1911
Ruseal
1999
Ruseal Gau
September 9, 1911 — July 24, 1999
RUSEAL GAU
RUSEAL GAU OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 9, 1911 IN FRANKCLAY, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM THOMPSON SAWYER AND MARY EMMA (NANCE) SAWYER. RUSEAL DIED ON SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1999 AT HER HOME AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS.
RUSEAL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO FRANKLIN HENRY GAU ON JUNE 22, 1934 IN ESTHER, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE TWO DEAR CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION. MR. GAU PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON MAY 5, 1986.
RUSEAL IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY, ONE DAUGHTER MILDRED GAU OF POTOSI; ONE SON BILL GAU AND WIFE DENISE OF POTOSI; TWO GRANDSONS, JACOB AND NEIL GAU, BOTH OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. RUSEAL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY GAU, ONE BROTHER, ELLIOTT SAWYER AND ONE SISTER BEULAH YOUNKER.
RUSEAL HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE FURNACE CREEK CHURCH OF GOD.
RUSEAL LIVED A LIFE OF EXAMPLES FOR ALL WHO KNEW HER, ALWAYS GUIDING HER LIFE BY THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE AND THUS WAS A FINE EXAMPLE OF A CHRISTIAN LADY. RUSEAL LOOKED FORWARD TO ALL HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS, SHE NEVER EVER LOST HER ENTHUSIASM AND SENSE OF HUMOR. RUSEAL ENJOYED VEGETABLE GARDENING, SEWING, QUILTING AND CROCHETING. SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO SIT DOWN AND TELL A STORY TO ALL.
RUSEAL HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR NOT ONLY HER FAMILY BUT ALSO ALL OF THOSE SHE CALLED A FRIEND. ALWAYS HAVING THE FEELINGS FOR OTHERS BEFORE HER OWN.
RUSEAL WAS A KIND, LOVING AND DEAR HEARTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND CHERISHED FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1999, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, JULY 26, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JIM MUSE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JESSE MCNABB, JIM WINICK, BOB HAWORTH, DON GAU, CODY BRINLEY, KEN GAU AND JOHN LANDS.
RUSEAL GAU OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 9, 1911 IN FRANKCLAY, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM THOMPSON SAWYER AND MARY EMMA (NANCE) SAWYER. RUSEAL DIED ON SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1999 AT HER HOME AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS.
RUSEAL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO FRANKLIN HENRY GAU ON JUNE 22, 1934 IN ESTHER, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE TWO DEAR CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION. MR. GAU PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON MAY 5, 1986.
RUSEAL IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY, ONE DAUGHTER MILDRED GAU OF POTOSI; ONE SON BILL GAU AND WIFE DENISE OF POTOSI; TWO GRANDSONS, JACOB AND NEIL GAU, BOTH OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. RUSEAL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY GAU, ONE BROTHER, ELLIOTT SAWYER AND ONE SISTER BEULAH YOUNKER.
RUSEAL HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE FURNACE CREEK CHURCH OF GOD.
RUSEAL LIVED A LIFE OF EXAMPLES FOR ALL WHO KNEW HER, ALWAYS GUIDING HER LIFE BY THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE AND THUS WAS A FINE EXAMPLE OF A CHRISTIAN LADY. RUSEAL LOOKED FORWARD TO ALL HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS, SHE NEVER EVER LOST HER ENTHUSIASM AND SENSE OF HUMOR. RUSEAL ENJOYED VEGETABLE GARDENING, SEWING, QUILTING AND CROCHETING. SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO SIT DOWN AND TELL A STORY TO ALL.
RUSEAL HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR NOT ONLY HER FAMILY BUT ALSO ALL OF THOSE SHE CALLED A FRIEND. ALWAYS HAVING THE FEELINGS FOR OTHERS BEFORE HER OWN.
RUSEAL WAS A KIND, LOVING AND DEAR HEARTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND CHERISHED FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1999, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, JULY 26, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JIM MUSE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JESSE MCNABB, JIM WINICK, BOB HAWORTH, DON GAU, CODY BRINLEY, KEN GAU AND JOHN LANDS.
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