ROSE KUENKEL

Rose Kuenkel, 85, Fairchild, formerly of Neillsville, Clark County, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996, at the Fairchild Health Care Center. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, 1996, at Gesche Funeral Home, Neillsville. Rev. Jerry Lamb, Pastor of the Zion American Lutheran Church of Granton, officiated. Burial was in the Neillsville City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Stan Johnson, Gordon Zimmerman, Kurt Rudesill, Donald Kalsow, Fred Grap Jr. and Norman Poppe.

Rose Ockerl was born on April 12, 1911, to Henry and Helen (nee Once) Ockerl, in Milwaukee. At the age of nine, she moved with her parents to the Neillsville area. She attended the Worchel School in the Town of Seif. She married Paul Kuenkel on Oct. 16, 1929. They lived on the Kuekel family farm in the Town of Hendren. After her husband's death on July 22, 1991, she lived on the family farm until entering the Fairchild Health Care Center in July 1996. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, quilting, cooking and spending time with her family.

Survivors include one daughter, Elaine (Louis) Duge, Fairchild one son, Alfred Kuenkel, Neillsville three grandchildren three great-grandchildren one sister, Ida (Joe) Plautz, Willard and one brother, Harry (Dorothy) Ockerl, Neillsville.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.

Gesche Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner 10/30/1996