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Katharina Wilhelmine <I>Kramer</I> Mentges

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Katharina Wilhelmine Kramer Mentges

Birth
Vernon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
17 Jan 1959 (aged 95)
Withee, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Withee, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, Lot 8, Row E
Memorial ID
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Daughter of John Kramer and Catherine Kern. Wife of Adam Preis and Theodore Mentges.
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Obituary - The Owen Enterprise (Owen, Wis.) - January 22, 1959.

Mrs. Mentges, 95, Died At Her Home in Withee

Mrs. Theodore (Kathryn) Mentges succumbed quietly to the complications of old age in the home in which she lived for the past 40 years in Withee at 10:30 Saturday evening. Had she lived until the 20th of next month, she would have attained the age of 96 years. However, despite her advanced years she had been in good health and mentally alert until the past year. It wasn't until she fell in her home recently and suffered a hip injury that she began to weaken physically.
Funeral services were conducted at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist Church at Withee, of which she was a charter member and active parishioner, with Rev. Cecil Ward officiating. Burial was made in the family lot, along side her husband at Riverside cemetery.
During the service Miss Flora Bartholomay rendered two vocal selections with Mrs. Maxine Christophersen accompanying her at the organ.
Acting as pallbearers were Emil A. Hansen, Milton Krom, Arno Vater, Jesse Capes, Glen Buchanan and J. R. Barager.
Kathryn Mentges was born February 20, 1863, and on December 15, 1896 , was wed to Theodore Mentges at Waukesha. The couple made their home at Waukesha for three years and then in 1899 came to this community settling on a farm near Withee until 1941 when they moved to the village. During their 48 years of married life he was successfully engaged in the vocation of farming and she excelled in the community as a dressmaker and seamstress, Meanwhile she was actively engaged in the developing of the Methodist church in the community and gave her time willingly and untiringly. After her husband's death in 1944 she continued to reside in their home in Withee and absorbed her time with church, Sunday school and other community activities. Her Bible was her daily companion and unquestionable she was a soul well prepared for the challenger of death.
Surviving her are a daughter, Ruth, of Wausau, and a son, John, of Green Bay; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Obituary - The Clark Couny Press - January 22, 1959.

MRS. THEODORE MENTGES

Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Methodist church for Mrs. Theodore Mentges, 95. Rev. Cecil Ward officiated and burial was made in Riverside cemetery.
Mrs. Mentges, who had been in ill health for several months, died at her home Saturday evening. She had been a resident of this area for about 60 years, residing on a farm in the township of Longwood before coming to the village of Withee about 40 years ago.
She is survived by a son, John of Green Bay, and a daughter, Ruth of Wausau. Her husband preceded her in death about 14 years ago.
Daughter of John Kramer and Catherine Kern. Wife of Adam Preis and Theodore Mentges.
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Obituary - The Owen Enterprise (Owen, Wis.) - January 22, 1959.

Mrs. Mentges, 95, Died At Her Home in Withee

Mrs. Theodore (Kathryn) Mentges succumbed quietly to the complications of old age in the home in which she lived for the past 40 years in Withee at 10:30 Saturday evening. Had she lived until the 20th of next month, she would have attained the age of 96 years. However, despite her advanced years she had been in good health and mentally alert until the past year. It wasn't until she fell in her home recently and suffered a hip injury that she began to weaken physically.
Funeral services were conducted at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist Church at Withee, of which she was a charter member and active parishioner, with Rev. Cecil Ward officiating. Burial was made in the family lot, along side her husband at Riverside cemetery.
During the service Miss Flora Bartholomay rendered two vocal selections with Mrs. Maxine Christophersen accompanying her at the organ.
Acting as pallbearers were Emil A. Hansen, Milton Krom, Arno Vater, Jesse Capes, Glen Buchanan and J. R. Barager.
Kathryn Mentges was born February 20, 1863, and on December 15, 1896 , was wed to Theodore Mentges at Waukesha. The couple made their home at Waukesha for three years and then in 1899 came to this community settling on a farm near Withee until 1941 when they moved to the village. During their 48 years of married life he was successfully engaged in the vocation of farming and she excelled in the community as a dressmaker and seamstress, Meanwhile she was actively engaged in the developing of the Methodist church in the community and gave her time willingly and untiringly. After her husband's death in 1944 she continued to reside in their home in Withee and absorbed her time with church, Sunday school and other community activities. Her Bible was her daily companion and unquestionable she was a soul well prepared for the challenger of death.
Surviving her are a daughter, Ruth, of Wausau, and a son, John, of Green Bay; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Obituary - The Clark Couny Press - January 22, 1959.

MRS. THEODORE MENTGES

Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Methodist church for Mrs. Theodore Mentges, 95. Rev. Cecil Ward officiated and burial was made in Riverside cemetery.
Mrs. Mentges, who had been in ill health for several months, died at her home Saturday evening. She had been a resident of this area for about 60 years, residing on a farm in the township of Longwood before coming to the village of Withee about 40 years ago.
She is survived by a son, John of Green Bay, and a daughter, Ruth of Wausau. Her husband preceded her in death about 14 years ago.


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