Obit: Pribbernow / Pribbenow, Viola (1911 - 1928)

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Surnames: Boehning, Prebbenow, Pribbernow, Pribbenow, Kohler, Dacada, Schellenberg, Vickers, Skeris, Brossow

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald 25 April 1928 p. 5 c. 1

Walter Boehning left Thursday to attend the funeral of his wife's sister, Miss Viola Pribbenow, who died at the age of 19 years. Appendicitis was the cause of death. Mrs. Boehning was unable to attend because of illness.

Obit: Pribbernow, Melva (20 Apr 1907 - 3 Jun 1967)

----Source: THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), Tuesday, April 24, 1928

HOLD SERVICE FOR MISS V. PRIBBERNOW

Services were conducted for Miss Pribbernow at the Robert R. Kohler. The body was taken to Curtiss this morning for burial Wednesday.

Obit: Boehning, Melva Pribbernow (20 Apr 1907 - 3 Jun 1967)

----Source: SHEBOYGAN PRESS (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), Saturday, June 3, 1967 Obituaries MRS. MELVA BOEHNING

Mrs. Melva Boehning, 60, a resident of the Heritage Nursing Home at Port Washington, died Friday at St. Alphonsus Hospital there.

Born April 20, 1907, at Curtis, Wis., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Pribbernow, she was married to Walter Boehning at Marshfield on Jan. 27, 1928. The couple moved to Port Washington about 30 years ago, and Mr. Boehning died April 19, 1947.

Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Lila) Jacoby of Dacada, Mrs. Rueben (Geraldine) Schellenberg of Cascade, Mrs. Patricia Vickers and Miss Jacqueline Boehning of Chicago, and Mrs. Charles (Carol) Skeris of Port Washington; two sons, Arvin of Los Angele's , Calif,, and Sgt. Gene Boehning of Ft Bragg, N.C; 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Caroline Brossow of Withee, Wis., and a brother, Fred Pribbernow of Colby, Wis.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Horn Funeral Home at Port Washington, with the Rev. Arthur Senn, pastor of St. John's Church at Fredonia, officiating. Burial will be in the Port Washington Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Sunday.

Family Notes

1920 Federal Census, Clark Co., Wisconsin

Viola Pribbenow, white, single female
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin

Household Members
self Albert Pribbenow M 64y (1856) Germany
wife Carolina Pribbenow F 60y Wisconsin
son Adolph Pribbenow M 27y Wisconsin
daughter Hattie Pribbenow F 24y Wisconsin
daughter Salvina Pribbenow F 22y Wisconsin
son Ernest Pribbenow M 19y Wisconsin

(Below are grandchildren of Albert & Caroline, children of August and Mathilda) -- this info was provided by Linda Mertens
Melva Pribbenow F 12y (1908) Wisconsin (became Mrs. Walter Boehning, 9 Jan 1928, their first daughter was born 25 Apr 1928)
Johnie Pribbenow M 10y Wisconsin
Viola Pribbenow F 9y Wisconsin
Freddie Pribbenow M 8y Wisconsin
Carline Pribbenow F 5y Wisconsin

Wisconsin Death Records

Melva Boehning
event: Death
event date: 02 Jun 1967
event place: Port Washington, Wisconsin
residence: , Wisconsin
gender: Female
age: 60