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Julius C. Possin
(1850-1929)
Caroline August Krueger
(1853-1919)
Bernhard Beck
(Abt 1853-)
Mathilde Loehrke
(Abt 1858-)
Gustav Ernest Possin
(1884-1975)
Matilda E. Beck
(1883-1948)
Alice I. R. Possin
(1913-1986)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles L. Van Horn

Alice I. R. Possin 1 2

  • Born: 31 October 1913, , Chester, WI 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Charles L. Van Horn on 8 December 1949 in , Dodge County, WI
  • Died: 8 November 1986, Waupun, WI at age 73 2
  • Buried: 10 November 1986, Burnett, WI 2
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She was educated at Franklin School of Science and Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• She worked as a Medical Laboratory Technician.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Waupun, WI on 2 April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 56, Dwelling 42, Family 46, Roll 2569, Ward 4
Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin
499 West Main Street; Home rented, $40
Alice Possin..Daughter..16..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• She was buried on 10 November 1986 in the Burnett Union Cemetery in Burnett, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #30612034
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• Her obituary was published in the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen on 10 November 1986 in Beaver Dam, WI.

WAUPUN--Alice (Possin) Van Horn, 73, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 1986.

Funeral services will be held Monday (today) at 8 PM, from the Kohls Funeral Home, Waupun, with the Rev. James A. Herbolsheimer officiating. Burial will be Tuesday morning at the North Burnett Cemetery.

Mrs. Van Horn was born Oct. 31, 1913 in the town of Chester, Dodge, the daughter of G. E. and Mathilda (Beck) Possin. She was married to Charles L. Van Horn, in December of 1949.

She was a graduate from Waupun High School in 1932; attended Wayland Academy; attended Wartburg College; and also graduated from Franklin School of Science and Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was employed as a medical laboratory technician at various hospitals, including Oshkosh, Beaver Dam, Peoria, Illinois, and Belvidere, Illinois; and at the Veteran's Administration Hospital at Wood, Wisconsin. The couple resided in West Milwaukee until their retirement in 1961, then moved to Palmyra, Wisconsin, and also resided at Lakeland, Fla.

Survivors include two brothers, Elmer Possin and Chester Possin, both of Waupun, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband in 1976. Friends may call at the Kohls Funeral Home, Waupun Monday (tonight) from 6 to 8 PM, the hour of service.

(Source: Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, 10 Nov 1986, Page 12)
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Alice married Charles L. Van Horn on 8 December 1949 in , Dodge County, WI. (Charles L. Van Horn was born on 15 August 1899,3 died on 15 July 1976 in Jefferson, WI 3 and was buried after 15 July 1976 3.)


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Sources


1 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 2B, dwelling 42, family 46, Gustav E. Possin and Matilda E. Beck; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 10 Oct 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2569.

2 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30612034.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30612035.


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