Obit: Kunkel, Louise (1894 - 1965)

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Surnames: Kunkel, Ropinski, Felician, Lapins

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 02/25/1965

Kunkel, Louise (27 MAY 1894 - 18 FEB 1965)

Mrs. Louise Kunkel, 70, Town of Holway (Taylor Co., Wis.), died Thursday at the Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Withee. The Rev. LeRoy Urman officiated and burial was made in the Riverside Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Bob Hamm, Arlie Thompson, Oscar Neibacher, Herman Klocke, Harold Schopfer and Frank Potocnik.

The former Louise Ropinski was born May 27, 1894 in Chicago. Her marriage to Fred Kunkel, who preceded her in death in 1956, took place Sept. 2, 1921. Since 1921 they had resided on a farm in the Town of Holway.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joe (Doris) Felician, Chicago; three brothers, Charles Lapins, Chicago; William Lapins, West Chicago; and August Lapins. She was preceded in death by four sisters and a brother.