MINNIE C. GESELL
Ex-Library Aide, Mrs. Gesell, Is Dead at Age 84
TWO RIVERS—Mrs. Minnie Gesell, 84, 1609 21st St., retired assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library here and a member of one of the county’s prominent early families died Monday night at the Holy Family Hospital at Manitowoc where she had been a patient since Saturday. She had been in failing health for the past year.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home here, the Rev. R. J. Wichlei officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born in 1869 Mrs. Gesell, nee Minnie Goedjen, was born in the town of Two Rivers in 1869, a daughter of the late Henry and Catherine Wilke Goedjen. Her birthplace was the Goedjen homestead farm, now operated by her brother, Henry, and son, Clarence Goedjen. Mrs. Gesell’s father, ____ ___ emigrated from Germany nearly a century ago with his parents who were among the earliest settlers in the town of Two Rivers. He became active in public life and was elected county treasurer in 1895. For 14 years he served as superintendent of the old Manitowoc County Asylum, retiring in 1911.
Minnie Goedjen Gesell received her early education in the old district grade school just west of the farm home. Entering Two Rivers High School, she was graduated from the institution in 1886 in a class which included the late Mary Niquette and Oscar Stockmeyer, the latter a Two Rivers druggist for many years.
In 1891 she was married to John Gesell, also a member of a pioneer family and a Two Rivers businessman, who died in 1945.
Mrs. Gesell is survived by a son, Albert Gesell, chief engineer of the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun; two brothers, Henry of the town of Two Rivers and Albert Goedjen of Green Bay, retired executive of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; a sister, Mrs. Herman Paulus of Manitowoc; a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy)
Suhr of Two Rivers, and two great grandchildren.
Long With Library
Mrs. Gesell, who served nearly 21 years as assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library, was actively identified with its administration from 1908 to the time of her retirement in 1943. She was elected a director of the Joseph Mann Library Board in 1908 and chosen vice president of the body in 1911, serving in that capacity when the new library was built in 1914. In 1921 she was elected to the presidency of the board and served through a part of 1922 when she resigned in August of that year to become assistant librarian. For many years Mrs. Gesell was also active in affairs of the Woman’s Club here.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday until the time of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 2, 1954 P.20
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Ex-Library Aide, Mrs. Gesell, Is Dead at Age 84
TWO RIVERS—Mrs. Minnie Gesell, 84, 1609 21st St., retired assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library here and a member of one of the county’s prominent early families died Monday night at the Holy Family Hospital at Manitowoc where she had been a patient since Saturday. She had been in failing health for the past year.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home here, the Rev. R. J. Wichlei officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born in 1869 Mrs. Gesell, nee Minnie Goedjen, was born in the town of Two Rivers in 1869, a daughter of the late Henry and Catherine Wilke Goedjen. Her birthplace was the Goedjen homestead farm, now operated by her brother, Henry, and son, Clarence Goedjen. Mrs. Gesell’s father, ____ ___ emigrated from Germany nearly a century ago with his parents who were among the earliest settlers in the town of Two Rivers. He became active in public life and was elected county treasurer in 1895. For 14 years he served as superintendent of the old Manitowoc County Asylum, retiring in 1911.
Minnie Goedjen Gesell received her early education in the old district grade school just west of the farm home. Entering Two Rivers High School, she was graduated from the institution in 1886 in a class which included the late Mary Niquette and Oscar Stockmeyer, the latter a Two Rivers druggist for many years.
In 1891 she was married to John Gesell, also a member of a pioneer family and a Two Rivers businessman, who died in 1945.
Mrs. Gesell is survived by a son, Albert Gesell, chief engineer of the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun; two brothers, Henry of the town of Two Rivers and Albert Goedjen of Green Bay, retired executive of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; a sister, Mrs. Herman Paulus of Manitowoc; a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy)
Suhr of Two Rivers, and two great grandchildren.
