Kuchenbecker-Ahnen

The following sent in by a family member/see contributors page: He was ordained June 7, 1958, on his birthday, at the Basicila of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. He said his first Mass on Sunday, 15 June 1958 at St. Therese Church, Appleton, WI. [I was there and saved my Holy Card. In those days they were printed on good paper]. Father Melvin Tracy and Father Anselm Platten traced an account of the people who settled and developed the St. Nazianz area, and the Manitowoc Public Library has a digital oral recording from 1976. Robert Louis Tracy was born 07 June 1931 in Appleton, Outagamie Co., WI., son of Oliver E. Tracy and Hilda Kuchenbecker. Oliver E. Tracy was born 18 Feb 1908 in Appleton, Outagamie Co., WI and died 03 July 2010 in Fitchburg, Dane Co., WI. Burial at St. Joseph Cemetery, Appleton, WI. Hilda Kuchenbecker was born 16 Dec 1908 in Appleton, Outagamie Co., WI and died 01 Apr 1990 in Appleton, Outagamie Co., WI; burial at St. Joseph Cemetery, Appleton, WI. Son Father Melvin Tracy officiated at his mother's Mass at St. Joseph Church, Appleton, WI. [My comment: 102+ not bad for an "Irish descendant'. Oliver had the most beautiful voice when he sang the old Irish songs, and he sang for funerals,