Obituary published in the "Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, WI on Friday, December, 9, 1960, as follows: "Rachel Grignon Dies at Age 86.
Former Green Bay Artist, Member of Historic Family Appleton (PC) Miss Rachel Grignon, 86, a former art teacher in Green Bay and granddaughter of Appleton's first settlers in 1835, and a member of one of Wisconsin's oldest families died early today at the home of her niece, Mrs. Abraham Lewenstein, 1143 W. Cedar St., Appleton. Miss Grignon had been ill for two weeks. Their brother, E. P. Grignon, Appleton Alderman and long-time lumber broker, died February 21. The three were among the honored pioneers of recent state and Outagamie County, Centennial celebrations. Sister Only Survives, Miss Louise Grignon is the only immediate survivor. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with burial in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Valley Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday.
Miss Grignon was born in Appleton January 22, 1874. She studied art at Milwaukee State Teachers College. She then became the art supervisor in the Green Bay elementary school, a position she held for many years. In the 1930s she returned to college to work for her degree, which she received in 1939 from St. Norbert College. Miss Grignon was a member of the Third Order off St. Francis, Catholic Daughters of America and the Green Bay Art Colony. Miss Grignon's forebears include the illustrious fighter, Charles DeLanglade, and Pierre Grignon of the famous fur trading family. Both families settled in Green Bay around 1763. Her grandfather, Hippolyte, or Paul Grignon, brought his family to the wilderness that is now Appleton in 1835 to establish his White Heron homestead and fur-trading post, the present site of the Lewenstein home."
Former Green Bay Artist, Member of Historic Family Appleton (PC) Miss Rachel Grignon, 86, a former art teacher in Green Bay and granddaughter of Appleton's first settlers in 1835, and a member of one of Wisconsin's oldest families died early today at the home of her niece, Mrs. Abraham Lewenstein, 1143 W. Cedar St., Appleton. Miss Grignon had been ill for two weeks. Their brother, E. P. Grignon, Appleton Alderman and long-time lumber broker, died February 21. The three were among the honored pioneers of recent state and Outagamie County, Centennial celebrations. Sister Only Survives, Miss Louise Grignon is the only immediate survivor. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with burial in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Valley Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday.
Miss Grignon was born in Appleton January 22, 1874. She studied art at Milwaukee State Teachers College. She then became the art supervisor in the Green Bay elementary school, a position she held for many years. In the 1930s she returned to college to work for her degree, which she received in 1939 from St. Norbert College. Miss Grignon was a member of the Third Order off St. Francis, Catholic Daughters of America and the Green Bay Art Colony. Miss Grignon's forebears include the illustrious fighter, Charles DeLanglade, and Pierre Grignon of the famous fur trading family. Both families settled in Green Bay around 1763. Her grandfather, Hippolyte, or Paul Grignon, brought his family to the wilderness that is now Appleton in 1835 to establish his White Heron homestead and fur-trading post, the present site of the Lewenstein home."
Obituary published in the "Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, WI on Friday, December, 9, 1960, as follows: "Rachel Grignon Dies at Age 86.
Former Green Bay Artist, Member of Historic Family Appleton (PC) Miss Rachel Grignon, 86, a former art teacher in Green Bay and granddaughter of Appleton's first settlers in 1835, and a member of one of Wisconsin's oldest families died early today at the home of her niece, Mrs. Abraham Lewenstein, 1143 W. Cedar St., Appleton. Miss Grignon had been ill for two weeks. Their brother, E. P. Grignon, Appleton Alderman and long-time lumber broker, died February 21. The three were among the honored pioneers of recent state and Outagamie County, Centennial celebrations. Sister Only Survives, Miss Louise Grignon is the only immediate survivor. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with burial in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Valley Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday.
Miss Grignon was born in Appleton January 22, 1874. She studied art at Milwaukee State Teachers College. She then became the art supervisor in the Green Bay elementary school, a position she held for many years. In the 1930s she returned to college to work for her degree, which she received in 1939 from St. Norbert College. Miss Grignon was a member of the Third Order off St. Francis, Catholic Daughters of America and the Green Bay Art Colony. Miss Grignon's forebears include the illustrious fighter, Charles DeLanglade, and Pierre Grignon of the famous fur trading family. Both families settled in Green Bay around 1763. Her grandfather, Hippolyte, or Paul Grignon, brought his family to the wilderness that is now Appleton in 1835 to establish his White Heron homestead and fur-trading post, the present site of the Lewenstein home."
Former Green Bay Artist, Member of Historic Family Appleton (PC) Miss Rachel Grignon, 86, a former art teacher in Green Bay and granddaughter of Appleton's first settlers in 1835, and a member of one of Wisconsin's oldest families died early today at the home of her niece, Mrs. Abraham Lewenstein, 1143 W. Cedar St., Appleton. Miss Grignon had been ill for two weeks. Their brother, E. P. Grignon, Appleton Alderman and long-time lumber broker, died February 21. The three were among the honored pioneers of recent state and Outagamie County, Centennial celebrations. Sister Only Survives, Miss Louise Grignon is the only immediate survivor. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with burial in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Valley Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday.
Miss Grignon was born in Appleton January 22, 1874. She studied art at Milwaukee State Teachers College. She then became the art supervisor in the Green Bay elementary school, a position she held for many years. In the 1930s she returned to college to work for her degree, which she received in 1939 from St. Norbert College. Miss Grignon was a member of the Third Order off St. Francis, Catholic Daughters of America and the Green Bay Art Colony. Miss Grignon's forebears include the illustrious fighter, Charles DeLanglade, and Pierre Grignon of the famous fur trading family. Both families settled in Green Bay around 1763. Her grandfather, Hippolyte, or Paul Grignon, brought his family to the wilderness that is now Appleton in 1835 to establish his White Heron homestead and fur-trading post, the present site of the Lewenstein home."
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