Obit for Mrs. Harold (Edna K. KNEES) FENSKE (b.1898 d.1984) Brown Co., MN

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New Ulm Journal - November 22, 1984
EDNA K. FENSKE
   Mrs. Harold (Edna K.) Fenske, 96, of 616 So. Washington, New Ulm, 
died Tuesday at Sioux Valley Hospital, New Ulm.
    Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the United Church of 
Christ in New Ulm, with burial in the New Ulm Cemetery.
   Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Firle 
Funeral Home in New Ulm, and one hour prior to services at the church 
Friday.   There will be an Eastern Star service at 7 p.m.
   She is survived by sons, Harold Jr. of New Ulm and Donald of 
Rochester; seven grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; 3 nephews 
and one niece.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Sr., 
April 7, 1974.
   She was born July 25, 1898, in Milford Township, Brown County, to 
Albert and Emma (Wiedenmann) Knees. She grew up in Rural New Ulm and 
graduated from New Ulm High School in 1916.  She was a secretary for 
the Somsen Law Firm.  She married Harold Fenske Sr. on Oct. 25, 1923, 
in Arlington.  They were lifelong residents of New Ulm.  She has been 
a member of the Turner Ladies, Shrine Hospital Auxiliary, Union Hospital 
Auxiliary, New Ulm Junior Pioneers.  She was past worthy matron of Orient 
Chapter 60 O.E.S. She was a member of the United Church of Christ and 
the Ladies Aid.
   Memorials are preferred to United Church of Christ or to the donor's 
church.