Gerrits, Johanna

Other Events:

• Death Record - Civil: 16 Dec 1984; Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997

Notes:

Death Record - Civil:
Name: Anna J Bries
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1895
Death Date: 16 Dec 1984
Certificate # 029534
Age:
Residence:

Johanna married Bries, Julius "Jule" Abt May 1918. Julius (son of Bries, Oliver and Baeb, Josephine) was born 14 Oct 1883, , , , Belgium; died 21 Nov 1958; was buried , St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Death Record - Civil: 18 Feb 1998

Notes:

Death Record - Civil:
Name:Virginia M. Bries
SSN:326-28-1418
Last Residence:60707 Elmwood Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
BORN:16 Jul 1912
Died:18 Feb 1998
State (Year) SSN issued:Illinois (1951)

Other Events:

• Education - High School: Abt 1936, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 7 Jul 2009; Appleton Post Crescent

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Education - High School:
Wrightstown High School Class of 193_

Obituary:
Ruth Marie (Bries) Baeten, 90, Wrightstown, passed away quietly with her family, on Saturday, July 4, 2009, at Good Shepherd Home in Seymour. She was born in Green Bay on November 20, 1918, to the late Jule and Anna (Gerrits) Bries. She graduated from Wrightstown High School. Ruth married Clarence A. "Larry" Baeten at St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown on November 20, 1945. They were long-time residents of Wrightstown, where they operated a service station. He passed away June 14, 1983.
Ruth was a lifelong member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown, and a member of the Christian Mothers Society. Ruth was an excellent wife, and a loving mother and grandmother. She enjoyed tending her vegetable garden and flower gardens, and was especially fond of her rose bushes. She also loved going on Sunday drives, and flying in Jay's single engine plane. She will be remembered and missed by all, especially her family.
Surviving are eight children: Mary Lemke, Black Creek; Gerard Jay Baeten, De Pere; Gregory (Wanda) Baeten, Kaukauna; Jean (Daniel) Nohr, Maribel; Michael (Connie) Baeten, De Pere; Linda (Joseph) McConnell, Claskanie, OR; Patricia (Thomas) Knoerzer, Palos Heights, IL; and Kevin Baeten, Cross Plains, WI; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren with one more on the way.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Anna and Jule; her husband, Larry; a sister, Virginia; and her husband's family: Vincent and Anna Marie Baeten, William and Edna Hockers, Ruth and Wilbert Jansen, James and Dorothy Coniff, Clarence and Alice Charneski.
Friends may call at St. Clare Parish, St. Paul Catholic Church site, 437 Main Street, Wrightstown, on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, between 3 and 4:45 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the church on Wednesday at 5 p.m. with Father Dennis Bergsbaken officiating. Burial in St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown. Cotter Funeral Home, 920-532-4366, is assisting the family. Online condolences may be expressed to the Baeten family at www.cotterfuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established for the American Heart Association in the name of Ruth M. Baeten.
A special thanks to the caregivers of Walnut Grove Assisted Living in De Pere and Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Seymour.

Ruth married Baeten, Clarence Albert 20 Nov 1945, St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA. Clarence (son of Baeten, Frederick A. and Aerts, Huberdina) was born 16 Apr 1912, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 13 Jun 1983, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]