Alice Mary (Woodcock) Pankratz (1912 - 1997)

Born 4 Oct 1912 in Collins, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lawrence Bernard Pankratz — married 29 Jun 1932 (to about 1945) in St. Mary Catholic Church, Clarks Mills, Town of Cato, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1997 at age 84 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Mrs. Alice M. Pankratz, age 84, of 1610 N. 4th St., Sheboygan, died peacefully Sunday morning, March 23, 1997, at her home. A Memorial Service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 1997, at First Presbyterian Church, 5th St., and Superior Ave, Sheboygan. Rev. Dennis L. Cobb, the Pastor, and Rev. Donald A. Storm, will officiate. Interment of her cremated remains will take place at a later date at the family plot in Tyler Cemetery, Collins. Friends may call at First Presbyterian Church at the time of service.

Alice was born October 4, 1912, in Collins, Wis., Daughter of Edward and Nathalie Franssens Woodcock, who farmed in the Collins area. Upon high school graduation she attended Business College in the Valders area. After her marriage she lived in Valders, and moved with her family to Sheboygan in 1942. She was employed for many years at Wigwam Mills until her retirement. Mrs. Pankratz was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she served as Sunday school teacher. She was a volunteer worker at area nursing homes and also distributed for Meals on Wheels. Alice very much enjoyed working in her garden, reading and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She also enjoyed traveling and vacationing with her family.

Survivors include three daughters and a son-in-law, Diane C. and the Rev. Donald A. Storm, Lindstrom, Minn., Susan F. Jarvis, rural Elkhart Lake, Janet N. DeKarske, St. Paul Park, Minn.; a son and daughter-in-law, Richard R. and Beth Pankratz, West Chester, Penn.; 12 grandchildren, Barbara, Mark and Michael Storm, Elizabeth Storm Milligan, Mark, Scott and Diana DeKarske, Nancy DeKarske Lans, Liza and Richard Pankratz, Randall (Beth) and Richard Jarvis; a sister, Melissa (Ralph) Evenson, Collins; 11 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence B. Pankratz, her parents, a granddaughter, Jeanne Storm, a brother and sister-in-law, Dexter and Edna Woodcock and an infant grandson, Daniel Jarvis. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be given to the memorial fund which has been established in her memory. The Ballhorn Funeral Chapels, Sheboygan, are coordinating the service arrangements.

-Herald Times Reporter, March 26, 1997 P. A2

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF27-KV8 : 14 December 2015), Alice Woodcock in household of Ferd A Woodcock, Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,994.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7J9-CPR : 17 May 2014), Janet Pankratz in household of Laurence Pankratz, Valders, Valders Village, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-53, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4495.
• Manitowoc Marriage Records
• Herald Times Reporter, March 26, 1997 P. A2