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Joseph Michael Kerry

Male 1885 - 1947  (61 years)


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  • Name Joseph Michael Kerry 
    Born 14 Dec 1885  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 05 Nov 1947  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Holy Cross Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I101691  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2018 

    Father Adam Kerry,   b. 1842,   d. 1931  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Maria Lenz,   b. 1844,   d. 1921  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F200787  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Birth Wilhelmine Gustman,   b. 08 Feb 1893, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jan 1977, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Arthur H Kerry,   b. 06 Apr 1913,   d. 24 Apr 1982  (Age 69 years)
     2. Melvin R Kerry,   b. 11 Apr 1916,   d. 13 Aug 1965  (Age 49 years)
     3. John E Kerry,   b. 11 Sep 1921, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Feb 1980, Shawano, Shawano Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Robert Joseph Kerry,   b. 14 Feb 1925, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jan 2018  (Age 92 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F40469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Kaukauna Times
      Fri., Nov. 7, 1947 pg. Front

      JOSEPH KERRY DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

      Was Lifetime Resident; Employee of Thilmany Paper Company for 36 Years

      Joseph Kerry, 61, 804 Lawe street, a lifelong Kaukauna resident, died at his home at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon following an illness of seven months.

      Born here December 14, 1885, he attended Holy Cross school and was a member of the Holy Cross church. For the past 36 years he was employed by the Thilmany Pulp and Paper company as a carpenter and in later years as a construction superintendent.

      Survivors are his wife; four sons, Melvin, Michigan City, Indiana, Robert, Little Chute, and Jack and Arthur, Kaukauna; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Rothe, Appleton; Mrs. Barbara Gruber, Indianapolis, Indiana; and Miss Marie Kerry and Mrs. Fred Wittmann, Kaukauna, and two grandchildren.

      Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the Holy Cross church, the cortege forming at 10:30 at the Kerry home, 804 Lawe street. The Rev. Andrew Quella will be in charge. Burial will be in the Holy Cross cemetery. Friends may call at the Kerry home.