Ottilia Emma Brennan

Birth: Apr. 16, 1894 Saint Nazianz Manitowoc County Wisconsin, USA Death: Jan. 17, 1965 Manitowoc Manitowoc County Wisconsin, USA

TILLIE BRENNAN

Mrs. Tillie E. Brennan, 70?, postmaster at Valders from 1935 until 1954, died Sunday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, where she had been a patient since last Dec. 1. Her home was at 1044 N. 14th St., Manitowoc. A native of St. Nazianz, she was born April 16, 1894, a daughter of the late William F. and Wilhelmina Lulloff Christel. Following her marriage to John F. Brennan on Jan 2, 1917, at St. Gregory Catholic Church, St. Nazianz, the couple moved to Valders, where her husband operated a car dealership. He died in 1931. After serving as postmaster at Valders for 19 years, Mrs. Brennan moved to Manitowoc in 1954. She was a member and past president of Wisconsin Chapter of National Association of Postmasters; National Assn. of Retired Civil Employees; National Association of Postmasters of the United States; past president of Valders American Legion Auxiliary; Mary Knoll Missionary Society; Christian Mothers Society; Catholic Woman’s Club; Mary’ Guild of St. Mary’s Home; Nazareth Guild; Holy Family Hospital guild. Survivors include two sons, Lt. Col. John Brennan, serving with the U.S. Army in Korea, and William Brennan, of Manitowoc; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Cox, of Manitowoc, and Mrs. F. M. Bradberry, of Alexandria, Va.; five brothers, Arthur Christel, of Manitowoc, Isadore Christel, of Kiel, William Christel, of Minneapolis, Norbert Christel, of Valders, Louis Christel, of Nekoosa; three sisters, Mrs. Rudolph Kletziem, Mrs. L. M. Pankratz, Mrs. Edgar Ryan, all of Manitowoc; 15 grandchildren. Funeral services at Manitowoc will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, and 10 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E.A. Radey will be celebrant of the requiem Mass, and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Sheboygan Press, January 18, 1965 P. 10

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