Ella May Gans

ST. PAUL -- Ella May Gans, 94, of St. Paul died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at Howard County Community Hospital in St. Paul.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in St. Paul. The Rev. Thomas G. Hyde will officiate.

Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery at St. Paul.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.

Mrs. Gans was born May 1, 1909, two miles south of North Loup to Harry and Katherine (Suponchick) Klinginsmith.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George W. Gans, on April 5, 1979.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Lois and Curt Hargrove of Buena Vista, Colo.; a sister, Ethel Kasson of Bremerton, Wash; and a daughter-in-law, Eline Gans of Grand Island.

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Also surviving are six grandchildren, Sheryl Edwards, Ron Gans, Kelly Hargrove, Lance Hargrove, Kevin Hargrove and Barbara Orjiakor; sixteen great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Ella May received her education in the North Loup School and then attended Kearney State College.

She taught school in Sherman County.

Ella May was united in marriage to George W. Gans on June 18, 1930, in Greeley County. The couple lived on a farm near Dannebrog for 48 1/2 years before moving to St. Paul in 1978. She continued to live in St. Paul after her husband passed away.

She enjoyed flowers, playing cards and dominos.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church in St. Paul and the Cleveland Social Club.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Robert; one great-granddaughter, Braya Gans; one brother, Max Klinginsmith, and one sister, Florence Portis.

Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.