Obit: Brisbois, Katherine (1848 - 1921)
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Surnames: BRISBOIS
PAULUS PATZER ADAMS ----Source: Clark
County Republican & Press (Neillsville, Wis.) 09/01/1921 Brisbois,
Katherine (7 Jul 1848 - 14 Augl 1921) The death of Mrs.
Katherine Brisbois, who passed away at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 14,
1921, at her home at 107 Grand Av., occasioned the expression of
much sincere sympathy among a host of endeared friends and
neighbors, who had known her during thirty-eight years of residence
here, for thirty years of which she was in the millinery business.
The deceased’s maiden name was Miss Katherine Paulus and she
was born on July 7, 1848, in Alsace-Lorraine, coming in about the
year 1858 to America. In 1872 she was united in marriage with
Joseph Brisbois at Neillsville, Clark County, Wis. The couple moved
to Wausau thirty-eight years ago and the latter’s death
occurred in this city in 1912. Surviving are a
sister, Mrs. John Patzer and two daughters, Mrs. C. Adams, and Miss
Harriet Brisbois, all of this city. During the thirty-eight years
the deceased had been a resident of Wausau she had been actively
interested in church and social work, being a member of the Ladies
Auxiliary of st. Mary’s Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Aid
Society, the Ladies of the G.A. Society of St. Mary’s
Church. Funeral services
were conducted Wednesday morning at St. Mary’s Church by the
Rev. Fr. J.B. Hauck. Interment took place in St. Joseph’s
Cemetery. The pallbearers were Albert Martini, Fred and Oliver
Clairmore, all nephews of the deceased. Attending the
funeral from out of the city were Mrs. Charles Brooks and daughter,
Gertrude, of Milwaukee; Mrs. Louis Kurth of Neillsville; Mr. and
Mrs. B.H. Darling of Antigo, and Mr. and Mrs. William Patzer of
Blackwell, Wis. (Wausau Pilot)
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