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Mary Magdalena “Lena” Schweickert Kunkel

Birth: 2 Jul 1890
Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death: 2 Jan 1968 (aged 77)
Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery

Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.3267103, Longitude: -89.1803705
Plot: section 3, lot 102
Memorial ID: 15550222 View Source

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Born and died in Peru, IL. Oldest child of Jacob and Magdalena Schweickert. Wife of John Nickolas, mother of 7 childen.

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Jacob Bertram Schweickert

1866–1938
Mary Magdalena Morschhauser Schweickert

1871–1934

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John Nicholas Kunkel

1884–1967 (m. 1911)

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Bertram Alexander Schweickert

1892–1918
Frank Joseph Schweickert

1894–1961
Margaret E. Schweickert Mueller

1896–1992
Felix Xavier Schweickert

1899–1966
Rose Schweickert Seppi

1902–1939
Paul Vincent Schweickert

1905–1992
Catherine Dorothy Schweickert Reilley

1908–1975

Children

Genevieve Margaret "Gen" Kunkel Pirch

1912–1996
Ruth Magdalena Kunkel Boucher

1913–2003
Sgt John Francis "Bud" Kunkel

1915–1960
Maurice Bertram "Maurie" Kunkel

1918–1999
Gladys Rose Kunkel Hassler

1920–2008
Gloria Susan Kunkel Walter/Venturi

1922–1995
Leroy Anthony Kunkel

1927–1938

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Jacob Bertram Schweickert

Mary Magdalena Morschhauser Schweickert

John Nicholas Kunkel

Bertram Alexander Schweickert

Frank Joseph Schweickert

Margaret E. Schweickert Mueller

Felix Xavier Schweickert

Rose Schweickert Seppi

Paul Vincent Schweickert

Catherine Dorothy Schweickert Reilley

Genevieve Margaret "Gen" Kunkel Pirch

Ruth Magdalena Kunkel Boucher

Sgt John Francis "Bud" Kunkel

Maurice Bertram "Maurie" Kunkel

Gladys Rose Kunkel Hassler

Gloria Susan Kunkel Walter/Venturi

Leroy Anthony Kunkel

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