Kortenhof, Joseph A.

Other Events:

• Birth - Church Record: 2 Nov 1903
• Obituary: 9 May 1989; Kaukauna Times

Notes:

Birth - Church Record:
Name:Kortenhof
Birth Date:2 Nov 1903
Birth Place:Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin
Gender:Male
Race:White
Father's Name:Mike Kortenhof
FHL Film Number:1305139

Obituary:
Kortenhof, Mr. Joseph A. Kaukauna Times 5/09/1989 A11 Obit

Joseph married Probst, Marie Anna 22 Jun 1926, Holy Angels Catholic Church, Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin. Marie (daughter of Probst, Michael and Boehm, Mary) was born 12 Aug 1903, Harrison, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA; died 17 Mar 1992, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried Aft 17 Mar 1992, Holy Name Catholic Cemetery, Kimberly, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Education - High School: 1945, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Military Service: Aft 1945; US Army Air Force
• Obituary: 4 Dec 2011; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

Biography:
From Web pages; Joseph M. Kortenhof (Member) born Kimberly, Wisconsin, August 18, 1927;
admitted to bar, 1953, Missouri; 1996, Wisconsin. Education: Lawrence College (B.A., 1950);
University of Michigan (J.D., 1953).
Recipient, Missouri Bar Foundation Trial Lawyer Award, 1962; Lawyers Association Award of Honor, 1990. Listed in Who's Who in American Law and in the lst and 2nd Editions of the Best Lawyers in America, Seaview-Putnam. Author: Chapter 19(b) Missouri Products Liability Handbook.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law, 1984-.
Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; Lawyers Association of St. Louis.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers.
Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Casualty Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Defense.

Education - High School:
Kimberly High School Class of 1945

Obituary:
Joseph Michael Kortenhof, 84, of St. Louis, Missouri died peacefully at home of lung cancer on November 29, 2011. Joe was born August 18, 1927 in Kimberly, Wisconsin, son of the late Joseph Arthur Kortenhof and Marie Probst Kortenhof. He attended Holy Name of Jesus Parish School and graduated from Kimberly High School in 1945. He served in the US Army Air Force, and afterward earned degrees from Lawrence College and the University of Michigan Law School. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Michigan Law Review. He married Althea Hunting in 1952 and began work as a trial lawyer in St. Louis in 1953. He established his first firm, Murphy & Kortenhof, in 1960, which later became Kortenhof & Ely. In recent years he was a partner at the Kortenhof McGlynn law firm. He specialized in insurance and products liability defense and malpractice defense for doctors, hospitals and lawyers. He served as an adjunct professor teaching trial practice at Washington University School of Law. Joe received the Missouri Bar Foundation's Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award, the Lawyers Association of St. Louis Award of Honor, and the Ben Ely, Jr. Outstanding Missouri Civil Defense Lawyer Award. He was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, and an Advocate in the American Board of Advocates. He was listed in "The Best Lawyers in America", "Who's Who in American Law" and "Who's Who in America.
He also served as trustee of Lawrence University and received the Jupp Award for outstanding service to Lawrence. He was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church of Waupaca.
Joe courted Althea on the Chain O' Lakes in Waupaca, vacationed most years there and in 1993 started spending summers at their home on Rainbow Lake. Joe loved sailing, woodworking, and gardening.
Joe is survived by his loving wife of 59 years Althea Hunting Kortenhof; sister Carole A. Kortenhof of Appleton; children Elizabeth "Betsy" (Steve) Kortenhof Kumbalek, Michael (Elizabeth) H. Kortenhof and Amy (Rob Metheny) Kortenhof Bonsall; grandchildren Jessica C. Bonsall, Michael M. Kumbalek, Theodore H. Kortenhof, Katherine E. Kumbalek, Suzannah M. Kortenhof and Joseph W. Kortenhof.
A memorial service will be held in Waupaca at a later date. Donations in memory of Joe may be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 415 S. Main St, Waupaca WI 54981 or Lawrence University, 711 E. Boldt Way SPC 1847, Appleton, WI 54911-5699.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on December 4, 2011

Joseph married Hunting, Althea [Group Sheet]