TILLIE BRENNAN

Mrs. Tillie E. Brennan, 70?, postmaster at Valders from 1935 until 1954, died
Sunday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, where she had been a patient
since last Dec. 1.
Her home was at 1044 N. 14th St., Manitowoc.
A native of St. Nazianz, she was born April 16, 1894, a daughter of the late
William F. and Wilhelmina Lulloff Christel. Following her marriage to John F.
Brennan on Jan 2, 1917, at St. Gregory Catholic Church, St. Nazianz, the couple
moved to Valders, where her husband operated a car dealership. He died in 1931.
After serving as postmaster at Valders for 19 years, Mrs. Brennan moved to
Manitowoc in 1954.
She was a member and past president of Wisconsin Chapter of National Association
of Postmasters; National Assn. of Retired Civil Employees; National Association
of Postmasters of the United States; past president of Valders American Legion
Auxiliary; Mary Knoll Missionary Society; Christian Mothers Society; Catholic
Woman’s Club; Mary’ Guild of St. Mary’s Home; Nazareth Guild; Holy Family
Hospital guild.
Survivors include two sons, Lt. Col. John Brennan, serving with the U.S. Army
in Korea, and William Brennan, of Manitowoc; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Cox, of
Manitowoc, and Mrs. F. M. Bradberry, of Alexandria, Va.; five brothers, Arthur
Christel, of Manitowoc, Isadore Christel, of Kiel, William Christel, of
Minneapolis, Norbert Christel, of Valders, Louis Christel, of Nekoosa; three
sisters, Mrs. Rudolph Kletziem, Mrs. L. M. Pankratz, Mrs. Edgar Ryan, all of
Manitowoc; 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services at Manitowoc will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Pfeffer
Funeral Home, and 10 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E.A.
Radey will be celebrant of the requiem Mass, and burial will be in Evergreen
Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday. The rosary will
be recited at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Sheboygan Press, January 18, 1965 P. 10
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[d. 17 Jan. 1965/age 70 yrs./d. Manitowoc/widow of John F. Brennan]