Obit: Kessenich, Emma (1882 – 1969)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Kessenich, Lakowski, Vanderhoff

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 11 Dec 1969

Kessenich, Emma (15 Nov 1882 – 29 NOV 1969)

Emma Kessenich, 87, a resident of route 1, Stanley (Chippewa Co., Wis.), died at Victory Memorial Hospital Thursday afternoon, November 24, 1969.

She was born November 15, 1882 in Germany, the daughter of William and Christine Lakowski. She came to the United States and La cross when two years old. She later moved to Minnesota and married Andrew Vanderhoff. After they had lived there a few years, they moved to Michigan and later to the town of Worden (Clark Co., Wis.). Mr. Vanderhoff died in 1935. She then moved to the Town of Wilson, Eau Claire County in 1945. On October 1, 1955 she was married to Peter Kessenich. He died in 1966.

Mrs. Kessenich is survived by one son, Ernest Vanderhoff of Clemco, Utah. She was preceded in death by her husband, one brother, four sisters.

Funeral services were held at St. Peter's Catholic Church at Wilson on Monday at 10 a.m. Interment was in Oakland Cemetery, Stanley.

 

 


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