John J. Menne

b. 19 February 1887, d. 1 May 1956
  • John J. Menne was born on 19 February 1887 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: Henry Menne, aged 83, passed away at 7:45 a.m. this Wednesday morning at his home after an illness of several months duration. /P/ Mr. Menne was born in the town of Rhine on January 24, 1861, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Menne. He was united in marriage to Wilhelmina Diefenthaler of the town of Rhine on February 23, 1886. The first few years after their marriage they lived at Millhome. For the past 45 years they have resided in this city, where he followed his trade as carpenter, and also was employed at the Kiel table factory for many years. Mrs. Menne passed away on May 24, 1929. /P/ Survivors are a daughter, Mathilda at home, and a son, John of this city; one brother, Joseph, and two sisters, Mrs. Katherine Daleiden and Mrs. Charles Guetzloe, all of this city. Two brothers and a sister preceded him in death. /P/ Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, with interment to be made in the Kiel cemetery in the family lot.
  • John J. Menne died on 1 May 1956 at age 69 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at St. Nicholas Hospital.
  • He was interred at Kiel Cemetery, Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  • The following appeared on 2 May 1956 in The Sheboygan Press: (Kiel) An elderly bachelor, John J. Menne, 69, of 409 S. 6th St. Kiel, died at St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan late Tuesday night after mysteriously suffering severe burns earlier in the evening. /P/ Menne, who resided with his sister, Miss Tillie Menne, was taken to Sheboygan by the Kiel Fire Department. He died an hour after arriving at the hospital. According to Miss Menne, her brother was seated in a rocking chair, smoking a cigar, when she walked over to a neighbors house for a short visit. Upon returning home 30 minutes later she reportedly found the room filled with smoke. Her brother was still seated in the same chair and his clothes were badly charred. The cigar was lying in the ash tray. /P/John Menne was born Feb. 19, 1887, in the Town of Rhine, the son of the late Henry and Wilhelmina (Defenthaller) Menne. He was a former cigar maker in Kiel and for the last 15 years was employed by the A. A. Laun Furniture Co. He retired last January. /P/ He was a member of the Kiel Redmen Lodge. /P/ Funeral services will be held at 2 oclock Friday afternoon at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel. Burial will be in the family lot in the Kiel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 oclock Thursday afternoon until time of services. /P/ Miss Tillie Menne is the lone survivor.
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