- Getchen Biese, 84, Combined Locks, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 15, 2010, at Parkside Care Center in Little Chute. Gretchen was born in Combined Locks, on October 31, 1925, daughter of the late Nicholas and Agnes (Yingling) Lom, one of the founding families of the Village of Combined Locks. She was a 1943 graduate of St. John High School in Little Chute, and on April 11, 1953, she married Robert H. Biese in Combined Locks.
Gretchen enjoyed flower gardening, baking, cooking, knitting, crocheting, shopping and spending time with her grandchildren and extended family. Gretchen was a faithful and lifelong member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Combined Locks.
In her younger years, she was employed for 15 years at Kimberly-Clark in the Research and Development Department, before leaving to raise her family. She also enjoyed bowling, camping, vacationing at Roberts Lake and baking lamb cakes for special occasions at the church.
Gretchen is survived by her husband of 57 years, Robert Biese, Combined Locks; two children, Gregory R. (Penny) Biese, Appleton, and their children, Cortney Biese, Matthew Biese, Cara Biese and Michael Biese; and Mary Margaret L. (David) Eisley, Oshkosh, and their children, Benjamin (Elise) Eisley, Katherine (Tyler) Jandrin, Philip Eisley, Anne Eisley and Kenneth Bruski-Eisley and his fiancee, Desiree; and two great-grandchildren, Mercedes and Azailya Bruski. There are also two sisters, Betty (Glen) Aerts, Kimberly; and Ione Jansen, Combined Locks; and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Raymond Behling, Combined Locks; Dorothy Biese, Kimberly; and Grace Garvey, Freedom.
She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters, Johanna (Jack) Siegel, Alfred (Vera) Lom, Rachel (Richard) Janssen, Rodney (Helen) Lom, Barbara (Clarence) DeCoster, Lorraine (John R.) Jansen, Clifford (Mary) Lom and Stena Behling; as well as several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Melvin Biese, Beatrice Van Epern, Therese (Eugene) Van Deurzen, Rosemary (Jack) Mulry, Lester Jansen and Robert "Buzz" Garvey.
The funeral liturgy for Gretchen will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, October 18, 2010, at ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, 410 E. Wallace Street in Combined Locks, with Fr. Robert Vandenberg officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call directly at the church on Monday afternoon from 2 p.m. until the time of the service.
The family would like to extend their thanks to the Care Ministers from St. Paul Parish, her newfound and special friends at Parkside Care Center in Little Chute, as well as to the Heartland Hospice caregivers for the exceptional love and care they showed to Gretchen during her illness.
Jansen Fargo
Funeral Home
204 E. Kimberly Avenue
Kimberly 920-788-6202
Online Condolences:
www.wichmannfargo.com
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1925 - 2010 (84 years)
Education - High School
