Genevieve Opal Suennen, 97, of Wausaukee, WI passed away Thursday morning May 18th, 2017, at home with her family by her side. Born November 29, 1919, in Phillips, Wisconsin to the late William Rhinehart Dennis and Elizabeth Ellen (Hudson) Dennis.
After the passing of her mother on January 1st, 1924, during the childbirth of her younger sister Vivian, she moved to Iron Mountain, Michigan, where she was raised by her older sisters: Nora and Rachel ; and graduated eighth grade. She then moved to the Town of Wagner with her family.
She married Frank Floyd Suennen on February 25th, 1936.
On December 7th, 1941, the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they moved into her current residence on Broennenberg road.
Gen was a homemaker all of her life, only working as a dishwasher at Red and Ed’s Supper Club for about a year. In her early days, she spent time reading her favorite magazines, True love stories and later Reader’s Digest.
She spent her entire life raising five children of her own and four other children when illness struck her brother-in-law and babysat for many children of the area. She also took care of her mother-in-law, Mary, for seven years.
She enjoyed knitting socks and crocheting many crafts. She enjoyed cooking, making large dinners for all the holidays and making pumpkin pies from scratch. She canned garden vegetables and a few times had over 500 quarts of blackberries.
She loved playing cards and would play for several hours, given the opportunity. She loved playing Pinochle, which she taught all her children how to play and was clever enough to make her children believe they had to get the dishes done, so they could play.
Later in life she enjoyed doing the crossword puzzles in the newspaper and word searches. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her; especially her family.
Genevieve is survived by three sons: Rodney (Priscilla) of East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Leroy and Franklin of Wausaukee, WI;
one daughter, Renee Woodward of Wausaukee, WI;
one sister, Vivian Heap of Gaylord, Michigan;
four grandchildren: Ryan Suennen and William Woodward of Wausaukee, Mark Suennen of New Hampshire,
and a granddaughter, Diane (Suennen) Flanagan of Cheltenham, Australia;
two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Suennen; one son Floyd Suennen; a son-in-law Art Woodward; and a daughter-in-law Anita Suennen; her parents: William and Lizzie Dennis; seven brothers: Orville, Emery, two baby boys, Alfred, John, Troy “Pete” Dennis;
five sisters: Stella Dennis, Ellanora (Nora) Wicihowski, Rachel Gorman, Ruth Marie Peripoli and Viena Mae Dennis.
Visitation will be at held at Thielen Funeral Home Marinette on Tuesday May 23rd, from 5 p.m. to 7pm. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Burial will be in St. Edwards Cemetery.
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After the passing of her mother on January 1st, 1924, during the childbirth of her younger sister Vivian, she moved to Iron Mountain, Michigan, where she was raised by her older sisters: Nora and Rachel ; and graduated eighth grade. She then moved to the Town of Wagner with her family.
She married Frank Floyd Suennen on February 25th, 1936.
On December 7th, 1941, the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they moved into her current residence on Broennenberg road.
Gen was a homemaker all of her life, only working as a dishwasher at Red and Ed’s Supper Club for about a year. In her early days, she spent time reading her favorite magazines, True love stories and later Reader’s Digest.
She spent her entire life raising five children of her own and four other children when illness struck her brother-in-law and babysat for many children of the area. She also took care of her mother-in-law, Mary, for seven years.
She enjoyed knitting socks and crocheting many crafts. She enjoyed cooking, making large dinners for all the holidays and making pumpkin pies from scratch. She canned garden vegetables and a few times had over 500 quarts of blackberries.
She loved playing cards and would play for several hours, given the opportunity. She loved playing Pinochle, which she taught all her children how to play and was clever enough to make her children believe they had to get the dishes done, so they could play.
Later in life she enjoyed doing the crossword puzzles in the newspaper and word searches. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her; especially her family.
Genevieve is survived by three sons: Rodney (Priscilla) of East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Leroy and Franklin of Wausaukee, WI;
one daughter, Renee Woodward of Wausaukee, WI;
one sister, Vivian Heap of Gaylord, Michigan;
four grandchildren: Ryan Suennen and William Woodward of Wausaukee, Mark Suennen of New Hampshire,
and a granddaughter, Diane (Suennen) Flanagan of Cheltenham, Australia;
two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Suennen; one son Floyd Suennen; a son-in-law Art Woodward; and a daughter-in-law Anita Suennen; her parents: William and Lizzie Dennis; seven brothers: Orville, Emery, two baby boys, Alfred, John, Troy “Pete” Dennis;
five sisters: Stella Dennis, Ellanora (Nora) Wicihowski, Rachel Gorman, Ruth Marie Peripoli and Viena Mae Dennis.
Visitation will be at held at Thielen Funeral Home Marinette on Tuesday May 23rd, from 5 p.m. to 7pm. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Burial will be in St. Edwards Cemetery.
