MARIE MERTENS
Marie Mertens, 97, a former Kiel resident, died Saturday morning at Calumet Homestead, New Holstein, where she had been a resident for two years.
The former Marie Menne was born may 20, 1887, in the town of Rhine, a daughter of the late John and Anna Mueller Menne. She graduated from Plymouth High School. On June 25, 1913, she married Clemens Mertens in Kiel. He died in July 1, 1947. She taught school for a number of years in the town of Mosel, and after marriage the couple farmed in rural Kiel on the Park Farm homestead.
Mrs. Mertens was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel, its Christian Mothers Society, Catholic Order of Foresters, the Frauenverein, the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Auxiliary, Kiel Senior Citizens, the Homemakers, and was a volunteer at the Salvatorian Center.
Survivors include five sons, Leo, of Kiel, Robert of New Holstein, Ray of Pewaukee, James of rural Kiel and Clemens Jr. of Oneida; four daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Hansen of Milwaukee, Sister Mary Jane Mertens of Menominee, Mich., Sister Doris Mertens of Green Bay, and Mrs. Edward (Katherine) Shumaker of Waukegan, Ill.; 36 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; a brother, Ray Menne of Branson, Mo.; and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Stark of Hales Corners, and Mrs. Eleanor Schubert of Waukesha. She was preceded in death by two sons.
A funeral Mass will be at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas Leannah, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
No newspaper named – March 2, 1985
Marie Mertens, 97, a former Kiel resident, died Saturday morning at Calumet Homestead, New Holstein, where she had been a resident for two years.
The former Marie Menne was born may 20, 1887, in the town of Rhine, a daughter of the late John and Anna Mueller Menne. She graduated from Plymouth High School. On June 25, 1913, she married Clemens Mertens in Kiel. He died in July 1, 1947. She taught school for a number of years in the town of Mosel, and after marriage the couple farmed in rural Kiel on the Park Farm homestead.
Mrs. Mertens was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel, its Christian Mothers Society, Catholic Order of Foresters, the Frauenverein, the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Auxiliary, Kiel Senior Citizens, the Homemakers, and was a volunteer at the Salvatorian Center.
Survivors include five sons, Leo, of Kiel, Robert of New Holstein, Ray of Pewaukee, James of rural Kiel and Clemens Jr. of Oneida; four daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Hansen of Milwaukee, Sister Mary Jane Mertens of Menominee, Mich., Sister Doris Mertens of Green Bay, and Mrs. Edward (Katherine) Shumaker of Waukegan, Ill.; 36 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; a brother, Ray Menne of Branson, Mo.; and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Stark of Hales Corners, and Mrs. Eleanor Schubert of Waukesha. She was preceded in death by two sons.
A funeral Mass will be at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas Leannah, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
No newspaper named – March 2, 1985
MARIE MERTENS
Marie Mertens, 97, a former Kiel resident, died Saturday morning at Calumet Homestead, New Holstein, where she had been a resident for two years.
The former Marie Menne was born may 20, 1887, in the town of Rhine, a daughter of the late John and Anna Mueller Menne. She graduated from Plymouth High School. On June 25, 1913, she married Clemens Mertens in Kiel. He died in July 1, 1947. She taught school for a number of years in the town of Mosel, and after marriage the couple farmed in rural Kiel on the Park Farm homestead.
Mrs. Mertens was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel, its Christian Mothers Society, Catholic Order of Foresters, the Frauenverein, the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Auxiliary, Kiel Senior Citizens, the Homemakers, and was a volunteer at the Salvatorian Center.
Survivors include five sons, Leo, of Kiel, Robert of New Holstein, Ray of Pewaukee, James of rural Kiel and Clemens Jr. of Oneida; four daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Hansen of Milwaukee, Sister Mary Jane Mertens of Menominee, Mich., Sister Doris Mertens of Green Bay, and Mrs. Edward (Katherine) Shumaker of Waukegan, Ill.; 36 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; a brother, Ray Menne of Branson, Mo.; and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Stark of Hales Corners, and Mrs. Eleanor Schubert of Waukesha. She was preceded in death by two sons.
A funeral Mass will be at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas Leannah, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
No newspaper named – March 2, 1985
Marie Mertens, 97, a former Kiel resident, died Saturday morning at Calumet Homestead, New Holstein, where she had been a resident for two years.
The former Marie Menne was born may 20, 1887, in the town of Rhine, a daughter of the late John and Anna Mueller Menne. She graduated from Plymouth High School. On June 25, 1913, she married Clemens Mertens in Kiel. He died in July 1, 1947. She taught school for a number of years in the town of Mosel, and after marriage the couple farmed in rural Kiel on the Park Farm homestead.
Mrs. Mertens was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel, its Christian Mothers Society, Catholic Order of Foresters, the Frauenverein, the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Auxiliary, Kiel Senior Citizens, the Homemakers, and was a volunteer at the Salvatorian Center.
Survivors include five sons, Leo, of Kiel, Robert of New Holstein, Ray of Pewaukee, James of rural Kiel and Clemens Jr. of Oneida; four daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Hansen of Milwaukee, Sister Mary Jane Mertens of Menominee, Mich., Sister Doris Mertens of Green Bay, and Mrs. Edward (Katherine) Shumaker of Waukegan, Ill.; 36 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; a brother, Ray Menne of Branson, Mo.; and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Stark of Hales Corners, and Mrs. Eleanor Schubert of Waukesha. She was preceded in death by two sons.
A funeral Mass will be at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas Leannah, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
No newspaper named – March 2, 1985
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