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Grace Anna Kersten

Female 1899 - 1995  (96 years)


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  • Name Grace Anna Kersten 
    Born 03 May 1899  Wrightstown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 05 Jul 1995  Pulaski, Brown Co, 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 I57124  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2020 

    Father Albert Gustave Kersten,   b. 23 Jan 1874, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1935, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Mary Johanna Zittlow,   b. 16 Apr 1880, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Aug 1961, Manawa, Waupaca Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 01 Nov 1898 
    Family ID F20943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aloysius Hopfensberger,   b. 21 Jun 1887, Darboy, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jul 1954, West DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Children 
     1. Helen Margaret Hopfensperger,   b. 09 Nov 1919, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Feb 2010  (Age 90 years)
     2. Lucille Hopfensperger,   b. 07 Nov 1920,   d. 27 Sep 1995, Menlo Park, San Mateo Co, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Aloysius Bernard Hopfensperger,   b. 02 Jan 1922, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1985, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     4. Marion A Hopfensperger,   b. 04 Sep 1923, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 2014  (Age 90 years)
     5. John N Hopfensperger,   b. 25 May 1935,   d. 25 Nov 1977  (Age 42 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F20939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SOURCE APPLETON POST CRESCENT OBITUARY

      Thursday, July 8, 1995

      Mrs. Aloysius Hopfensperger [ Grace A. Kersten ] 9354 Yurek Rd. Pulaski, 96
      died Wednesday July 5, 1995 at St. Mary's Hospital, Green Bay after a short illness. She was born May 3, 1899 in Wrightstown, the daughter of the late Albert
      and Johanna [ Zittlow ] Kersten. Grace was a long time resident in Kaukauna.
      She was a loving mother and grandmother and a inspiration to all who knew her.
      She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and a long time member of the National Catholic Society of Foresters.

      She is survived by a son and daughter in-law; Cyril and Dorothy Hopfensperger, Green Bay; three daughters and a son in-law; Helen and Bill Putzer, Appleton; Lucille Cooper, Menlo Park, Ca.; Marion Bellarosa, Stuart, Florida; 21 grandchildren, and 32 great grandchildren; a sister, Helen Renke, Seymour; a cousin, Cliff (Laona) Zittlow, Wrightstown.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Aloysius; three sons; Donald, Jack and Aloysius Hopfensperger; two son in-laws; Nicholas Bellarosa and Bob Cooper.

      The funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday July 8, 1995 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kaukauna, with Father Jack Mullarkey officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at the Fargo Funeral Home, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave., Kaukauna, from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday (today) and after 8 a.m. on Saturday until the cortege leaves for the church. There will be a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. on Friday.