Minnie E. Meiselwitz, 101, of 325 Indian Hill, Kiel, died Thursday morning, July 25, 2002 at the Calumet Homestead Rehabilitation Center, New Holstein.
She is the former Minnie Voelker, born June 3, 1901 in Kiel, the daughter of the late Herman and Ida Laurence Voelker. Minnie was also a 1918 graduate of Kiel High School.
Born on June 3, 1901, Minnie has lived in Kiel all her life. Her parents ran a store and tavern. Minnie married Henry Meiselwitz who was in the funeral business with his father. Minnie helped by cooking meals for people who came from out of town for funerals. She was "on call" at their combined funeral home and furniture store when her husband and his father "went off to pick up a body in their wagon."
Besides working in the family business, Minnie entered Girl Scouting (they had three children) as a diversion, and joined the Girl Scout Council; she was on their board for 50 years. She was also active in her church, later becoming the first elder. The Manitowoc County Aging Resource Center honored Minnie in 1990 as one of the county's "Women of the Year."
Survivors include two daughters, Mary (James) Buck of Lakewood, Calif, and Kay (Mark) Horton, Indianapolis, Ind.; nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Meiselwitz and one brother, Raymond C. Voelker.
Minnie learned to type on a manual typewriter and was never comfortable using an electric typewriter. Now, she thinks the computer is the most perplexing change in our time. She wishes she could "get over this hump" and master it.
"There's a regular way to do something and the Scout way. The Scout way is more fun."
She is the former Minnie Voelker, born June 3, 1901 in Kiel, the daughter of the late Herman and Ida Laurence Voelker. Minnie was also a 1918 graduate of Kiel High School.
Born on June 3, 1901, Minnie has lived in Kiel all her life. Her parents ran a store and tavern. Minnie married Henry Meiselwitz who was in the funeral business with his father. Minnie helped by cooking meals for people who came from out of town for funerals. She was "on call" at their combined funeral home and furniture store when her husband and his father "went off to pick up a body in their wagon."
Besides working in the family business, Minnie entered Girl Scouting (they had three children) as a diversion, and joined the Girl Scout Council; she was on their board for 50 years. She was also active in her church, later becoming the first elder. The Manitowoc County Aging Resource Center honored Minnie in 1990 as one of the county's "Women of the Year."
Survivors include two daughters, Mary (James) Buck of Lakewood, Calif, and Kay (Mark) Horton, Indianapolis, Ind.; nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Meiselwitz and one brother, Raymond C. Voelker.
Minnie learned to type on a manual typewriter and was never comfortable using an electric typewriter. Now, she thinks the computer is the most perplexing change in our time. She wishes she could "get over this hump" and master it.
"There's a regular way to do something and the Scout way. The Scout way is more fun."
Minnie E. Meiselwitz, 101, of 325 Indian Hill, Kiel, died Thursday morning, July 25, 2002 at the Calumet Homestead Rehabilitation Center, New Holstein.
She is the former Minnie Voelker, born June 3, 1901 in Kiel, the daughter of the late Herman and Ida Laurence Voelker. Minnie was also a 1918 graduate of Kiel High School.
Born on June 3, 1901, Minnie has lived in Kiel all her life. Her parents ran a store and tavern. Minnie married Henry Meiselwitz who was in the funeral business with his father. Minnie helped by cooking meals for people who came from out of town for funerals. She was "on call" at their combined funeral home and furniture store when her husband and his father "went off to pick up a body in their wagon."
Besides working in the family business, Minnie entered Girl Scouting (they had three children) as a diversion, and joined the Girl Scout Council; she was on their board for 50 years. She was also active in her church, later becoming the first elder. The Manitowoc County Aging Resource Center honored Minnie in 1990 as one of the county's "Women of the Year."
Survivors include two daughters, Mary (James) Buck of Lakewood, Calif, and Kay (Mark) Horton, Indianapolis, Ind.; nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Meiselwitz and one brother, Raymond C. Voelker.
Minnie learned to type on a manual typewriter and was never comfortable using an electric typewriter. Now, she thinks the computer is the most perplexing change in our time. She wishes she could "get over this hump" and master it.
"There's a regular way to do something and the Scout way. The Scout way is more fun."
She is the former Minnie Voelker, born June 3, 1901 in Kiel, the daughter of the late Herman and Ida Laurence Voelker. Minnie was also a 1918 graduate of Kiel High School.
Born on June 3, 1901, Minnie has lived in Kiel all her life. Her parents ran a store and tavern. Minnie married Henry Meiselwitz who was in the funeral business with his father. Minnie helped by cooking meals for people who came from out of town for funerals. She was "on call" at their combined funeral home and furniture store when her husband and his father "went off to pick up a body in their wagon."
Besides working in the family business, Minnie entered Girl Scouting (they had three children) as a diversion, and joined the Girl Scout Council; she was on their board for 50 years. She was also active in her church, later becoming the first elder. The Manitowoc County Aging Resource Center honored Minnie in 1990 as one of the county's "Women of the Year."
Survivors include two daughters, Mary (James) Buck of Lakewood, Calif, and Kay (Mark) Horton, Indianapolis, Ind.; nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Meiselwitz and one brother, Raymond C. Voelker.
Minnie learned to type on a manual typewriter and was never comfortable using an electric typewriter. Now, she thinks the computer is the most perplexing change in our time. She wishes she could "get over this hump" and master it.
"There's a regular way to do something and the Scout way. The Scout way is more fun."
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