©Thielen Funeral Home notice
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Genevieve Opal Suennen, 97, of Wausaukee, WI passed away Thursday morning May 18th, 2017, at home with her family by her side. Born November 29, 1919, in Phillips, Wisconsin to the late William Rhinehart Dennis and Elizabeth Ellen (Hudson) Dennis.
After the passing of her mother on January 1st, 1924, during the childbirth of her younger sister Vivian, she moved to Iron Mountain, Michigan, where she was raised by her older sisters: Nora and Rachel ; and graduated eighth grade. She then moved to the Town of Wagner with her family.
She married Frank Floyd Suennen on February 25th, 1936.
On December 7th, 1941, the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they moved into her current residence on Broennenberg road.
Gen was a homemaker all of her life, only working as a dishwasher at Red and Ed’s Supper Club for about a year. In her early days, she spent time reading her favorite magazines, True love stories and later Reader’s Digest.
She spent her entire life raising five children of her own and four other children when illness struck her brother-in-law and babysat for many children of the area. She also took care of her mother-in-law, Mary, for seven years.
She enjoyed knitting socks and crocheting many crafts. She enjoyed cooking, making large dinners for all the holidays and making pumpkin pies from scratch. She canned garden vegetables and a few times had over 500 quarts of blackberries.
She loved playing cards and would play for several hours, given the opportunity. She loved playing Pinochle, which she taught all her children how to play and was clever enough to make her children believe they had to get the dishes done, so they could play.
Later in life she enjoyed doing the crossword puzzles in the newspaper and word searches. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her; especially her family.
Genevieve is survived by three sons: Rodney (Priscilla) of East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Leroy and Franklin of Wausaukee, WI;
one daughter, Renee Woodward of Wausaukee, WI;
one sister, Vivian Heap of Gaylord, Michigan;
four grandchildren: Ryan Suennen and William Woodward of Wausaukee, Mark Suennen of New Hampshire,
and a granddaughter, Diane (Suennen) Flanagan of Cheltenham, Australia;
two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Suennen; one son Floyd Suennen; a son-in-law Art Woodward; and a daughter-in-law Anita Suennen; her parents: William and Lizzie Dennis; seven brothers: Orville, Emery, two baby boys, Alfred, John, Troy “Pete” Dennis;
five sisters: Stella Dennis, Ellanora (Nora) Wicihowski, Rachel Gorman, Ruth Marie Peripoli and Viena Mae Dennis.
Visitation will be at held at Thielen Funeral Home Marinette on Tuesday May 23rd, from 5 p.m. to 7pm. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Burial will be in St. Edwards Cemetery.
©Thielen Funeral Home notice
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After the passing of her mother on January 1st, 1924, during the childbirth of her younger sister Vivian, she moved to Iron Mountain, Michigan, where she was raised by her older sisters: Nora and Rachel ; and graduated eighth grade. She then moved to the Town of Wagner with her family.
She married Frank Floyd Suennen on February 25th, 1936.
On December 7th, 1941, the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they moved into her current residence on Broennenberg road.
Gen was a homemaker all of her life, only working as a dishwasher at Red and Ed’s Supper Club for about a year. In her early days, she spent time reading her favorite magazines, True love stories and later Reader’s Digest.
She spent her entire life raising five children of her own and four other children when illness struck her brother-in-law and babysat for many children of the area. She also took care of her mother-in-law, Mary, for seven years.
She enjoyed knitting socks and crocheting many crafts. She enjoyed cooking, making large dinners for all the holidays and making pumpkin pies from scratch. She canned garden vegetables and a few times had over 500 quarts of blackberries.
She loved playing cards and would play for several hours, given the opportunity. She loved playing Pinochle, which she taught all her children how to play and was clever enough to make her children believe they had to get the dishes done, so they could play.
Later in life she enjoyed doing the crossword puzzles in the newspaper and word searches. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her; especially her family.
Genevieve is survived by three sons: Rodney (Priscilla) of East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Leroy and Franklin of Wausaukee, WI;
one daughter, Renee Woodward of Wausaukee, WI;
one sister, Vivian Heap of Gaylord, Michigan;
four grandchildren: Ryan Suennen and William Woodward of Wausaukee, Mark Suennen of New Hampshire,
and a granddaughter, Diane (Suennen) Flanagan of Cheltenham, Australia;
two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Suennen; one son Floyd Suennen; a son-in-law Art Woodward; and a daughter-in-law Anita Suennen; her parents: William and Lizzie Dennis; seven brothers: Orville, Emery, two baby boys, Alfred, John, Troy “Pete” Dennis;
five sisters: Stella Dennis, Ellanora (Nora) Wicihowski, Rachel Gorman, Ruth Marie Peripoli and Viena Mae Dennis.
Visitation will be at held at Thielen Funeral Home Marinette on Tuesday May 23rd, from 5 p.m. to 7pm. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Burial will be in St. Edwards Cemetery.
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