Eloy Vanevenhoven

Red Vanevenhoven, age 94, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. Red was born October 25, 1912 to the late Charles and Rose (Gloudeman) Vanevenhoven. He married the former Joan Murphy on June 6, 1938 in Gays Mills, Wisconsin. Joan preceded him in death on January 3, 2000. Red and Joan worked together for sixty-two years, many of them at the Hub, which is now The Prime Steer. Red was a longtime member of Holy Cross Parish.

Red is survived by his children: Nancy (Milton) Marasch of Boulder, Colorado; Jan (Bob) Thomas of Green Bay; Mary (Chip) Lamers of Kaukauna; and Mike (Meg O’Brien) Vanevenhoven of Menasha; seventeen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings: Dorothy Eslien of Kaukauna; Jan (Gene) Schiedermayer of Missoula, Montana; Tom (Peg) Vanevenhoven of Yuba City, California; a sister-in-law: Bernardine Tully of Gays Mills, a special friend Marge Grissman of Kaukauna, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Red was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Joan, sisters Valerie (Ed) Knox; Mary Lou (Jack) Lowes; and Ruth (Elmer) Vandenberg; and brothers Robert (Vivian) Vanevenhoven and Norbert (Eleanor) Vanevenhoven.

The funeral liturgy for Red will be held at 4:30 PM on Monday, February 26, 2007 at HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 309 Desnoyer Street in Kaukauna. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call directly at the church on Monday from 2:30 PM until the hour of the service.

FARGO FUNERAL HOME
400 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Kaukauna, Wisconsin 54130
920-766-6200