Marjorie Rose Berken

Female 1918 - 1974  (55 years)


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  • Name Marjorie Rose Berken 
    Born 30 Aug 1918  Wrightstown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Mar 1974  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 
    • New/3/16
    Person ID I73  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2004 

    Father Hubert Berken,   b. 29 Apr 1888,   d. 15 Nov 1934, Pound, Marinette Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Virginia Ann Milton,   b. 21 Feb 1892, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1964, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1914 
    Family ID F5591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Henry Spierings,   b. 20 Feb 1917, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 2000, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 06 Jun 1939  St Paul Church, Wrightstown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Virginia Mary Spierings
     2. Janice Marie Spierings
     3. John Hubert Spierings
     4. Mary Margaret Spierings
     5. Helen Jean Spierings
     6. Edward J Spierings,   b. 12 Sep 1953,   d. 13 Sep 1953  (Age 0 years)
     7. Lois Ann Spierings
     8. James Joseph Spierings
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F35  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • APPLETON POST CRESCENT
      Monday, March 11, 1974

      Mrs. Edward Spierings
      Margie Berken
      810 N. Depot St.
      Little Chute

      Age 55, passed away at 1:30 p.m. Sunday after a long illness. She was born August 30, 1918 in the Town of Wrightstown. She was a member of the St. Elizabeth Society and a past president of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 258, she was also a past State Legion Auxiliary Sergent of Arms. Mrs. Spierings was instrumentel in organizing the Golden Agers and the Girl Scouts of Little Chute.

      Survivors include her husband, Edward; five daughters, Mrs. Eugene P. [Virginia] Janssen, Mrs. Paul [Janice] Vander Heyden, Mrs. Gary [Mary] Weigman, all of Little Chute; Mrs. Robert [Helen] Eiting, Appleton; and Lois at home; two sons, John, Appleton; James, at home; five brothers, Gordon, Kaukauna; Lloyd, Appleton; Emmett and Gerald, both of Little Chute; Dale, Menasha; two sisters, Mrs. Jerome [Mae] Kuepper, Menasha; Mrs. Gerald [Bernice] Bruecker, Hollandtown; 16 grandchildren.

      A son Edward and a grandson, Michael preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute with Rev. Norbert Vande Loo officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Verkuilen Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Tuesday. There will be a St. Elizabeth rosary at 6:30 p.m. and a parish prayer service ar 7:30 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for St. John Grade School Library