Long With Library
Mrs. Gesell, who served nearly 21 years as assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library, was actively identified with its administration from 1908 to the time of her retirement in 1943. She was elected a director of the Joseph Mann Library Board in 1908 and chosen vice president of the body in 1911, serving in that capacity when the new library was built in 1914. In 1921 she was elected to the presidency of the board and served through a part of 1922 when she resigned in August of that year to become assistant librarian. For many years Mrs. Gesell was also active in affairs of the Woman’s Club here.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday until the time of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 2, 1954 P.20
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MINNIE C. GESELL
Ex-Library Aide, Mrs. Gesell, Is Dead at Age 84
TWO RIVERS—Mrs. Minnie Gesell, 84, 1609 21st St., retired assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library here and a member of one of the county’s prominent early families died Monday night at the Holy Family Hospital at Manitowoc where she had been a patient since Saturday. She had been in failing health for the past year.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home here, the Rev. R. J. Wichlei officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born in 1869 Mrs. Gesell, nee Minnie Goedjen, was born in the town of Two Rivers in 1869, a daughter of the late Henry and Catherine Wilke Goedjen. Her birthplace was the Goedjen homestead farm, now operated by her brother, Henry, and son, Clarence Goedjen. Mrs. Gesell’s father, ____ ___ emigrated from Germany nearly a century ago with his parents who were among the earliest settlers in the town of Two Rivers. He became active in public life and was elected county treasurer in 1895. For 14 years he served as superintendent of the old Manitowoc County Asylum, retiring in 1911.
Minnie Goedjen Gesell received her early education in the old district grade school just west of the farm home. Entering Two Rivers High School, she was graduated from the institution in 1886 in a class which included the late Mary Niquette and Oscar Stockmeyer, the latter a Two Rivers druggist for many years.
In 1891 she was married to John Gesell, also a member of a pioneer family and a Two Rivers businessman, who died in 1945.
Mrs. Gesell is survived by a son, Albert Gesell, chief engineer of the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun; two brothers, Henry of the town of Two Rivers and Albert Goedjen of Green Bay, retired executive of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; a sister, Mrs. Herman Paulus of Manitowoc; a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy)
Suhr of Two Rivers, and two great grandchildren.
Long With Library
Mrs. Gesell, who served nearly 21 years as assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library, was actively identified with its administration from 1908 to the time of her retirement in 1943. She was elected a director of the Joseph Mann Library Board in 1908 and chosen vice president of the body in 1911, serving in that capacity when the new library was built in 1914. In 1921 she was elected to the presidency of the board and served through a part of 1922 when she resigned in August of that year to become assistant librarian. For many years Mrs. Gesell was also active in affairs of the Woman’s Club here.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday until the time of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 2, 1954 P.20
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Ex-Library Aide, Mrs. Gesell, Is Dead at Age 84
TWO RIVERS—Mrs. Minnie Gesell, 84, 1609 21st St., retired assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library here and a member of one of the county’s prominent early families died Monday night at the Holy Family Hospital at Manitowoc where she had been a patient since Saturday. She had been in failing health for the past year.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Beduhn, Deja & Martin Inc., Funeral Home here, the Rev. R. J. Wichlei officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery here.
Born in 1869 Mrs. Gesell, nee Minnie Goedjen, was born in the town of Two Rivers in 1869, a daughter of the late Henry and Catherine Wilke Goedjen. Her birthplace was the Goedjen homestead farm, now operated by her brother, Henry, and son, Clarence Goedjen. Mrs. Gesell’s father, ____ ___ emigrated from Germany nearly a century ago with his parents who were among the earliest settlers in the town of Two Rivers. He became active in public life and was elected county treasurer in 1895. For 14 years he served as superintendent of the old Manitowoc County Asylum, retiring in 1911.
Minnie Goedjen Gesell received her early education in the old district grade school just west of the farm home. Entering Two Rivers High School, she was graduated from the institution in 1886 in a class which included the late Mary Niquette and Oscar Stockmeyer, the latter a Two Rivers druggist for many years.
In 1891 she was married to John Gesell, also a member of a pioneer family and a Two Rivers businessman, who died in 1945.
Mrs. Gesell is survived by a son, Albert Gesell, chief engineer of the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun; two brothers, Henry of the town of Two Rivers and Albert Goedjen of Green Bay, retired executive of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; a sister, Mrs. Herman Paulus of Manitowoc; a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy)
Suhr of Two Rivers, and two great grandchildren.
Long With Library
Mrs. Gesell, who served nearly 21 years as assistant librarian at Joseph Mann Library, was actively identified with its administration from 1908 to the time of her retirement in 1943. She was elected a director of the Joseph Mann Library Board in 1908 and chosen vice president of the body in 1911, serving in that capacity when the new library was built in 1914. In 1921 she was elected to the presidency of the board and served through a part of 1922 when she resigned in August of that year to become assistant librarian. For many years Mrs. Gesell was also active in affairs of the Woman’s Club here.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday until the time of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 2, 1954 P.20
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