In Memory Of
Cyrilla Kaiser
1917
2015
Cyrilla Kaiser
March 26, 1917 — January 14, 2015
Cyrilla (Stephani) Kaiser, 97, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015.
She was born on March 26, 1917, to Henry and Marie (Kuechenberg) Stephani in Stacyville, IA. She came to Edgar, WI, via Minnesota in 1919.
Given the name "Cyrilla" which means "Gracious Lady", those who knew her through the years would agree.
On October 21, 1937, she married Oliver Kaiser at St. John's Catholic Church in Edgar. There they had a dairy farm. He preceded her in death in 1972. She stayed on the farm until coming to Green Bay in January 1978.
Her Catholic Faith and Music were a high priority – from grade school with daily mass, singing in the choir. The old Gregorian Chant –Latin Mass. A highlight for her was the privilege to have attended two concerts given by the Von Trapp Family singers and to visit with them. She said their music was like a slice of heaven.
Cyrilla was an accomplished seamstress , in past years had a large garden which helped her to fill her life with her love of cooking, canning, and baking and she loved refinishing woodwork and furniture.
She was an avid reader of Faith, Medical, Architectural and Books on the Cultures of the world.
She had cared of her Mother-in-Law, Pauline Kaiser, for 5 years prior to coming to Green Bay where she continued her in-home heath care from which she retired.
Cyrilla was a member of the Cathedral choir and attended daily mass at St. Willebrord's.
She kept a diary from age 13 every day through her death.
Cyrilla is survived by 6 children; Brendan (Kathy) Kaiser, Janesville, Ron (Marian) Kaiser, Milton, Mary Jane (Alfred) Volm, Green Bay, Thomas (Mary Jo) Kaiser, Milton, Carmel Muelhausen, Chicago, IL, John (Joyce) Kaiser, Edgar; 21 Grandchildren; 25 Great-Grandchildren; and 10 Great-Great Grand-children and many nieces and nephews. She is further survived by her sisters and brothers-in-laws, Dorothy Wenzel, Grace and Warren Lensmire, Melanie Krebsbach, Anna Mae and Cliff Rasmussen, Marge Krautkramer, Elizabeth Kaiser and Winnie Kaiser.
Preceding her in death, her parents, Henry and Marie Stephani; brother and sister -in-law, Frederick and Lucille Stephani, in-laws, Alphonse and Pauline Kaiser; and 2 great grandchildren, Grant Evensen and Jacquelyn Kersten; 7 brothers-in-law and 2 sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews.
There will be no visitation, a Memorial Mass will be held at a later date and internment will be in the St John's Catholic Church Cemetery in Edgar, WI on Monday, January 19, 2015 at 11 A.M
A Grateful and Sincere THANK YOU to Unity Hospice for the loving care given to Mom and to Officer Tom Kraus who shared his time with Mom at the end.
She was born on March 26, 1917, to Henry and Marie (Kuechenberg) Stephani in Stacyville, IA. She came to Edgar, WI, via Minnesota in 1919.
Given the name "Cyrilla" which means "Gracious Lady", those who knew her through the years would agree.
On October 21, 1937, she married Oliver Kaiser at St. John's Catholic Church in Edgar. There they had a dairy farm. He preceded her in death in 1972. She stayed on the farm until coming to Green Bay in January 1978.
Her Catholic Faith and Music were a high priority – from grade school with daily mass, singing in the choir. The old Gregorian Chant –Latin Mass. A highlight for her was the privilege to have attended two concerts given by the Von Trapp Family singers and to visit with them. She said their music was like a slice of heaven.
Cyrilla was an accomplished seamstress , in past years had a large garden which helped her to fill her life with her love of cooking, canning, and baking and she loved refinishing woodwork and furniture.
She was an avid reader of Faith, Medical, Architectural and Books on the Cultures of the world.
She had cared of her Mother-in-Law, Pauline Kaiser, for 5 years prior to coming to Green Bay where she continued her in-home heath care from which she retired.
Cyrilla was a member of the Cathedral choir and attended daily mass at St. Willebrord's.
She kept a diary from age 13 every day through her death.
Cyrilla is survived by 6 children; Brendan (Kathy) Kaiser, Janesville, Ron (Marian) Kaiser, Milton, Mary Jane (Alfred) Volm, Green Bay, Thomas (Mary Jo) Kaiser, Milton, Carmel Muelhausen, Chicago, IL, John (Joyce) Kaiser, Edgar; 21 Grandchildren; 25 Great-Grandchildren; and 10 Great-Great Grand-children and many nieces and nephews. She is further survived by her sisters and brothers-in-laws, Dorothy Wenzel, Grace and Warren Lensmire, Melanie Krebsbach, Anna Mae and Cliff Rasmussen, Marge Krautkramer, Elizabeth Kaiser and Winnie Kaiser.
Preceding her in death, her parents, Henry and Marie Stephani; brother and sister -in-law, Frederick and Lucille Stephani, in-laws, Alphonse and Pauline Kaiser; and 2 great grandchildren, Grant Evensen and Jacquelyn Kersten; 7 brothers-in-law and 2 sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews.
There will be no visitation, a Memorial Mass will be held at a later date and internment will be in the St John's Catholic Church Cemetery in Edgar, WI on Monday, January 19, 2015 at 11 A.M
A Grateful and Sincere THANK YOU to Unity Hospice for the loving care given to Mom and to Officer Tom Kraus who shared his time with Mom at the end.
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