{"id":5806,"date":"2018-08-25T17:44:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T22:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2018-08-27T08:28:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T13:28:28","slug":"greta-a-otteson-prairie-du-chien-wisconsin-august-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/2018\/08\/greta-a-otteson-prairie-du-chien-wisconsin-august-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta A. Otteson, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, August 25, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Greta A. Otteson, 87, of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin<\/strong> passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Prairie Maison, after a long battle with Alzheimers.\u00a0 She died peacefully, surrounded by her family.\u00a0 Greta Arlene, the daughter of Lloyd and Dorothy (DuCharme) Anderson, was born August 7, 1931 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.\u00a0 She attended St. John\u2019s Parochial School and graduated from St. Mary\u2019s in 1949.<\/p>\n

Greta was united in marriage with Kenneth Otteson on September 2, 1950 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Prairie du Chien.\u00a0 Kenneth preceded her in death on July 9, 2015.\u00a0 Greta was a homemaker for her family and she managed the Gundersen Clinic in Prairie du Chien for thirty-two years.<\/p>\n

Greta enjoyed golfing, bowling, playing cards, being on the river with friends and spending time with her family. She was also a longtime member of St. John\u2019s Catholic Church in Prairie du Chien.<\/p>\n

Greta is survived by her children, Kris (Del) Maag of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Mark (Tammy) Otteson of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Judith Dowd of Grandberry, Texas; Steve (Ginger) Otteson of Amherst, Ohio; Ellie (Bob) Sirota of Fox Lake, Wisconsin; Scott (Cheri) Otteson of Hudson, Wisconsin; and Eric Otteson of Prescott, Wisconsin; twenty-three grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Greta was preceded in death by her husband, Ken; her parents, Lloyd and Dorothy; a son-in-law, Dick Dowd; a nephew, David Otteson, and her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ernie and Vi Otteson.<\/p>\n

Mass of Christian Burial <\/strong>will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at St. John\u2019s Church of the Holy Family Parish, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Rev. James Weighner will be the Celebrant.<\/p>\n

Visitation <\/strong>will be held from 9-11 am on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at the church.<\/p>\n

Interment <\/strong>will be held in the Calvary Cemetery, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

In Lieu of Flowers <\/strong>the family requests memorials be made to the Alzheimer\u2019s Association.<\/p>\n

Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin is assisting the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greta A. Otteson, 87, of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Prairie Maison, after a long battle with Alzheimers.\u00a0 She died peacefully, surrounded by her family.\u00a0 Greta Arlene, the daughter of Lloyd and Dorothy (DuCharme) Anderson, was born August 7, 1931 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.\u00a0 She attended St. John\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[501],"class_list":["post-5806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-otteson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5811,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions\/5811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}