- Biese, Genevieve M.
Genevieve (Jack) M. “Gen” (Schouten) Biese, age 95, Wrightstown/DePere, pa ssed peacefully at Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday, September 7, 2004. She l ived at the Kindred Hearts Extended Care Residence in Kaukauna since Mar ch 1998. Gen was born May 19, 1909, in the town of Freedom to the late Ber nard and Catherine (Garvey) Schouten. She graduated from Freedom High Scho ol in 1926 and attended Kaukauna Normal School where she earned her teachi ng certificate and began her teaching career at Sunny Corners School, ju st a mile from where she was raised. On June 13, 1937, she married John (J ack) Biese, and operated a dairy farm in the Town of Lawrence, Brown Count y. After her children were grown, Gen returned to teaching at St. Paul Sch ool in Wrightstown. She was the first lay teacher to serve at St. Paul’s a nd taught from 1957 until 1960.She was a member of the Brown Co. Homemakers and the Christian Mothers Soc iety at St. Paul’s Church. Gen loved caring for her grandchildren, a nd in her retirement liked to travel and play cards with her friends.Jack and Gen had four children, John (Agnes) Biese, Appleton, and their ch ildren, daughters, Anne Biese (Peter Anderla), Appleton, and Katie, Minnea polis, and a son, John F. of Milwaukee; Kay (James) Muench, Madison, and t heir children, daughter, Heidi (Sean) Tureck, Coffee Creek, MT; and son s, Doug (Laurie) Rio, WI, and Wade of Richfield, WI; James (Diane), De Per e; and their daughter, Pam (Doug) Eberle, and their daughter, Stephan ie of Wauwatosa; and Tracey (Dan) Schnick, and their children, Ashley & Da nny of Hartland WI; and William, daughter-in-law, Shirley, and son, Christ opher Biese, of DePere. She is further survived by her sister, Dorothy Gil len, Kaukauna; a sister-in-law Helen Schouten of Middleton, and many niec es and nephews.Gen was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter at birth; her husban d, Jack; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard (Phyllis), Joseph (Iren e) and Jim Schouten; and Jack’s thirteen brothers and sisters and their sp ouses.Family and friends may call on Friday, September 10, 2004, from 9:30 a. m. until the hour of Mass at St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown. Ma ss of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:00 a.m. Friday at church, wi th Fr. Robert Kabat and Fr. Frank Melchoir (Gen’s Godson) concelebratin g. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in the Town of Kaukauna. DeWane- Cotter Funeral Home, Wrightstown, is assisting the family.The family extends a warm thanks to Kindred Hearts Extended Care Facili ty for all the care and compassion shown to Gen.
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1909 - 2004 (95 years)
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Education - High School
