Obit: Kangas, Charles A. (1881 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kangas, Aukee, Kuoppala, Buss

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 02 Mar 1972

Kangas, Charles A. (15 APR 1881 – 24 FEB 1972)

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bethany Lutheran Church, Owen, for Charles A. Kangas, 90, of route 1, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), who died last Thursday.

The Rev. H. Aukee, Duluth, Minnesota, officiated, and burial was made in Riverside Cemetery. Hoeper-Kraut Funeral Home of Owen had charge of arrangements.

Mr. Kangas was born April 15, 1881 in Finland, and came to the United States in 1902 and settled in Ishpeming, Michigan. He was married in Ishpeming, Michigan August 29, 1903 to Hulda Kuoppala, who survives him. The couple resided in Michigan until 1911, when they came to Withee, where they operated a farm.

He was a charter member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Owen.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, are two sons, William Kangas, Owen, and Toivo Kangas, route 1, Withee; a daughter, Mrs. Leslie (Eva) Buss, route 1, Withee; five grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and two sisters in Finland.

He was preceded in death by a son.