Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12334 Surname: KIPPENHAN, FRANZ, WULF, WOLF, WICKESBERG ------------------------- ---------Source: GREENWOOD GLEANER 5/15/1941 ---------OBITUARY OF MRS. JOHN KIPPENHAN Mrs. John (Mina) Kippenhan, daughter of Carl and Louisa Franz, was born June 11, 1863 in the Town of Herman, Sheboygan County, Wis. At the age of 20 years she came to Clark County with her parents. On March 23, 1887 she was united in marriage with John Kippenhan. To this union 13 children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Kippenhan moved on a farm in the Town of Mead and lived there until 1924, when the moved to Appleton, Wis. Mrs. Kippenhan was well known throughout the community and enjoyed many friends and acquaintances. She was active in church and Ladies Aid work. She was ailing for some time but her death came suddenly on Saturday evening, May 3, 1941. One daughter, Helen, preceded her in death in 1931. Survivors are the widower, five daughters, Mrs. Lydia Wulf, Pueblo, Colo.; Hilda and Mrs. Emma Wickesberg, Aplleton, Wis.; Cilla, Neillsville, Wis.; and Louise, Black River Falls, Wis.; seven sons, Theodore, Edwin, August, Arthur and Carl, Greenwood, Wis.; John and Roland, Appleton; 21 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held at the West Side Church, with Rev. Franzmeier officiating, assisted by the Rev. Guenther of Appleton. The pallbearers were William and John Abel, William Awe, August Schwarze, Alfred Noah and Wm. Toburen. A choir from the Indian School at Neillsville and the following ladies sang special songs: Mrs. Edwin Steiger, Otto Reineking, Norbert Kuester, Arthur Schwarze, Albert Liebzeit and Willard Stafford. Those attending the funeral from out of town were the following: John Kippenhan, Roland Kippenhan, Mr. and Mrs. John Kippenhan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wulf, Pueblo, Colo., Arvilla and Calvin Franz, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hintz, all of Milwaukee, George Kippenhan, Appleton, Louis Kippenhan, Mrs. Thor Oleiner, Mrs. Viola Young Thunder, Joe Payer and Barkley Payer, Black River Falls, Wis., Rev. Ben Stucki, Miss Gretchen Hauser, Mrs. Rose Eberhardt, Mr. Mark Vornholt, Rev. Wilson Bixler, Miss Lena Burkart, Miss Mary artz, Herbert Lone Tree, Emmanuel Falcon, Jennie May Thunder Cloud, Madeline White Eagle, Rosanna White Eagle, Neillsville. Dr. E. O. Humke, Mis Esther and Ida Humke, Sturgeon Bay, and Philip Mattes, Sr., Thorp.