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Kristine Whitney
1907 - 1992
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- Kristine Whitney
1907 - 1992
Services for Kristine Whitney, 85, Klemme, who died Saturday, Dec. 5, 1992
at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, were held
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Klemme with
Rev. Jerry Robertson officiating.
Music was provided by Margaret Tue, organist; Laura Whitney; violinist and
Ralph Whitney, vocalist.
Casket Bearers were Roger Vanderploeg, Mark Vanderploeg, Todd Vanderploeg,
Mike Nuehring, Wayne Fleis and Dick Leet.
Burial was at the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme with Tenold Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Kristine Whitney, the daughter of Lewis and Carrie (Sokowolski) Kucinski,
was born July 16, 1907 in Warsaw, Poland. She sailed the North Sea to the
United States in 1913 and settled with her family in Lorraine, Ohio.
She graduated from Morningside in 1926 with a degree in music. Wayne and
Kris met in Paulina, Iowa where Kris was teaching vocal music and
penmanship and Wayne was coaching. They were married at the Little Brown
Church in Nashua in 1934. They taught many places including Paulina,
Bronson, Britt, Williams, Rockwell, Hanlontown, Ware, Renwick, and Klemme,
where they retired in 1963.
Kris was a violinist in the Sioux City Symphony for 20 years. She was a
member of the Eastern Star, member of the United Methodist Church, sang in
the United Methodist Church Choir and circles, was a member of Senior
Citizens and Grandmothers Club.
She is survived by her husband, Wayne of Klemme; sons, Ralph of Wheaton,
IL, and Richard of Hoffman Estates, IL; two grandchildren, Laura and
Jennifer Whitney; brothers, Leo of Sioux City, Edward of Crawfordsville,
IN, and Richard of Duluth, MN; sisters, Marcia Griffin of San Antonio, TX,
and Irene Campbell of Oak Ridge, TN. She was preceded in death by her
parents; and 2 sisters, Estelle, and Isabelle.
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source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 9 Dec 1992, page 6, column 1
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- Kristine (Kucinski) WHITNEY
July 16, 1907 - December 5, 1992
Klemme - Kristine Whitney, 85, of Klemme died Saturday (Dec. 5, 1992) at
Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church, Klemme, with the
Rev. Jerry Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Ell Township Cemetery,
Klemme.
- Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday at Tenold
Funeral Home, Klemme. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Tenold
Funeral Home, Klemme.
Kristine Whitney was born July 16, 1907, in Warsaw, Poland. Survivors
include her husband, Wayne Whitney, Klemme; two sons, Ralph Whitney,
Wheaton, Ill., and Richard Whitney, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; two sisters,
Marcia Griffin, San Antonio, Texas, and Irene Cambel, Oak Ridge, Tenn.;
three brothers, Leo Kucinski, Sioux City, Edward Kucinski, Crawfordville,
Ind, and Richard Kucinski, Duluth, Minn.; and two grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by two sisters.
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source: source: Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Dec 1992
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Kristine Kucinski Whitney: born 16 Jul 1907, Warsaw,
Mazowieckie, Poland - died 5 Dec 1992, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa
Daughter of Louis Kucinski, born 1882 - died 1926 and Carrie Sokolowska, born
1882 - died 1970
Wife of: Wayne Wendell Whitney, born 1906 -
died 1995
Sister of:
Henry (Hendryk) Kucinski (1902–1907)
Lucina (Lucille) Kucinski (1903–1904)
Leo Kucinski (1904–1998)
Isabelle K Kucinski Krieg (1906–1967)
Estelle Kucinski Roberts (1908–1986)
Irene Sara Kucinski Campbell (1914–1998)
Edward Kucinski (1916–1996)
Henrietta Marcia Kucinski Griffin (1917–2008)
Richard Adam Kucinski (1918–2008)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 113959823
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