TESS, Herman Charles Louis

1888 - 1969  (81 years)

• Name	TESS, Herman Charles Louis
  Birth	17 Feb 1888	Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Mar 1969	Brussels, Door, Wisconsin, United States
  	Herman Tess Services for Herman C. Tess, 81, 78 W. Maple st., were held Saturday afternoon at St. Peter Lutheran chuch with the Rev. Theophil Baganz officiating. Interment was in Bayside cemetery. Mr. Tess died Thursday afternoon at Memorial hospital after a long illness. He was born Feb. 17, 1888 in West Kewaunee to Christof and Rosa Tess. He lived in the Sturgeon Bay area for the past 47 years, farming for 10 years, an employee of the former Pleck dairy for 35 years and until retiring, janitor of St. Peter's for 20 years. He was a member of the church's Men's club. Nov. 12, 1912 he married Minnie Jonas, who survives him. Others are five children, Eldon, Wallace and Kenneth, Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Ed (linda) Smejkal, R.3 and Mrs. Kenneth (Gwen) Simonar, Two Rivers; 15 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. William (Bertha) Dietrich, Two Rivers. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, a brother Charles and a son Willard, killed in World War II. Part of the name of the Weber-Tess Amvet Post 51 is in Willard's honor. Davis Mortuary was in charge of the funeral. Paper unknown.
  		JO-Tess Herman Tess Obituary 1969
  Burial	Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: Bayside Cemetery
  Person ID	I5180	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Jonas Family Tree (Ellen's maternal), Sporleder Family Tree (Ellen's Maternal)
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Living
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F2829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JONAS, Wilhelmina,   b. 8 May 1892, Two Creeks, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 12 Aug 1980, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1912	Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Children	+ 1. TESS, Elden Fred,   b. 7 Oct 1913, Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States d. 7 Jul 1988, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, United States (Age 74 years) + 2. Private + 3. TESS, Wallace Reinhold Sr.,   b. 12 Jun 1920, Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States d. 28 Oct 1992, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, United States (Age 72 years)   4. TESS, Willard Gilbert,   b. 25 Aug 1921, Kewaunee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States d. 7 Jan 1945, Belgium (Age 23 years) + 5. Living + 6. TESS, Kenneth Martin,   b. 4 Sep 1925, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, United States d. 5 Apr 2005, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, United States (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F1744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025