Obit: Kangas, Hulda (1882 – 1977)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Kangas, Yaggie, Bill, Santala, Zielanis, Venet, Kuoppala, Buss

----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 30 Nov 1977

Kangas, Hulda (2 Mar 1882 – 24 Nov 1977)

Mrs. Hulda Kangas, 95, of Withee, died at 11:07 a.m. Thursday, November 23, 1977 at the Havenet Nursing Home in Owen.

Services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday, November 27, 1977 at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Owen, the Rev. Lloyd Yaggie officiating. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery near Withee.

Pallbearers were: Ben Hill, Ruben Hill, Ebert Hill, Eugene Santala, Bob Zielanis, and Elmer Venet.

She was born March 2, 1882 in Finland, nee Hulda Kuoppala. She came to the United States in 1902, settling in Ishpeming, Michigan, where she married Charles Kangas August 29, 1902.

They lived in Michigan until 1911, when they moved to Withee to farm. Her husband died February 4, 1972. She had resided at the nursing home for six years. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church.

Survivors are one son, William of Owen; one daughter, Mrs. Leslie (Eva) Buss, Withee; one daughter-in-law, Sylvia Kangas in Illinois; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one brother in Finland.

She was preceded in death by two sons, one brother and one sister.