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Note: Carol was baptised Feb. 3, 1915 by Pastor John Reynolds at the Congregational Church in Kaukauna, Outagamie Co. Wi. She was confirmed April 5, 1925, at Evangelical and Reformed Church (now Immanuel United Church of Christ) by Pastor Worthman, in Kaukauna, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin History written by Carol for obituary: A member of the United Church of Christ Women's Guild, North American Benefit Ass., Golden Agers, V.F.W. Auxillary, Hobby Club, and Eagles Auxillary of Appleton. Graduated from Kaukauna High School in 1928 and went to work for Aron Ryan's grocery store. Married in 1930, to Louis Dahm, in Waukegan. Worked for Arliss French at the Cash Way Store and then later at Larry's Piggly Wiggly until illness forced me to retire. Celebrated 50 years of marriage in 1980, now married 62 years. Songs; How Great Thou Art; Amazing Grace; Just As I AM; (We also sang Silent Night, one of Carol's favorite hymns) A NOTE TO GRANDMA CAROL DAHM (December 25, 1910 - August 28, 1996) In these times of instability - people moving a lot, changing jobs and divorce - we could always count on Grandma and Grandpa to be in Kaukauna, and to have Certs in her purse, candy in the kitchen, ice cream in the freezer and cookies for occasions. Each summer Grandma and Grandpa would already have told people in Kaukauna that their granddaughters were coming to visit. What a special feeling for us to walk to Wiggie's and be greeted with "Oh, are you Carol and Louie's grandchildren?" Or to have our friends up here know when we were coming to spend our one or two weeks with Grandma and Grandpa. And those one or two weeks each summer .....boy, were we spoiled! There was always a trip to Bay Beach, a trip to Waupaca for swimming and bowling. Grandma loved Christmas and it figures, because her name was Carol and she was born on Christmas day. She had a child's love for Christmas and having family and friends together. In trying to write this we realized these memories don't speak fully of Grandma's love of life, family and friends. We will have our memories in our minds, but hope always to have her values, her spirit and the knowledge of her love for us in our hearts. From her granddaughters, Cathy, Laura and Megan August 31, 1996 OBITUARY OF CAROL BEATRICE DAHM Carol Dahm of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, died Wednesday, August 28, 1996, about 3:00 P.M. in St. Paul Home, where she had been a resident about ten days. She had been ill since June 27, where she was hospitalized in St. Louis, Missouri, while on a family visit. July 5, she returned to Libertyville, IL., and then in August to Kaukauna. She attained the age of 85 years, 8 months and 3 days. Carol Beatrice Alger, daughter of Oscar and Elizabeth (nee Pleshek) Alger, was born December 25, 1910, in Kaukauna, where her father worked for the Combined Locks Paper Mill and served as an alderman. Growing up in Kaukauna, she completed her elementary education at Nicolet School and graduated from Kaukauna High School in 1928. Throughout her lifetime she was employed at Ryan Grocery, Cashway, Red Owl, and Larry's Piggly Wiggly, all of Kaukauna, retiring at the age of 52 in the year 1962. She has lived her entire life in the city of Kaukauna. On May 24, 1930, Carol Alger became the bride of Louis Dahm in Waukegan, Illinois, in a civil ceremony conducted by the justice of the peace. God blessed them with 66 years of wedded life, and sent to their union two children. She was baptized in the south Congregational Church, now a part of the United Church of Christ, by the Rev. John Reynolds, Feb. 3, 1915, and confirmed April 5, 1925, in Immanuel Reformed Church (now the United Church of Christ), with the Rev. Ed Worthman officiating. She has been an active member of Immanuel Church ever since. In the earlier years of her church life she helped with Christmas pageants, and has been a member of the Women's Guild and its Circles throughout her life, helping with funeral dinners and baking for various functions of the church. Throughout the community and with her friends she has enjoyed playing sheephead, bowling, and pool. She was a grandma who loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren dearly. The deceased was preceded in death by her father, Oscar, 1951; Elizabeth, her mother, 1961; 3 brothers, Woodrow (Sonny), 1964; Warren, killed on Iwo Jima, 1945; William, 1992; 2 sisters--Lila, 1980 and Virl, 1996. Survivors of Carol Dahm are: her husband, Louis, Kaukauna; two daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy and Leon Cheesbrough, Libertyville, Il; and Mary Jane Rybacki, Milwaukee; one brother, Harvey (Irene) Alger, Kaukauna, and a sister-in-law, Ruth Wier, Kaukauna; 3 granddaughters, Cathy (Tom) Gola, Lake Villa, IL; Laura (Tim) McGavin, Oak Park, IL; Megan (John) Duffy, New York, NY; 3 great grandchildren, Mordecai Gola, Eric McGavin, and Quinn McGavin, a Godson, Gene Walker, and nieces, nephews, and cousins. "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matt. 5:4 "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Rev. 14:13 Funeral services for Carol Dahm were held Saturday, August 31, 1996, at 11:00 A.M. at Immanuel United Church of Christ, Kaukauna, with the Rev. Harvey L. Kandler, Pastor, officiating. Nancy Kandler served as soloist and Kent Petzold as organist. Burial took place in Union Cemetery. Fargo Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Community organizations she belonged to were North American Benefit Association, the Golden Agers, The V.F.W. and Eagles' Auxiliary, and the Hobby Club. Kaukauna Times Newspaper - LOUIS DAHMS MARK 60th ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dahm of 202 E. Eighth Street, Kaukauna, marked their 60th Wedding Anniversary on May 19, 1990, with a reception, dinner and dance celebration at the Mariner. Louis Dahm and the former Carol Alger of Kaukauna were united in marriage in a double wedding, as were Melvin Seif and his wife, the late Mary Walker. The nuptials were performed May 24, 1930, at Waukegan, Illinois. The anniversary couple has resided in Kaukauna since their marriage and are members of the United Church of Christ. The couple has two daughters, Mrs. Leon (Nancy) Cheesbrough of Libertyville, Illinois, and Mary Jane Rybacki of Milwaukee. There are three grandchildren, Cathy, Laura and Megan Cheesbrough. Mr. Dahm operated