This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kreye, Berktold, Horrigan, Bischel, Gross, Gilson, Rahr, Harris, Donaldson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2278 Message Board Post: Friday, May 23, 2003 Frances M. Kreye, 91 Frances M. Kreye, 91, died Thursday, May 15, at Kinnic Long Term Care Center in River Falls. She was born Sept. 11, 1911, the daughter of John and Mary (Horrigan) Berktold, in Lake City, Minn., where she grew up and graduated from high school. Later she attended McCahill Institute in Winona, Minn., for two years. On Feb. 10, 1931, she was married to Louis Kreye of Wabasha, Minn. The first years of their marriage they lived in Wabasha, but in 1939 they moved to Ellsworth, where they farmed for the next 46 years. In later years they were both employed by the Ellsworth school system. For the last 19 years, after the death of her husband, she has resided in River Falls. Surviving are four sons, Richard (Virgil) Kreye and Robert (Bernidine) Kreye, both of Red Wing, Minn., Donald (Beverly) Kreye of Marco Island, Fla., and Kenneth (Karen) Kreye of Hudson; two daughters, Sharon (Harold) Bischel of Apple Valley, Minn., and Margery (Alvin) Gross of Prescott; 19 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Lydia Berktold of Ellsworth and Leone Kreye of Wabasha. Preceding her in death were her husband, Louis Kreye, on Sept. 8, 1975; three brothers, Harry Berktold of Lake City, Bernard Berktold of Duluth, Minn., and Edward Berktold of Ellsworth; two sisters, Irma Gilson of California and Irene Rahr of Eau Claire; and one grandchild Steven Kreye, the son of Donald and Beverly Kreye. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in River Falls with the Fathers Gerald Harris and Thomas Donaldson officiating. Burial was in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery in Clayfield. Arrangements were with the Cashman Mortuary in River Falls. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/Main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&ArticleID=7690