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Oconto County Times-Herald
February 3, 1999

EDGERTON - Rose Giese, age 90, died Friday, January 29, 1999 at the Edgerton Memorial Community Hospital. after a brief illness. Rose was born on July 9, 1908 in Gillett, the daughter of John and Maria A. (Kirchoff) Baker. Rose met Otto Giese while working in Milwaukee, and on August 23, 1927, they were married in Rockford IL. Rose was a member of St John Lutheran Church in Edgerton, and was active in the service guild. She was a good Christian, and loved her Church. She was the first woman hired at the Nunn-Bush Edgerton Shoe factory, and continued her employment there for over 38 years, retiring in 1973. She had been a past member of the Rebekah Lodge, enjoyed music, fishing, traveling, and especially her trips "up North". Rose will always be remembered as a person who enjoyed life, loved her family, and took delight in taking care of her grandchildren. She was a fun and loving mother and grandmother, and was her family's "special friend".

Rose's loving survivors include her son, Donald and Evelyn, Edgerton; two daughters, Charlotte and Stanley Hale, and Marjorie Furseth, all of Edgerton, a brother, Harold and Eloise Baker, Green Bay, a sister, Margaret and Bernard McMullin, Apopka, Fla.; 11 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and two sisters-in-law, Irene Baker, Adeline Giese, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Otto, on February 26, 1981, her sisters, Eva Fye, Josephine Eklund, and Lydia Peters, her brothers, Tony, Lawrence, William and Edward Baker.

Funeral Services for Rose will be conducted on Thursday, February 4, at 11 a.m. at the St. John Lutheran Church in Edgerton, with the Rev. David Jacob officiating. Interment will be in the Fassett Cemetery in Edgerton. Friends may call from 5 - 8 p.m. at the Bruni-Nygaard-Ward Funeral Home in Edgerton on Wednesday evening.