the Standard Service Station at the corner of Crooks Avenue and Second Street in Kaukauna for 13 years prior to his employment with the Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company. He retired from Thilmany in 1966. He then worked for Larry's Piggly Wiggly Stores, Kaukauna, for nine years before retiring in 1975. Mrs. Dahm was also a Larry's Piggly Wiggly employee when the store was located in the southside downtown area. She worked for 11 years. Some 150 guests were present at the festivities. Out of town guests in attendance traveled from Illinois, Milwaukee, Racine and New York. A letter from Dorothy Mischler Marx, daughter of Laura Haas Mischler, talked about staying with Carol and Louie when it was too stormy for her to get home when she attended Kaukauna High School from 1934-1938. She mentioned that Carol's sister, Virl, and mother, Elizabeth, would visit while she was there. She said they made her feel at home. Carol Beatrice Alger was born on December 25, 1910 to Elizabeth Pleshek and Oscar Alger. She had a sister, Lila, who was born December 24, 1909. At the time the family lived several blocks from where she grew up at 204 East Eighth Street, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin. Her paternal grandparents, William and Margaret (Haas) Alger/Alguire lived at 202 East Eighth Street, Kaukauna, Wisconsin. Her grandfather had come to Kaukauna (Town of Buchanan), in 1882, and married Margaret Haas who was born in Town of Buchanan, May 2, 1865. His birth name was William Alguire from Avonmore, Ontario, Canada but he started to use the name Alger in later years and his children, etc have used the name Alger. Carol was more outgoing than Lila so her parents had her start school at the age of four so she and Lila could be in the same class. She made friends easily. She and the girls in the neighborhood formed a club calling themselves the six wise fools. She and Lila were not able to participate in activities at school as the family couldn't afford gym shoes, etc. Her parents had five children between 1909 and 1915 and two more in 1920 and 1921. Her father eventually worked at Combined Locks Paper Mill, in Combined Locks, WI. He would work a week of nights, a week of 3-11 and a week of 7-3. It was very difficult when he worked 11-7 as he needed to sleep during the day and they lived in a small one story house. He would paint houses in the summer to make extra money to pay off the bills from winter. He also did wallpapering on the side. One of Mom's good friends was Carol Wifenback who lived one house down from them. The Wifenbach's had two daughters and their father was in banking so he made more money. The Wifenback's were both very small, friendly people. They would sometimes pay for mom to go to a movie or invite her to have ice cream with them. They also used real butter at meals or on popcorn which mom said she loved. Carol said her mother would spend Saturday mornings baking rolls, bread, etc. which meant the girls would do the dishes while she baked. She said her mother was a good cook and baker. One of mom's favorite foods was the dumplings which grandma made from riced potatoes and served with gravy. She also made donuts in later years and would come to our house with a big plate of them. Mom liked working with hair and was a good typist. She said she would have liked to have done that type of work after high school but she couldn't afford to go to school for either. In later years she would do typing for her dad when he was alderman. When women wore their hair in waves in the thirties and early forties, she would do their hair in our kitchen. After high school, she worked as a clerk at a grocery store which is how dad got to know her. She worked at a store a few doors from the Standard Filling Station he ran. They had mutual friends, Marie and Art Anderson, who wanted Dad to ask Mom to go out. My grandparents adored Dad. When I was around 7, Mom worked at the Cash Way store on 2nd street. Stores were open on Friday evening so dad would take me to see the western movies at the Vaudette theatre and we would then walk over to the store to pick her up. She stopped working when Mary Jane was born. After a time she and Ethel Hoh ran a small neighborhood gas station and store across the alley, on the corner of 7th street and Crooks avenue. She and dad did the bookwork, stocked the shelves and did the cleaning there so as soon as Mary Jane was in school, she sold out her part to Martha Borree. Mom then went to work at the Larry Verhagen's Piggly Wiggly where she worked till her heart attack. When I was small, mom and a group of friends would make quilts. They would have two sides of fabric with wool between and use yarn to make knots to prevent the wool from shifting. Dad had made a large frame which could easily be taken down and they would move it from house to house. They got the wool from the Appleton Woolen mills and when the material would wear out after use, would take the wool back to be recarted and make new covers. After years of making quilts, no one needed more so they started playing cards. This card club continued for years. Mom loved to bowl and became part of a team that bowled every Thursday. She was told she couldn't bowl after her heart attack in 1961 and would spend Thursday evenings crying. In later years, she had heart surgery and was very happy that she could bowl again tho there were many years in between. When I was small, our refrigerator had a tiny freezer which didn't work so we would walk downtown nearly everyday to get food for dinner. We would go to the meat market and then the grocery store. Mom had long legs and I can remember running down the hill to keep up with her and puffing up the hill on the way home. We didn't use the car so we could save the money for gas plus gas was rationed during the war. At Christmas, friends would come over on Christmas Eve and at midnight, we would sing Happy Birthday to mom and have cake. She didn't like bakery shop cakes so would end up making her own birthday cakes. She loved to bake and frequently shared her baking with neighbors or friends. When they lived in a senior housing apartment after moving from the house, she would take baked things to different apartments and had everyone talking to one another. She also got people in the building interested in playing pool and cards together.
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