WAUNAKEE Apr. 12, 1973
Mrs. Lena Dohm, 86, died Thursday in a Sun Prairie nursing home
after a brief illness.
The former Lena Wipperfurth lived most of her life in the Ashton and
Cross Plains area. She moved to Waunakee seven years ago. She married
John Dohm, in 1908. He died in 1965.
She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church.
Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Leonard Mess, Rt. 1, Marshall;
Mrs. Mary Sukowatey, River Falls; and Mrs. Joseph Bohn, Deerfield; four
sons, John, Lake Mills; Frank, 1427 Sheraton Dr., Madison; Ray, Verona;
and George, Cross Plains; a sister, Mrs. Victor Cruger, 633 Eugenia
Ave., madison; three brothers, Gerhardt, 501 W. Main St., Madison;
Lawrence, Milwaukee; and John, Wauwatosa; 22 grandchildren; and 17
great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the church. Friends may call
after 2 p.m. Sunday a.m. Monday in the Church. Friends may call after 2
p.m. Sunday at the Schwab Funeral Home, where the rosary will be said at
3:30 p.m. Burial will be in the St. Francis Xavior Catholic Church
Cemetery, Cross Plains.
Obituary transcribed and contributed to this site by
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