- Ethel M. (Schreurs) Femal, Age 85, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Parkside Care Center. Ethel was born on September 26, 1926 in Wrightstown, Wisconsin the daughter of the late John and Agnes M. (Gerrits) Schreurs. She grew up in Wrightstown, graduated from Wrightstown High in 1944 and married Clifford R. Femal on October 10, 1947. Ethel was a devoted mother and wife and with Cliff raised three children in Kaukauna. She worked for short periods at the Woolen Mill in Appleton and at Kaukauna Klub Cheese. She liked to garden and put a little love in all the fruit and vegetables she canned and the food she prepared. Ethel was a longtime member of Holy Cross Church and the Fox Valley Golf Club. She enjoyed golf, fishing, playing cards and was an avid Packer fan.
Ethel is survived by her daughter: Barbara (Paul) Tanoura, Honokaa, Hawaii and his children, Kristian and January; a son, John (Julie) Femal, Eugene, Oregon and their two childen, Brenden and Claire Femal; a granddaughter, Nicole (Femal) Earle, Augusta, Georgia; and great granddaughter, Courtney Earle; four step great grandchildren, Hayley, Kristina, Isaac and Trevor, all of Hawaii; her sister, Mary Jane Johnson and five in-laws, Lorraine Schreurs, Clayton McCabe, Robert Geenen, Bill Baldwin and LaVerne Femal.
Ethel was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Femal, a son, Daniel Femal, a brother, Robert Schreurs, and nine in-laws, Harry and Phelan Femal, Helen (Pat) McCabe, Kathleen McCabe, Mary Ellen (Don) Hoh, Sally Geenen and Grace Baldwin.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 22, at HOLY CROSS CHURCH, 309 Desnoyer Street, Kaukauna with Fr. Jim Vanden Hogen officiating. Family will receive friends and family at a dinner to follow in Friendship Hall.
Fargo Funeral Home
400 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Kaukauna, 920-766-6200
Online condolences
www.wichmannfargo.com
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent from November 19 to December 19, 2011
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1926 - 2011 (85 years)
Education - High School
