Mrs. Adolph Klessig, nee Louisa Grasser, 90, died Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Lutze, at Cleveland, Wis. Mrs. Klessig was born in 1860 at St. Wendell, Wis., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Grasser. In 1883 she was married to Mr. Klessig and they operated a farm in the town of Centerville until 1915 when they moved to Manitowoc. On Mr. Klessig's death in 1838 Mrs. Klessig returned to Cleveland and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lutze.
She was a member of St. Wendel Catholic church, St. Wendel, and of the St. Anne society of the church.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21 at the Stoltenberg funeral chapel, Cleveland, and at 10 a.m. at St. Wendel Catholic church, Rev. L. M. Loerke officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Lutze; two sons, August of Manitowoc and Herbert of Route 1, Newton; brother, Michael of Chicago, Ill; sister Mrs. Margaret Ludwig of Milwaukee; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers and seven sisters.
Friends may call at the Stoltenberg funeral chapel from 5 p.m. Friday, April 20 until the time of services. The roasry will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday.
"The Manitowoc Times" Newspaper - Manitowoc, Wisconsin - Thursday, April 19, 1951
Mrs. Adolph Klessig, nee Louisa Grasser, 90, died Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Lutze, at Cleveland, Wis. Mrs. Klessig was born in 1860 at St. Wendell, Wis., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Grasser. In 1883 she was married to Mr. Klessig and they operated a farm in the town of Centerville until 1915 when they moved to Manitowoc. On Mr. Klessig's death in 1838 Mrs. Klessig returned to Cleveland and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lutze.
She was a member of St. Wendel Catholic church, St. Wendel, and of the St. Anne society of the church.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21 at the Stoltenberg funeral chapel, Cleveland, and at 10 a.m. at St. Wendel Catholic church, Rev. L. M. Loerke officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, Manitowoc.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Lutze; two sons, August of Manitowoc and Herbert of Route 1, Newton; brother, Michael of Chicago, Ill; sister Mrs. Margaret Ludwig of Milwaukee; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers and seven sisters.
Friends may call at the Stoltenberg funeral chapel from 5 p.m. Friday, April 20 until the time of services. The roasry will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday.
"The Manitowoc Times" Newspaper - Manitowoc, Wisconsin - Thursday, April 19, 1951
Family Members
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Maria Katherina "Mary" Grasser Schram
1854–1944
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Simon Grasser
1856–1934
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Susan Grasser
1857 – unknown
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Dominic Grasser
1858 – unknown
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Magdalena Grasser
1862–1863
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Nicholas S. Grasser
1863–1922
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Helen Grasser Thiele
1865–1937
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John Grasser
1867–1939
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Catherine "Katie" Grasser Heyden
1869–1943
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Margaret "Gretchen" Grasser Ludwig
1871–1961
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Michael Grasser
1873–1873
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Michael "Mike" Grasser
1874–1961
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