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- [S927] Obituary.
April 4, 2012 Paul Douglas Reiss, 70, of Syracuse, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Paul was a communicant of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He was a Eucharistic minister and helped the church in many ways, serving at the food pantry and in the Rosary Society. In May, he was to be commissioned in the Ministry of Pastoral Care at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Mr. Reiss served in the U.S.M.C. and was in Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis in the Naval Gunfire Liaison Team. Paul was honorably discharged 1964 as a corporal. He received a degree in chemical technology from OCC in 1967. Paul was employed at Allied Chemical as a research technician over 12 years. He also volunteered at the American Red Cross. Paul enjoyed his family, taking candid photos and was an avid sports fan who followed Cleveland and Syracuse teams. Paul was predeceased by his parents, Edward H. and Virginia B. (Radziszewski) Reiss, and is survived by daughters Jennifer (Nicholas) Defio of Syracuse and Ann (Thomas) Horth of North Syracuse; grandchildren Nicky, Julie, Ally and Justin; sisters Sharon Meddley of Virginia and Margot (Richard) Cole of Hannibal; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Hollis Funeral Home, 1105 West Genesee Street, Syracuse, NY 13204. Funeral services are 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hollis Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, followed by burial with military honors at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Lakeland. Instead of flowers, family requests donations to the Sacred Heart Food Pantry, 927 Park Ave., Syracuse, NY 13204. The Reiss family would like to extend special thanks to all his friends for their loving support. Please sign the guest book at www.hollisfuneralhome.com Hollis Funeral Home 422-7966 www.hollisfuneralhome.com
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Kenas H. "Ken" Brenneise
Birth: May 5, 1926
Greenway
McPherson County
South Dakota, USA
Death: Sep. 17, 2012
Rapid City
Pennington County
South Dakota, USA
Kenas H. "Ken" Brenneise, 86, of Rapid City, SD, died Monday, September 17, 2012, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Ken was born on May 5, 1926, at home, in Greenway, SD, to Henry H. and Kathryn (Losing) Brenneise, assisted by a midwife.
He was raised in a 20' x 26' two-story farm house, the fifth of seven siblings. Ken also had another sibling, Emil, who drowned in a horse tank at two years old, shortly before Ken was born. Ken's father died of a ruptured appendix in 1934. Ken attended a one-room country school along with fourteen other students during the Great Depression and drought. He told of how it was so dry in 1936, that there was no feed for the cattle from Texas to Canada. The cattle were dying of starvation so the government bought them for fifteen dollars a head, herded them into a huge ditch, and shot them. Grown men cried as they watched.
After graduating from the country school, Ken attended the Seventh Day Adventist boarding school at Plainview Academy in Redfield, SD. To attend this school, students had to work on the school dairy farm, where the cows were milked by hand. Ken received eighteen cents an hour and milked from 3:00 to 6:00 in the morning, and from 3:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon. That was 42 hours of work a week for a sixteen year old going to school from 7:00 am to 12:30 pm.
After graduating from Plainview Academy, Ken attended Union College in Lincoln, NE, for a year. He was drafted into the US Army in 1946 and served in Italy. While in the Army, Ken sent home $72 a month to help his mother support the younger siblings. After his discharge from the Army, Ken and his brother built a house in Greenway for their mother.
In 1947, he married Betty Binder and moved to Bowdle, SD. In 1949, at the age of 23, Ken hired eight men, and built a brick hardware store and a drug store in Eureka, SD. He moved to Rapid City in 1952, and started building homes and apartment buildings. During the next 56 years, he built over 500 homes and apartments, retiring at the age of 83.
In 1957 Ken married Maida Schultz, and to that marriage six daughters were born, Kelly, Robin, Daena, Carol, Holly, and Heather. Over the next twenty years, the young family did a lot of traveling, visiting most of the United States and Mexico. They also lived in five new homes built by Brenneise Construction. Shortly after he married Maida, Ken built a house for his mother-in-law, Emilige Schultz. He paid for all of the material, and when the house was finished, he gave it to her as a gift. Emilige lived in that home until her death at the age of 94.
During his contracting years, Ken served on the Rapid City Builders Exchange Board for three years, and served one year as president. He was also a member of the Black Hills Home Builders Association, serving as president in 1979 and 1984, and serving on the national board for three years. In 2000, Ken was inducted into the Black Hills Home Builders Hall of Fame. One of his major contributions was signing up 163 new members into the association.
In 1977, Ken joined Toastmasters International, achieving a D.T.M., (Distinguished Toastmaster), and was a member until his death. Ken chartered three new clubs, brought many men and women into the organization and mentored many young people, helping them gain self-confidence and leadership skills.
On November 24, 2007, he married Reva Maas and the following April 15 she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Reva died on August 28, 2008.
On May 8, 2010, Ken married Donna Dwyer and they built a new home together. Ken and Donna loved to travel and spent the last years traveling around the United States.
Ken is survived by his wife, Donna Brenneise, Rapid City; his daughters, Kelly Commet and her husband, Jim, Rapid City, Robin Brenneise, Louisville, CO, Daena McKenzie, Aurora, CO, Carol Harrington, West Hartford, VT, Holly Brenneise, Niantic, CT, and Heather Andrews, Washington, DC; eight grandchildren, Joslyn and Lindsey Sarshad, Sean and Emily McKenzie, Nathaniel and Zachary Mealman, Anna and Forrest Harrington; two step-children, Nancy Sass and her husband Greg, Rapid City and Larry Dwyer, South Sioux City, NE; four step-grandchildren, Catherine and Mathew Sass, Scott and Andrew Dwyer; a brother, Nathan Brenneise and his wife, Muriel, Payette, ID; two sisters, Ruth Duerksen and her husband, Jim, Loma Linda, CA and Orpha Benson and her husband Chuck, Eureka, SD.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Reva; three brothers, Emil, Jonathan, and Samuel Brenneise; and two sisters, Sarah Liebelt and Adah Heinrich.
Memorials have been established for Ken at Storybook Island in Rapid City, SD, and the Burn Center at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. A visitation will be held Thursday, September 20, 2012, at Edstrom & Rooks Funeral Service at Serenity Springs in Rapid City. A time for sharing will held where guests can tell stories or remembrances of Ken. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 21, at Edstrom & Rooks Funeral Service at Serenity Springs. The Rev. John E Mcknight, Jr. will officiate. Interment will be Saturday at the Greenway Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery in Greenway, SD, with Rev. Nancy Manning officiating. Military honors will be provided by the American Legion Post of Eureka.
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Parents:
Henry A. Brenneise (1894 - 1934)
Kathryn Losing Gohl (1893 - 1974)
Spouse:
Reva Brenneise (1938 - 2008)
Burial:
Greenway Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
Greenway
McPherson County
South Dakota, USA
Created by: Frankie
Record added: Sep 20, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 97464999
- [S558] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949.
Name: Katie Losing
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Spouse: Henry B Breenerse
Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1916
Marriage County: McPherson
County of Residence: McPherson
Post Office: Eureka
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1926 - 2012 (86 years)