Rosalin J. (Rose) Gruss, age 90 of Coldwater, Ohio, died Sunday morning, June 16, 2013 at Briarwood Village. She was born August 25, 1922 in Osgood, Ohio to the late Anthony & Margaret (Liening) Drees. On July 18, 1959 she married Victor Gruss and he died March 5, 1987. She is also survived by three sisters, Bernadine Wendel of New Weston, Dorothy Kanney of St. Henry and Regina Wendel of Ft. Recovery, five in laws, Sandy Drees of Ft. Wayne, IN, Rita Eyink of Coldwater, Irene & Jerry Timmerman of Ft. Recovery, Mary Ann Gruss of Coldwater and Frances Gruss of Ft. Wayne, IN, and her good friend Virginia Dugan of Coldwater. She is preceded in death by her stepmother Sophia (Hartings) Drees, brothers, Larry, Clem & Walt, sister Marietta & Henry Mueller, and in laws, Arthur Wendel, Robert Kanney, Ermin Wendel, Edgar Eyink, Vincent Gruss, Donald Gruss and Lavern & Ruth Gruss. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater, St. Ann's Rosary altar sodality, St. Cecelia Knights of St. John, Coldwater V.F.W. auxiliary, Ft. Recovery American Legion auxiliary and Coldwater Eagles auxiliary, she volunteered for the American Red Cross Blood Drives, Community Hospital gift shop, and was an election worker. Rose was an avid, bowler, quilter, card player, golfer and Cincinnati Reds fan. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Holy Trinity Church. Burial will follow in St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater. Friends may call from 4 to 8 pm on Tuesday and 9 to 10 am Wednesday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Association of Mercer County or State of the Heart Hospice. Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
