Genrose Esther Cavil

Female 1915 - 2008  (92 years)


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  • Name Genrose Esther Cavil 
    Born 28 Nov 1915  Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 09 May 2008  Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St John Cemetery, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I40344  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2010 

    Father Richard John Cavil,   b. 02 Mar 1894, Wausaukee, Marinette Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1927  (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Josephine Frances Gunschevick,   b. 29 Aug 1891, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jan 1994  (Age 102 years) 
    Family ID F39747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Leo John Verstegen,   b. 18 Oct 1909, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1948  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 08 Feb 1937  Holy Name Church, Kimberly, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sharon Lee Verstegen,   b. 12 Sep 1938, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1941  (Age 3 years)
     2. Keith Jude Verstegen,   b. 14 Apr 1941, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1981  (Age 39 years)
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    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F33614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henry Staley,   b. 06 Apr 1906, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Apr 1980  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 1967 
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F65933  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • May 12, 2008

      Staley, Genrose E.
      Genrose Staley, 92, Little Chute, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Parkside Care Center, Little Chute. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who was born Nov. 28, 1915, in Kimberly, the daughter of the late Richard and Josephine Cavil. Genrose married Leo (Baker) Verstegen in 1938, and he preceded her in death Dec. 11, 1948. She raised six children under the age of seven years alone. After her children were grown, she married Henry "Jack" Staley and he preceded her in death. She was employed at Tony Wonder's Club in Little Chute for 17 years. She was a member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Little Chute, the Golden Agers, in which she was president for 11 years, and the American Legion Auxiliary Jacob Coppus Post. She and her friends from her school days were known as the Golden Girls and loved to go out to eat and talk. She was an avid sheephead player and enjoyed watching golf, especially Tiger Woods.
      Genrose is survived by her daughters, Shawn (Kenneth) Olm, Rib Mountain; Sharyl (James) Evers, Appleton; Rochelle (James) Stoffel, Little Chute; and Sharlene "Babe" (Kenneth) Peeters, Freedom; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rosemary Tousey, Appleton; and Gloria Kraft, Kimberly; two sisters-in-law, Rita (Urban) De Bruin, Combined Locks; and Lillian (Stanley) Verstegen, Little Chute. She is also survived by her best friend from childhood, Edna Strick, Kimberly; and other good friends, Sis Weyenberg, Little Chute; Elva Wildenberg, Kaukauna; David and Rosalie Rausch, Seymour; and Sandi Hinc, Kimberly.
      She was also preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Sharon Verstegen; a son, Keith Verstegen; a grandson, Joseph Evers; a brother, Richard Cavil; a sister, Charlotte Zepherin; numerous in-laws; and good friend, Duce Weyenberg.
      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at St. John Nepomucene Church with Msgr. Jim Vanden Hogen officiating. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery, Little Chute. Friends may call at the church from 9 a.m. Tuesday until the time of the mass.
      In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.
      Grieve not or speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you. I loved you so. "It was heaven here with you."
      Verkuilen Funeral Home
      & Cremation Services
      Little Chute
      920-788-3321