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Ruth Marie Bries

Female 1918 - 2009  (90 years)


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  • Name Ruth Marie Bries 
    Born 20 Nov 1918  Wrightstown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 04 Jul 2009  Seymour, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St Paul Cemetery, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I104948  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2009 

    Father Julius Bries,   b. 14 Oct 1883, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1958  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Anna Gerrits,   b. 07 Jul 1895, Wrightstown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1984  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 1918 
    Family ID F63516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clarence Albert Baeten,   b. 16 Apr 1912, Wrightstown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1983, Neenah, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 20 Nov 1945  St Paul Church, Wrightstown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Ellen Baeten
     2. Gerard Jay Baeten
     3. Gregory Baeten
     4. Jean Baeten
     5. Michael J Baeten
     6. Linda Baeten
     7. Patricia Baeten
     8. Kevin Baeten
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F41891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • July 7, 2009


      Baeten, Ruth Marie


      Ruth Marie (Bries) Baeten, 90, Wrightstown, passed away quietly with her family, on Saturday, July 4, 2009, at Good Shepherd Home in Seymour. She was born in Green Bay on November 20, 1918, to the late Jule and Anna (Gerrits) Bries. She graduated from Wrightstown High School. Ruth married Clarence A. "Larry" Baeten at St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown on November 20, 1945. They were long-time residents of Wrightstown, where they operated a service station. He passed away June 14, 1983.

      Ruth was a lifelong member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown, and a member of the Christian Mothers Society. Ruth was an excellent wife, and a loving mother and grandmother. She enjoyed tending her vegetable garden and flower gardens, and was especially fond of her rose bushes. She also loved going on Sunday drives, and flying in Jay's single engine plane. She will be remembered and missed by all, especially her family.

      Surviving are eight children: Mary Lemke, Black Creek; Gerard Jay Baeten, De Pere; Gregory (Wanda) Baeten, Kaukauna; Jean (Daniel) Nohr, Maribel; Michael (Connie) Baeten, De Pere; Linda (Joseph) McConnell, Claskanie, OR; Patricia (Thomas) Knoerzer, Palos Heights, IL; and Kevin Baeten, Cross Plains, WI; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren with one more on the way.

      She was preceded in death by her parents, Anna and Jule; her husband, Larry; a sister, Virginia; and her husband's family: Vincent and Anna Marie Baeten, William and Edna Hockers, Ruth and Wilbert Jansen, James and Dorothy Coniff, Clarence and Alice Charneski.

      Friends may call at St. Clare Parish, St. Paul Catholic Church site, 437 Main Street, Wrightstown, on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, between 3 and 4:45 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the church on Wednesday at 5 p.m. with Father Dennis Bergsbaken officiating. Burial in St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown. Cotter Funeral Home, 920-532-4366, is assisting the family. Online condolences may be expressed to the Baeten family at www.cotterfuneralhome.com.

      In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established for the American Heart Association in the name of Ruth M. Baeten.

      A special thanks to the caregivers of Walnut Grove Assisted Living in De Pere and Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Seymour.