Two Rivers Woman is Mother of Year
Wed. March 13, 1968
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Oshkosh (AP) - The only woman ever named chairman of the executive council of the United Church of Christ, Mrs. George Kahlenberg of Two Rivers, was named Wisconsin's "Mother of the Year" Tuesday.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, mother of three grown daughters, was called "a rare mother who emphasized the spiritual and social virtues as well as the more practical" by Mrs. Bess M. Spees of Oshkosh, chairman of the state selection committee.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, a native of Rochester, Minn., who graduated from Northwestern, net her husband when she took her first teaching job at Two Rivers. She has, the committee said, headed at one time or another, all of the 12 community organizations to which she has belonged, and held many state service positions as well.
She was co-moderator of the first General Synod meeting of the United Church of Christ in 1961 and has traveled for her church into mission fields and national and International councils.
Mrs. Kahlenberg will be honored by her two sponsoring organizations, the Two Rivers Women's Club and the Fellowship of Grace Congregational Church, and during Mother's Day week will join the 49 other state winners in New York, where the American Mothers Committee will select a national Mother of the Year.
Obituary for Mareta Kahlenberg Dinsmoor
93, of Del Rio, Texas died July 9. Born February 28, 1908 in Austin, Minnesota, wife of Carlton G. Dinsmoor of Del Rio. Survivors include daughters, Judith (Hestoft), Janet (Brace) and Leone (Butler), 6 grand children and 5 great-grandchildren. Stepmother of James Dinsmoor of Oklahoma City and the late Joanne Rose. Also survived by her sister, Leone Alexander of Lincolnville, Maine and two nephews. Mareta graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in music Education and was supervisor of Music in Two Rivers Wisconsin Public Schools. In 1931 married George E. Kahlenberg, who preceded her in death.
Active community leader, Mareta led choir and Sunday School at Grace Congregational Church, Women's Fellowship, President of National Executive Board of Congregational Women. Board of Directors of Homeland Ministries, Board of Office of Communication for United Church of Christ; Council of Lay Life and Work. Delegate to General Council of Congregational Christian Churches in California and International Council of Churches, St. Andrews, Scotland, Rotterdam, Holland and United Churches of Christ (UCC) Tenth Biennial in the Philippines. Second woman to be elected moderator of General Council. First woman to become chair of the Executive Council of UCC. Mareta served on boards for Fairhaven Home for the Elderly, Lakeland College and United Theological Seminary.
Member/officer of Two Rivers and 8th District Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs; Ladies of the Round Table, Ladies Charitable, Junior Service League of Manitowoc County, Red Cross Gray Ladies, Hospital Auxiliary, Wisconsin Family Service. Two Rivers Day Care Board and Manitowoc County Association; Salvation Army, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin-Manitowoc County. American Association of University Women. Organized Two Rivers Girl Scouts and served as Commissioner; Meals on Wheels driver who also led community singing and entertainment at Manitowoc County Hospital. Mareta was named 1968 Wisconsin Mother of the Year. She was known for her originality in creating skits, parodies and audience participation using her many unique hats to amuse and teach.
In Del Rio, Mareta was a board member of the Pan American Club, Symphony League, Friends of the Arts and Executive Committee of Woman's Music Scholarship Fund.
Service will be private. Memorials may be made to Grace Congregational Church UCC, 2500 Washington Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241
Wed. March 13, 1968
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Oshkosh (AP) - The only woman ever named chairman of the executive council of the United Church of Christ, Mrs. George Kahlenberg of Two Rivers, was named Wisconsin's "Mother of the Year" Tuesday.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, mother of three grown daughters, was called "a rare mother who emphasized the spiritual and social virtues as well as the more practical" by Mrs. Bess M. Spees of Oshkosh, chairman of the state selection committee.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, a native of Rochester, Minn., who graduated from Northwestern, net her husband when she took her first teaching job at Two Rivers. She has, the committee said, headed at one time or another, all of the 12 community organizations to which she has belonged, and held many state service positions as well.
She was co-moderator of the first General Synod meeting of the United Church of Christ in 1961 and has traveled for her church into mission fields and national and International councils.
Mrs. Kahlenberg will be honored by her two sponsoring organizations, the Two Rivers Women's Club and the Fellowship of Grace Congregational Church, and during Mother's Day week will join the 49 other state winners in New York, where the American Mothers Committee will select a national Mother of the Year.
