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Lorraine Huberdina Albers

Female 1918 - 2008  (90 years)


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  • Name Lorraine Huberdina Albers 
    Born 25 Aug 1918  DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 07 Dec 2008 
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, DePere, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I104119  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2008 

    Father Hubert Louis Albers,   b. 23 May 1892, Brown County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Oct 1958, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Mathilda VandenBranden,   b. 09 Apr 1895, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1985, Brown County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 05 May 1914  DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Raymond Francis Smits,   b. 08 Sep 1916, Ashwaubenon, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 2001, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 30 May 1940  DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Donna R Smits,   b. 02 May 1941, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 2015, Kansas City, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. William L Smits
     3. John H Smits
     4. Theodore Smits
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F41514  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • December 9, 2008

      Smits, Lorraine H.
      Lorraine H. Smits, 90, De Pere, passed away Sunday evening, Dec. 7, 2008.
      She was born Aug. 25, 1918, in De Pere, to the late Louis and Mathilda (Vanden Branden) Albers.
      On May 30, 1940, she was united in marriage to Raymond Smits at St. Boniface Catholic Church in De Pere.
      Lorraine was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family in De Pere. She was an avid bowler, having bowled over 50 years in league. Lorraine also enjoyed crocheting, baking cookies and pies, traveling, and especially renting cottages with her family.
      She is survived by her children, Donna (Lee) Gage, North Kansas City, Mo.; Bill (Nancy) Smits, Green Bay; Jack (Susan) Smits, Grover Beach, Calif.; and Ted (Mugs) Smits, Appleton; nine grandchildren, Raymond and William Gage, North Kansas City, Mo.; Aaron (Erica) Smits, Singapore; Ben (Stacy) Smits, Green Bay; Josh (Brenda) Smits, Green Bay; Alicia Smits, Wauwatosa, Naomi (John) Hink, Brookfield; Joe (Jenny) Smits, De Pere; and Mike Smits, Appleton. She is further survived by four great-grandchildren, Shelby, Andrew, Grant, and Emma; her sister, Lucille Tahlier; sisters and brothers-in-law, Dorothy Thomson, Della (Gene) Spreeman, Verna Mae Parins, Lloyd (Jean) Smits, Mae Willems, and Dottie Albers; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
      She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; her brothers, Lawrence (Ellen) Albers, Clarence Albers, Carl Albers, Don Albers; her sisters-and brothers-in-law; Harold Tahlier, Roman (Gen) Smits, Norma (John) Minten, Joe Thomson, Mel Thomson, Connie Berken, and Sonny Parins.
      Friends may call after 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family, corner of Lourdes Ave. and Suburban Drive, De Pere, until the Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. with Fr. Tim Shillcox, O. Praem., officiating. Burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Please go to www.ryanfh.com to express online condolences to the family.
      The family would like to thank the 3rd floor staff at St. Mary's Hospital for all their care and concern. Thank you also to her caring neighbors George and Roxanne Bohl for all of their help, which enabled Lorraine to stay in her home as long as she did.
      The RYAN FUNERAL HOME of De Pere assisted the family with arrangements.