MRS. LAURA BRENNAN CHRISTEL
Mrs. Laura Brennan, 82, 1608 Brawley St., died Monday morning at St. Michael's Hospital, where she had been a patient since Sept. 20.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen's Catholic Church. The Rev. Thomas Mullen will officiate. Burial will be in Manitowoc cemetery.
Friends may call after 6:30 p.m. today at the Boston Funeral Home. The Catholic Woman's Club, of which she was a member, will join with the general rosary at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Brennan was born June 18, 1895, in St. Nazianz, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Breu. She grew up and attended schools there.
She married Patrick E. Brennan in 1923 in Sheboygan. They lived in North Fond du Lac for 14 years and Neenah for 10 years before moving to Stevens Point in 1947. He was an engineer with the Soo Line. He died 1967.
She was a member of St. Stephen's Church and its Altar Society.
Survivors include one son, John P., 1608 Brawley St.; one brother, Wunrich Breu, Sheboygan; and one sister, Mrs. Anna Gutman, St. Nazianz.
One daughter preceded her in death.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Tuesday, October 11, 1977 P. 2
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(The following obituary is for her husband):
Patrick E. Brennan, 79, 1608 Brawley St., a retired Soo Line Railroad locomotive engineer, died at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Michael's Hospital. He had been in ill health the past month, and hospitalized for the past two weeks.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brennan was born Jan. 6, 1888, in Charlestown, Manitowoc County. After finishing school, he worked for the Soo Line Railroad for 43 years, retiring in 1954.
He married the former Laura Breu of Sheboygan on June 30, 1923. The couple lived in North Fond du Lac for 20 years, and then moved to Neenah, where they lived for 10 years before coming to Stevens Point in 1953.
Mr. Brennan was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Council No. 664, Knights of Columbus, at Fond du Lac; the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin and St. Stephen's Catholic Parish Holy Name Society here.
He is survived by his wife; one son, John, Appleton; two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Genevieve) McCulley, Valders, and Mrs. Catherine Marsh, Los Angeles, Calif.; and four grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Stephen's Church, with burial to follow later in Calvary Cemetery, Fond du Lac.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Crosby Funeral Home, where the Knights of Columbus Fond du Lac Council will say a rosary at 8 p.m. A general rosary will be recited at the same time.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Tuesday, February 28, 1967 P. 8
MRS. LAURA BRENNAN CHRISTEL
Mrs. Laura Brennan, 82, 1608 Brawley St., died Monday morning at St. Michael's Hospital, where she had been a patient since Sept. 20.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Stephen's Catholic Church. The Rev. Thomas Mullen will officiate. Burial will be in Manitowoc cemetery.
Friends may call after 6:30 p.m. today at the Boston Funeral Home. The Catholic Woman's Club, of which she was a member, will join with the general rosary at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Brennan was born June 18, 1895, in St. Nazianz, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Breu. She grew up and attended schools there.
She married Patrick E. Brennan in 1923 in Sheboygan. They lived in North Fond du Lac for 14 years and Neenah for 10 years before moving to Stevens Point in 1947. He was an engineer with the Soo Line. He died 1967.
She was a member of St. Stephen's Church and its Altar Society.
Survivors include one son, John P., 1608 Brawley St.; one brother, Wunrich Breu, Sheboygan; and one sister, Mrs. Anna Gutman, St. Nazianz.
One daughter preceded her in death.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Tuesday, October 11, 1977 P. 2
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(The following obituary is for her husband):
Patrick E. Brennan, 79, 1608 Brawley St., a retired Soo Line Railroad locomotive engineer, died at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Michael's Hospital. He had been in ill health the past month, and hospitalized for the past two weeks.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brennan was born Jan. 6, 1888, in Charlestown, Manitowoc County. After finishing school, he worked for the Soo Line Railroad for 43 years, retiring in 1954.
He married the former Laura Breu of Sheboygan on June 30, 1923. The couple lived in North Fond du Lac for 20 years, and then moved to Neenah, where they lived for 10 years before coming to Stevens Point in 1953.
Mr. Brennan was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Council No. 664, Knights of Columbus, at Fond du Lac; the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin and St. Stephen's Catholic Parish Holy Name Society here.
He is survived by his wife; one son, John, Appleton; two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Genevieve) McCulley, Valders, and Mrs. Catherine Marsh, Los Angeles, Calif.; and four grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Stephen's Church, with burial to follow later in Calvary Cemetery, Fond du Lac.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Crosby Funeral Home, where the Knights of Columbus Fond du Lac Council will say a rosary at 8 p.m. A general rosary will be recited at the same time.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Tuesday, February 28, 1967 P. 8
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