Obituary for Mareta Kahlenberg Dinsmoor
93, of Del Rio, Texas died July 9. Born February 28, 1908 in Austin, Minnesota, wife of Carlton G. Dinsmoor of Del Rio. Survivors include daughters, Judith (Hestoft), Janet (Brace) and Leone (Butler), 6 grand children and 5 great-grandchildren. Stepmother of James Dinsmoor of Oklahoma City and the late Joanne Rose. Also survived by her sister, Leone Alexander of Lincolnville, Maine and two nephews. Mareta graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in music Education and was supervisor of Music in Two Rivers Wisconsin Public Schools. In 1931 married George E. Kahlenberg, who preceded her in death.
Active community leader, Mareta led choir and Sunday School at Grace Congregational Church, Women's Fellowship, President of National Executive Board of Congregational Women. Board of Directors of Homeland Ministries, Board of Office of Communication for United Church of Christ; Council of Lay Life and Work. Delegate to General Council of Congregational Christian Churches in California and International Council of Churches, St. Andrews, Scotland, Rotterdam, Holland and United Churches of Christ (UCC) Tenth Biennial in the Philippines. Second woman to be elected moderator of General Council. First woman to become chair of the Executive Council of UCC. Mareta served on boards for Fairhaven Home for the Elderly, Lakeland College and United Theological Seminary.
Member/officer of Two Rivers and 8th District Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs; Ladies of the Round Table, Ladies Charitable, Junior Service League of Manitowoc County, Red Cross Gray Ladies, Hospital Auxiliary, Wisconsin Family Service. Two Rivers Day Care Board and Manitowoc County Association; Salvation Army, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin-Manitowoc County. American Association of University Women. Organized Two Rivers Girl Scouts and served as Commissioner; Meals on Wheels driver who also led community singing and entertainment at Manitowoc County Hospital. Mareta was named 1968 Wisconsin Mother of the Year. She was known for her originality in creating skits, parodies and audience participation using her many unique hats to amuse and teach.
In Del Rio, Mareta was a board member of the Pan American Club, Symphony League, Friends of the Arts and Executive Committee of Woman's Music Scholarship Fund.
Service will be private. Memorials may be made to Grace Congregational Church UCC, 2500 Washington Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241
Two Rivers Woman is Mother of Year
Wed. March 13, 1968
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Oshkosh (AP) - The only woman ever named chairman of the executive council of the United Church of Christ, Mrs. George Kahlenberg of Two Rivers, was named Wisconsin's "Mother of the Year" Tuesday.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, mother of three grown daughters, was called "a rare mother who emphasized the spiritual and social virtues as well as the more practical" by Mrs. Bess M. Spees of Oshkosh, chairman of the state selection committee.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, a native of Rochester, Minn., who graduated from Northwestern, net her husband when she took her first teaching job at Two Rivers. She has, the committee said, headed at one time or another, all of the 12 community organizations to which she has belonged, and held many state service positions as well.
She was co-moderator of the first General Synod meeting of the United Church of Christ in 1961 and has traveled for her church into mission fields and national and International councils.
Mrs. Kahlenberg will be honored by her two sponsoring organizations, the Two Rivers Women's Club and the Fellowship of Grace Congregational Church, and during Mother's Day week will join the 49 other state winners in New York, where the American Mothers Committee will select a national Mother of the Year.
Obituary for Mareta Kahlenberg Dinsmoor
93, of Del Rio, Texas died July 9. Born February 28, 1908 in Austin, Minnesota, wife of Carlton G. Dinsmoor of Del Rio. Survivors include daughters, Judith (Hestoft), Janet (Brace) and Leone (Butler), 6 grand children and 5 great-grandchildren. Stepmother of James Dinsmoor of Oklahoma City and the late Joanne Rose. Also survived by her sister, Leone Alexander of Lincolnville, Maine and two nephews. Mareta graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in music Education and was supervisor of Music in Two Rivers Wisconsin Public Schools. In 1931 married George E. Kahlenberg, who preceded her in death.
Active community leader, Mareta led choir and Sunday School at Grace Congregational Church, Women's Fellowship, President of National Executive Board of Congregational Women. Board of Directors of Homeland Ministries, Board of Office of Communication for United Church of Christ; Council of Lay Life and Work. Delegate to General Council of Congregational Christian Churches in California and International Council of Churches, St. Andrews, Scotland, Rotterdam, Holland and United Churches of Christ (UCC) Tenth Biennial in the Philippines. Second woman to be elected moderator of General Council. First woman to become chair of the Executive Council of UCC. Mareta served on boards for Fairhaven Home for the Elderly, Lakeland College and United Theological Seminary.
