Former Palmerite Dies Sunday -
Funeral services were held on Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in Cairo for Mrs. Fred Hessel, 71, of Cairo. Burial was in the Cairo cemetery. Mrs. Hessel passed away Sunday, June 28 [sic] at a Grand Island rest home where she had resided for several weeks.
Emilie Hessel was born June 5, 1901 at St. Libory to Herman and Bertha Tuenge Kruse. She attended Zion Lutheran Church School.
On May 4, 1921 she married Fred Hessel at Worms. The couple lived in the Palmer community until 16 years ago when they moved to Cairo.
Survivors include her husband, Fred of Cairo; four brothers, John Kruse of Commerce City, Colo., R. W. and Walter Kruse, both of Grand Island and Martin Kruse of Arlington, Texas, and eight sisters, Mrs. Emma Poeher of Cairo, Mrs. Ida Poehler, Miss Ella Kruse and Mrs. Albert (Freida) Hessel, all of Grand Island, Mrs. Henry (Bertha) Schuett of Chapman, Mrs. Walter (Alma) Baade of Litchfield, Mrs. August (Meta) Japp of Ravenna and Mrs. George (Erna) Tohlman of Pocatello, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Herman.
Former Palmerite Dies Sunday -
Funeral services were held on Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in Cairo for Mrs. Fred Hessel, 71, of Cairo. Burial was in the Cairo cemetery. Mrs. Hessel passed away Sunday, June 28 [sic] at a Grand Island rest home where she had resided for several weeks.
Emilie Hessel was born June 5, 1901 at St. Libory to Herman and Bertha Tuenge Kruse. She attended Zion Lutheran Church School.
On May 4, 1921 she married Fred Hessel at Worms. The couple lived in the Palmer community until 16 years ago when they moved to Cairo.
Survivors include her husband, Fred of Cairo; four brothers, John Kruse of Commerce City, Colo., R. W. and Walter Kruse, both of Grand Island and Martin Kruse of Arlington, Texas, and eight sisters, Mrs. Emma Poeher of Cairo, Mrs. Ida Poehler, Miss Ella Kruse and Mrs. Albert (Freida) Hessel, all of Grand Island, Mrs. Henry (Bertha) Schuett of Chapman, Mrs. Walter (Alma) Baade of Litchfield, Mrs. August (Meta) Japp of Ravenna and Mrs. George (Erna) Tohlman of Pocatello, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Herman.
Family Members
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Emma A. Kruse Poehler
1902–2000
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Ida Minna Olinda Kruse Poehler
1904–1988
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Ella C. Kruse
1905–1997
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Frieda Dora Kruse Hessel
1906–1987
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Bertha Kruse Schuett
1908–1992
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Herman John Carl Kruse
1910–1970
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Alma H. Kruse Baade
1912–1991
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Meta Lilia Kruse Japp
1914–1978
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Reinhardt W "Randy" Kruse
1917–2011
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Erna Matilda Kruse Pohlman
1920–2019
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Martin Albert Kruse
1922–1987
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Walter H. Kruse
1924–2013
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