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Mabel Marie VanLaanen

Female 1908 - 1977  (69 years)


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  • Name Mabel Marie VanLaanen 
    Born 31 Jul 1908  Bay Settlement, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 Oct 1977  Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Nicolet Memorial Gardens, Green Bay, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I114476  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2006 

    Father John Adrian VanLaanen,   b. 30 Jun 1883, Bay Settlement, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1945, Bay Settlement, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Ida Louise Degrand,   b. 05 Apr 1886, Dyckesville, Kewaunee Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1964, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 31 May 1905  Dyckesville, Kewaunee Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family August V Pensis,   b. 24 May 1906, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Jun 1980, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1927 
    Children 
     1. Mary Ellen Pensis,   b. 15 Dec 1937, Ladysmith, Rusk Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 2011  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F45104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Source: Green Bay Press Gazette Obituary Tuesday, October 11, 1977

      Mrs. August Pensis, 69, 1331 Bellevue St. died Tuesday morning at a local hospital. The former Mabel Van Laanen was born July 31, 1908 in Bay Settlement and was a life long resident of the Green Bay area. Mrs. Pensis was a member of the Auxiliary of the N.A.L.C.

      Survivors include her husband: one daughter and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. James [Mary Ellen] Leibergen; two grandaughters, Kay, and Laura, all of Green Bay; five sisters, Mrs. George [Sophie] Weinfurter, Luxemburg; Mrs. Joseph [Grace] Wellens, Green Bay; Mrs. Willliam [Eunice] Clayton, Bremerton, Washington; Mrs. Donald [Lois] Weinfurter, Appleton; Mrs. Robert [Alma] Muraski, Green Bay; three brothers, Cyrus, Orville and Howard Van Laanen, all of Green Bay.


      Her parents and two brothers preceded her in death. Friends may call at the Schauer and Schumacher East Side Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Auxiliary of the N.A.L.C. Memorial service at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday at the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. Entombment in Shrine of Good Shepard Mausoleum.