, Louis Trossin, Grand Rapids and 18 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Visitation begins at noon Tuesday at Landkamer's.

(Source: Mankato Free Press, Mankato, Minnesota, 3 Sep 1973)
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• She was buried on 5 September 1973 in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

Plot: K, 3232
Find A Grave Memorial #3490851
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Elsie married Frank Emil Possin, son of Carl August Possin and Augusta Sophia Schwan, in 1954. (Frank Emil Possin was born on 2 December 1894 in Blue Earth County, MN,4 5 6 7 died on 17 September 1964 in Blue Earth County, MN 7 8 and was buried on 21 September 1964 in Minneapolis, MN 7.)


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Sources


1 Robert Carl Westphal, Jr., Westphal Family History.

2 "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937234 : accessed 25 Apr 2015), Name: Elsie Possin; Event Date: 02 Sep 1973; Event Place: Blue Earth, Minnesota.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 25 Apr 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3490851.

4 "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680827 : accessed 25 Apr 2015), Name: Frank Emil Possen; Birth Date: 02 Dec 1894; Birthplace: Blue Earth, Minnesota.

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Rapidan Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 9A, family 160, Carl August Possin and Augusta Sophia Schwan; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 691.

6 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Norway Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States, enumeration district (ED) 23-24, sheet 6B, household 114, Frank Emil Possin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Apr 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1921.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 25 Apr 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3490852.

8 "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937234 : accessed 25 Apr 2015), Name: Frank Emil Possin; Event Date: 17 Sep 1964; Event Place: Blue Earth, Minnesota.


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