Obit: Renne, Russell A. (1876 - 1960)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Renne, Cattanach, Mason, Bartsch, Haebig, Clark, Bersell, Voight, Happe, Steffen, Boushon, Selk, Montag, Eide, Giles

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) January 14, 1960

Renne, Russell A. (1 may 1876 - 9 January 1960)

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Gilbertson Funeral Home in Granton for Russell A. Renne, 83, who died Saturday in a Kenosha hospital following a stroke.

The Rev. Frederick Giles of the Bible Center in Marshfield officiated, and burial was made in the Nasonville Cemetery.

Mr. Renne was born May 1, 1876, in Nasonville, and was the son of the late Martin and Margaret (Cattanach) Renne.  He was reared in the Nasonville community and on October 19, 1898, he was married to the former Caroline Mason.  The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1948 while residing in Chili, where they moved after leaving Nasonville.

Following the death of his wife in 1953 Mr. Renne made his home with a son, Everett, in Kenosha.

He is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Oscar (Beatrice) Bartsch, Chili; and Mrs. A. G. (Reva) Haebig, Kenosha; and  son, Everett, of Kenosha. Two brothers, Carl Renne, Neillsville, and Angus Renne, Port Edwards, also survive; as do nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a half-brother, Orrin Clark of Wisconsin Rapids.

The Rev. and Mrs. Giles sang two hymns, "Heaven is My Home" and "Going down the Valley One by One."

Pallbearers were: Don Bersell, Forest Voight, William Happe, Elmer Steffen, John Boushon and George Selk.

Flowers were carried by Anna Montag, Mrs. Don Bersell and Mrs. Emma Eide.