Gertrude V. Hause

Trudy was born May 27, 1929 at Otis, Colorado to Charles and Margaret (Zwickl) Kuntz. She attended Otis Elementary and graduated from St. Joseph High School Academy in West Des Moines, Iowa in 1947. She attended Colorado State University and received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1952. She was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority.

On June 15, 1952 she married J. Gilbert (Gil) Hause at St. Peter Catholic Church in Greeley. At that time her husband joined the US Navy and she followed the many travels of his career in the service to Newport, Rhode Island, Naples, Italy and Norfolk, Virginia. At each station she taught in the elementary schools. Returning to Greeley after the Navy travels, she continued to teach and substitute teach in District 6 schools while supporting her husband’s education career at the University of Northern Colorado, Dacca University Institute of Education and Research, East Pakistan (Bangladesh), Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota and Western State University, Gunnison, Colorado.

She was active in each of her Catholic parishes, Faculty Wives, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, volunteered with the American Cancer Society Reach to Recovery program, and Channel 9 Health Fairs.

She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Gil; sons David (Virginia) Hause, and Patrick (Maria) Hause, daughter-in-law Joanne Hause Rohrer; five grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; sister Margaret Eisenman; brothers Gilbert (Mary), Leonard, Kenneth (Bonnie) Kuntz; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son Douglas; brother Edward and her grandparents.

A private family service will be held at a future date. Interment will be at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or St. Mary Catholic Church, 2222 23rd Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634.