West, Ellen R. "Nellie"

Other Events:

• Obituary: 13 Jun 1938; Appleton Post Crescent
• Obituary: 15 Jun 1938; Kaukauna Times

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Obituary:
Body of Missing Woman Is Found (also see image of Kaukauna Times obit)
No Inquest Will be Held in Death of Former Kaukauna Resident
Green Bay - The body of Mrs. Earl Berendsen, 29, Green Bay, formerly of Kaukauna, missing since last Thursday was found early yesterday in Duck Creek near here. Brown County Coroner Orlen Miller investigated and stated there would be no inquest In a note addressed to a sister, Mrs. Berendsen said she intended to take her own life. Mrs. Berendsen was born Dec. 28. 1908. at Kaukauna. She attended Holy Cross school and Kaukauna high school for two years. She lived at Green Bay for the last two years. Survivors are the widower; her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Peter West, Kaukauna: one brother, Cyril, Kaukauna; and six sisters, Mrs. Thurston Lambie, Mrs. John Kersher, Mrs. Edmund Grode, Mrs. Henry Van Handel and the Misses Leila and Margaret West, Kaukauna. Funeral services were held at Holy Cross cemetery, Kaukauna, at 11 o'clock this morning with the Rev. A. Garthaus in charge. A funeral mass will be held at Holy Cross church next Monday or Tuesday morning.
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT Monday Evening, June 13,1938 Page 4

Obituary:
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Find Woman's Body Floating In Creek Mrs. Earl S. Berendsen, nee West Kaukauna Times 6/15/1938 1 News/Obituary

Ellen married Berendsen, Earl Albert 31 Oct 1935. Earl (son of Berendsen, Albert Henry and Snider, Helena Maria) was born 20 Jul 1893, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 25 Jul 1977, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]