ELLEN J. SPEERING
Ellen J. Speering, age 88, formerly of 4557 Harvest Circle, and Shady Lane
Home, died Monday, January 31, 1994, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.
Funeral Services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 1994, at the
St. John's United Church of Christ, Manitowoc. Revs. Robert Meyer and Bruce
Hoffer will officiate with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.
She was born March 15, 1905, in Downing, Wis., daughter of the late Gustave
and Julia Hermanson North. She attended schools in Downing, and graduated
from Eau Claire Business School. She married Charles Speering, October 6,
1924, in Winona, Minn. The couple came to Manitowoc in the 1930's. She was
a sixty year member of the St. John's United Church of Christ where she
taught Sunday School and visited families of newborn infants and was past
president of the Women's Guild.
Survivors incldue a daughter and son-in-law, Muriel and Dale Wernecke, Manitowoc;
two grandchildren, Rev. David and Karen Wernecke, Shaebona, Ill., Naomi and Rev.
Jeffery Dube, Brush, Colo.; four great-grandchildren, Richard Charles Wernecke,
Illinois, Jeremiah, David and Rachel Ellen Dube, Brush, Colo. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Charles, in 1956, two brothers, George and Oden North,
a sister, Esther North Wilcox.
Friends may pay their respects from 5:30 p.m. Thursday, until the time of
services at the church. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Elmhurst College or the Salvation Army.
The Jens Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 2, 1994 P. A2
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[widow of Charles Speering]
Ellen J. Speering, age 88, formerly of 4557 Harvest Circle, and Shady Lane
Home, died Monday, January 31, 1994, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.
Funeral Services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 1994, at the
St. John's United Church of Christ, Manitowoc. Revs. Robert Meyer and Bruce
Hoffer will officiate with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.
She was born March 15, 1905, in Downing, Wis., daughter of the late Gustave
and Julia Hermanson North. She attended schools in Downing, and graduated
from Eau Claire Business School. She married Charles Speering, October 6,
1924, in Winona, Minn. The couple came to Manitowoc in the 1930's. She was
a sixty year member of the St. John's United Church of Christ where she
taught Sunday School and visited families of newborn infants and was past
president of the Women's Guild.
Survivors incldue a daughter and son-in-law, Muriel and Dale Wernecke, Manitowoc;
two grandchildren, Rev. David and Karen Wernecke, Shaebona, Ill., Naomi and Rev.
Jeffery Dube, Brush, Colo.; four great-grandchildren, Richard Charles Wernecke,
Illinois, Jeremiah, David and Rachel Ellen Dube, Brush, Colo. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Charles, in 1956, two brothers, George and Oden North,
a sister, Esther North Wilcox.
Friends may pay their respects from 5:30 p.m. Thursday, until the time of
services at the church. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Elmhurst College or the Salvation Army.
The Jens Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 2, 1994 P. A2
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[widow of Charles Speering]
ELLEN J. SPEERING
Ellen J. Speering, age 88, formerly of 4557 Harvest Circle, and Shady Lane
Home, died Monday, January 31, 1994, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.
Funeral Services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 1994, at the
St. John's United Church of Christ, Manitowoc. Revs. Robert Meyer and Bruce
Hoffer will officiate with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.
She was born March 15, 1905, in Downing, Wis., daughter of the late Gustave
and Julia Hermanson North. She attended schools in Downing, and graduated
from Eau Claire Business School. She married Charles Speering, October 6,
1924, in Winona, Minn. The couple came to Manitowoc in the 1930's. She was
a sixty year member of the St. John's United Church of Christ where she
taught Sunday School and visited families of newborn infants and was past
president of the Women's Guild.
Survivors incldue a daughter and son-in-law, Muriel and Dale Wernecke, Manitowoc;
two grandchildren, Rev. David and Karen Wernecke, Shaebona, Ill., Naomi and Rev.
Jeffery Dube, Brush, Colo.; four great-grandchildren, Richard Charles Wernecke,
Illinois, Jeremiah, David and Rachel Ellen Dube, Brush, Colo. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Charles, in 1956, two brothers, George and Oden North,
a sister, Esther North Wilcox.
Friends may pay their respects from 5:30 p.m. Thursday, until the time of
services at the church. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Elmhurst College or the Salvation Army.
The Jens Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 2, 1994 P. A2
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[widow of Charles Speering]
Ellen J. Speering, age 88, formerly of 4557 Harvest Circle, and Shady Lane
Home, died Monday, January 31, 1994, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.
Funeral Services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 1994, at the
St. John's United Church of Christ, Manitowoc. Revs. Robert Meyer and Bruce
Hoffer will officiate with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.
She was born March 15, 1905, in Downing, Wis., daughter of the late Gustave
and Julia Hermanson North. She attended schools in Downing, and graduated
from Eau Claire Business School. She married Charles Speering, October 6,
1924, in Winona, Minn. The couple came to Manitowoc in the 1930's. She was
a sixty year member of the St. John's United Church of Christ where she
taught Sunday School and visited families of newborn infants and was past
president of the Women's Guild.
Survivors incldue a daughter and son-in-law, Muriel and Dale Wernecke, Manitowoc;
two grandchildren, Rev. David and Karen Wernecke, Shaebona, Ill., Naomi and Rev.
Jeffery Dube, Brush, Colo.; four great-grandchildren, Richard Charles Wernecke,
Illinois, Jeremiah, David and Rachel Ellen Dube, Brush, Colo. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Charles, in 1956, two brothers, George and Oden North,
a sister, Esther North Wilcox.
Friends may pay their respects from 5:30 p.m. Thursday, until the time of
services at the church. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Elmhurst College or the Salvation Army.
The Jens Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 2, 1994 P. A2
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[widow of Charles Speering]
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