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- Appleton Post Crescent Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Feldkamp, Ethel Mary Wrightstown
Age 86, died Monday, September 29, 2003 at St. Paul Nursing Home. Ethel was born May 24, 1917 in the Town of Vandenbroek to the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Diedrich) Hendricks. She married Hilary Feldkamp on June 13, 1940 at St. John Catholic Church in Little Chute. Hilary preceded her in death on September 10, 1997. Ethel and Hilary farmed for 41 years in the Kaukauna area until retiring to Wrightstown in 1981. She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Wrightstown and did church laundry for many years, and belonged to the Christian Mothers and Martha Choir. Ethel was a member of the Golden Agers, volunteered as a Grey Lady at Riverview Sanatorium in Little Chute, and at St. Vincent DePaul Store in Kaukauna. Along with her daughter Karla, she sewed the habits for the Norbertine Order.
She is survived by her children, Fr. Angelo Feldkamp O.Praem., De Pere; Larry Feldkamp, Wrightstown; Karla and Vern Gebhart, Hilbert; David and Pat Feldkamp, Kaukauna; three grandchildren, Jason, Aaron and Nathan Feldkamp; sisters, Ceil VandeHey, Little Chute; Dorothy Kerkhoff, Freedom; Magdelan and Mel Arts, Little Chute; Marion and Bob Nelessen, Kaukauna; Lillian and Leo Gerrits, Hollandtown; sisters-in-law, Gen, Vera and Lucille Feldkamp, all of Kaukauna.
Preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother John, and sister Agnes Schreiber. Friends may call at the DeWane-Cotter Funeral Home, Wrightstown, on Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. Parish wake service 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue on Thursday at the funeral home from 9:30-10:15 a.m. when the funeral procession leaves for church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church in Wrightstown with Fr. Angelo Feldkamp O. Praem., fellow Norbertines and Fr. Bob Kabat. Burial in the St. Paul Cemetery in Wrightstown.
Ethels family is deeply grateful for the care and love given to her at St. Paul Home in Kaukauna, and would also like to thank the many people who cared about mom over the many years.
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