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Lena <I>Peters</I> Tess

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Lena Peters Tess

Birth
Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
Apr 1940 (aged 78)
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Lewis Tess, 78, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Miller at Two Rivers late Saturday afternoon. Death was attributed to old age.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home of a son, William Tess at Tisch Mils. The Rev. T. A. Hawkes of Grace Congregational church of Two Rivers will officiate and interment will be in the Tisch Mills
cemetery.
Mrs. Tess was born Lena Peters in West Kewaunee on Jan. 1862. After her marriage she and her husband lived at Carlton, Kewaunee county, until the death of Mr. Tess 15 years ago. Upon the death of her husband she went to live with her son at Tisch Mills and in recent years lived with her daughter.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Charles Miller, Two Rivers: two sons, William of Tisch Mills and Henry of Two Rivers; one brother, Charles Peters of Luxemburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Emma Worth of Two Rivers, Mrs. Albert Goetch of Luxemburg and Miss Elizabeth Peters of Kewaunee; 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
The body was taken to the home of William Tess at Tisch Mills today.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 15, 1940 P. 2
Mrs. Lewis Tess, 78, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Miller at Two Rivers late Saturday afternoon. Death was attributed to old age.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home of a son, William Tess at Tisch Mils. The Rev. T. A. Hawkes of Grace Congregational church of Two Rivers will officiate and interment will be in the Tisch Mills
cemetery.
Mrs. Tess was born Lena Peters in West Kewaunee on Jan. 1862. After her marriage she and her husband lived at Carlton, Kewaunee county, until the death of Mr. Tess 15 years ago. Upon the death of her husband she went to live with her son at Tisch Mills and in recent years lived with her daughter.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Charles Miller, Two Rivers: two sons, William of Tisch Mills and Henry of Two Rivers; one brother, Charles Peters of Luxemburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Emma Worth of Two Rivers, Mrs. Albert Goetch of Luxemburg and Miss Elizabeth Peters of Kewaunee; 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
The body was taken to the home of William Tess at Tisch Mills today.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 15, 1940 P. 2


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  • Created by: Joanne Morehouse
  • Added: Jul 5, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93094250/lena-tess: accessed ), memorial page for Lena Peters Tess (Jan 1862–Apr 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93094250, citing Progressive Farmers Cemetery, Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Joanne Morehouse (contributor 47292329).