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Kokenge, Ernest 1885-1964

KOKENGE, HOEFER

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

Source: Alton Democrat (7-9-1964)

Born: December 1, 1885
Died: July 8, 1964

ERNEST KOKENGE DIES---FUNERAL AT ALTON FRIDAY

Msgr. Reising was notified Wednesday morning of the death Tuesday of Ernest Kokenge of Sioux City, long time a resident of the Alton vicinity. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary’s Church Friday at 10:00 A.M. The body is at Larkin Funeral Home, Sioux City, and will be brought to Alton Friday morning in time for the Mass. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Mr. Kokenge was born December 1, 1886, at the New Vienna, Iowa. He moved with his parents to Sioux County as a child. He farmed in Sioux County until coming to Sioux City in 1945. He was employed in Sioux City by the Tweet Bernard Company from 1945 until he retired in 1962.

He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Sioux City.

Survivors include the widow Mary (Hoefer) Kokenge; two sons, Robert H. and Arthur J. and two grandchildren, all of Sioux City; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Kellen of Sioux City, Mrs. Theodore Klein and Mrs. Gerald McCarthy, both of Granville, Iowa, and Mrs. Wilfred Van Bergen of Worthington, Minnesota; five brothers, Anton and Joseph, both of Granville, Alfred of Chicago, Aloysius of George, Iowa and Cyril of Estherville, Iowa.


 

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