Member/officer of Two Rivers and 8th District Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs; Ladies of the Round Table, Ladies Charitable, Junior Service League of Manitowoc County, Red Cross Gray Ladies, Hospital Auxiliary, Wisconsin Family Service. Two Rivers Day Care Board and Manitowoc County Association; Salvation Army, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin-Manitowoc County. American Association of University Women. Organized Two Rivers Girl Scouts and served as Commissioner; Meals on Wheels driver who also led community singing and entertainment at Manitowoc County Hospital. Mareta was named 1968 Wisconsin Mother of the Year. She was known for her originality in creating skits, parodies and audience participation using her many unique hats to amuse and teach.
In Del Rio, Mareta was a board member of the Pan American Club, Symphony League, Friends of the Arts and Executive Committee of Woman's Music Scholarship Fund.
Service will be private. Memorials may be made to Grace Congregational Church UCC, 2500 Washington Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241
Wed. March 13, 1968
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Oshkosh (AP) - The only woman ever named chairman of the executive council of the United Church of Christ, Mrs. George Kahlenberg of Two Rivers, was named Wisconsin's "Mother of the Year" Tuesday.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, mother of three grown daughters, was called "a rare mother who emphasized the spiritual and social virtues as well as the more practical" by Mrs. Bess M. Spees of Oshkosh, chairman of the state selection committee.
Mrs. Kahlenberg, a native of Rochester, Minn., who graduated from Northwestern, net her husband when she took her first teaching job at Two Rivers. She has, the committee said, headed at one time or another, all of the 12 community organizations to which she has belonged, and held many state service positions as well.
She was co-moderator of the first General Synod meeting of the United Church of Christ in 1961 and has traveled for her church into mission fields and national and International councils.
Mrs. Kahlenberg will be honored by her two sponsoring organizations, the Two Rivers Women's Club and the Fellowship of Grace Congregational Church, and during Mother's Day week will join the 49 other state winners in New York, where the American Mothers Committee will select a national Mother of the Year.
Obituary for Mareta Kahlenberg Dinsmoor
93, of Del Rio, Texas died July 9. Born February 28, 1908 in Austin, Minnesota, wife of Carlton G. Dinsmoor of Del Rio. Survivors include daughters, Judith (Hestoft), Janet (Brace) and Leone (Butler), 6 grand children and 5 great-grandchildren. Stepmother of James Dinsmoor of Oklahoma City and the late Joanne Rose. Also survived by her sister, Leone Alexander of Lincolnville, Maine and two nephews. Mareta graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in music Education and was supervisor of Music in Two Rivers Wisconsin Public Schools. In 1931 married George E. Kahlenberg, who preceded her in death.
Active community leader, Mareta led choir and Sunday School at Grace Congregational Church, Women's Fellowship, President of National Executive Board of Congregational Women. Board of Directors of Homeland Ministries, Board of Office of Communication for United Church of Christ; Council of Lay Life and Work. Delegate to General Council of Congregational Christian Churches in California and International Council of Churches, St. Andrews, Scotland, Rotterdam, Holland and United Churches of Christ (UCC) Tenth Biennial in the Philippines. Second woman to be elected moderator of General Council. First woman to become chair of the Executive Council of UCC. Mareta served on boards for Fairhaven Home for the Elderly, Lakeland College and United Theological Seminary.
Member/officer of Two Rivers and 8th District Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs; Ladies of the Round Table, Ladies Charitable, Junior Service League of Manitowoc County, Red Cross Gray Ladies, Hospital Auxiliary, Wisconsin Family Service. Two Rivers Day Care Board and Manitowoc County Association; Salvation Army, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin-Manitowoc County. American Association of University Women. Organized Two Rivers Girl Scouts and served as Commissioner; Meals on Wheels driver who also led community singing and entertainment at Manitowoc County Hospital. Mareta was named 1968 Wisconsin Mother of the Year. She was known for her originality in creating skits, parodies and audience participation using her many unique hats to amuse and teach.
In Del Rio, Mareta was a board member of the Pan American Club, Symphony League, Friends of the Arts and Executive Committee of Woman's Music Scholarship Fund.
Service will be private. Memorials may be made to Grace Congregational Church UCC, 2500 Washington Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241
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