Margaret Geissman

1921 - 2005  (84 years)

• Name	Margaret Geissman
  Born	15 Apr 1921	Ohio, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Aug 2005	Ohio, USA
  Buried	Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Seville, Medina County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I248204	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward Geissman,   b. 9 Nov 1874, Chatfield, Crawford County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1958, Ohio, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Edna C. Bacon,   b. 1881, Ohio, USA ,   d. 3 Mar 1966, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1902
  Family ID	F87494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard H. Gross,   b. 24 Sep 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 25 Jul 2005, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1947
  Children	1. Robert Gross   2. Tom Gross   3. John Gross   4. Kathryn Gross
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F87570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Obituary for Margaret Geissman Gross '68 Wooster, Ohio August 28, 2005 The Daily Record Margaret was born on April 15, 1921, in Warren, Ohio, to Edward and Edna (Bacon) Geissman, the last of six children. She graduated from Champion High School and Lake Erie College. After graduation from college, she worked as a secretary in Cleveland and then in 1947, she married Richard Gross. After staying home with their four children for 18 years, she took a master of arts in teaching degree at The College of Wooster and taught English and journalism at Wooster High School for 15 years. She was a past president of the local American Association of University Women and held several positions in the League of Women Voters. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she served as a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and a member of several committees. She and her husband traveled extensively, both in this country and abroad. Her hobbies were reading, crossword puzzles, bridge and golf. Margaret was a free-lance journalist, having written for The Daily Record and other newspapers. She wrote the history of Lake Erie College, entitled, ?Dancing on the Table.? She is survived by her children and grandchildren, Robert (Diana Donovan) and their children, Brian, Micah and Margaret of Burnsville, N.C.; Tom (Sue Zuchak) and their children, Scott and Leah of Wooster, John (Peg Redinbaugh) of Wooster, and Kathryn (Luis) Arango of St. Augustine, Fla. Her husband, a granddaughter, her parents and five siblings preceded her in death.