Little Chute Historical Society

1909 - 2004 (95 years)

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Name	Genevieve M Schouten
Born	19 May 1909	Town of Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin
Gender	Female
Died	07 Sep 2004	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin
Buried	St Patrick Cemetery, Stephensville, Outagamie, Wisconsin
Person ID	I18979	Little Chute Genealogy
Last Modified	9 Sep 2004

Father	Bernard J Schouten, b. 15 May 1884, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 21 Oct 1949, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin (Age 65 years)
Mother	Catherine Garvey, b. 20 Feb 1883, Town of Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin , d. 25 Jun 1964 (Age 81 years)
Family ID	F6209	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John Joseph Biese, b. 17 Apr 1903, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin , d. 14 Jul 1971, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin (Age 68 years)

Married 13 Jun 1936

Children

	1. Mary Rose Biese, b. 1937, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 1937, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin (Age 0 years)
	2. Mary Catherine Biese, b. 27 Mar 1938, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 14 Apr 1938, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin (Age 0 years)
	3. John Joseph Biese
	4. Katherine Ann Biese
	5. James Patrick Biese, b. 17 Mar 1942, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 06 Jan 2007, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin (Age 64 years)
	6. William Gerard Biese

Last Modified 21 Jul 2022

Family ID F6208 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Biese, Genevieve M.

Genevieve (Jack) M. "Gen" (Schouten) Biese, age 95, Wrightstown/De Pere, passed peacefully at Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday, September 7, 2004. She lived at the Kindred Hearts Extended Care Residence in Kaukauna since March 1998. Gen was born May 19, 1909, in the town of Freedom to the late Bernard and Catherine (Garvey) Schouten. She graduated from Freedom High School in 1926 and attended Kaukauna Normal School where she earned her teaching certificate and began her teaching career at Sunny Corners School, just a mile from where she was raised. On June 13, 1937, she married John (Jack) Biese, and operated a dairy farm in the Town of Lawrence, Brown County. After her children were grown, Gen returned to teaching at St. Paul School in Wrightstown. She was the first lay teacher to serve at St. Paul's and taught from 1957 until 1960.

She was a member of the Brown Co. Homemakers and the Christian Mothers Society at St. Paul's Church. Gen loved caring for her grandchildren, and in her retirement liked to travel and play cards with her friends.

Jack and Gen had four children, John (Agnes) Biese, Appleton, and their children, daughters, Anne Biese (Peter Anderla), Appleton, and Katie, Minneapolis, and a son, John F. of Milwaukee Kay (James) Muench, Madison, and their children, daughter, Heidi (Sean) Tureck, Coffee Creek, MT and sons, Doug (Laurie) Rio, WI, and Wade of Richfield, WI James (Diane), De Pere and their daughter, Pam (Doug) Eberle, and their daughter, Stephanie of Wauwatosa and Tracey (Dan) Schnick, and their children, Ashley & Danny of Hartland WI and William, daughter-in-law, Shirley, and son, Christopher Biese, of De Pere. She is further survived by her sister, Dorothy Gillen, Kaukauna a sister-in-law Helen Schouten of Middleton, and many nieces and nephews.

Gen was preceded in death by her parents a daughter at birth her husband, Jack her brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard (Phyllis), Joseph (Irene) and Jim Schouten and Jack's thirteen brothers and sisters and their spouses.

Family and friends may call on Friday, September 10, 2004, from 9:30 a.m. until the hour of Mass at St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:00 a.m. Friday at church, with Fr. Robert Kabat and Fr. Frank Melchoir (Gen's Godson) concelebrating. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in the Town of Kaukauna. DeWane-Cotter Funeral Home, Wrightstown, is assisting the family.

The family extends a warm thanks to Kindred Hearts Extended Care Facility for all the care and compassion shown to Gen.

Genevieve M Schouten