Gertrude KAULPETZER

Gertrude Arseneau -- Visitation for Gertrude Grace Arseneau, 95, of Manteno, will be from 3-8 p.m. Friday, with a 3:30 p.m. wake service, at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Kankakee, where she was a member. Rev. John Linnan will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Beaverville. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to Hospice of Kankakee Valley. Mrs. Arseneau died Tuesday (April 5, 2005) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee. She was born Sept. 7, 1909, in Custer Park, the daughter of Wilson and Maude Phillips Kaulpetzer. Her parents are deceased. Her husband, Leroy E. Arseneau, whom she married Aug. 16, 1927 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, died Oct. 10, 1981. Surviving are her children and their spouses, Delores and Marty Martinez of Alpine, Texas, Robert and Diane Arseneau of Manteno, Shirley and Leon Malone of Kempton, Thelma and Kenneth Fowler of Papineau, Sharon and Edward Riley of Bourbonnais, June and Michael Duffy of Limestone Township, Susan and Preston Bultman of Waynesboro, Tenn.; 29 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren; special friend, Myrna Yarno of Limestone Township, who was like a daughter to her; and Peppy and Peanut. Three sisters, one brother and one grandson, are deceased. Mrs. Arseneau was a past member of the Mills Mothers Club. She enjoyed traveling, reading, collecting dolls and stuffed animals, shopping and going out to lunch. She especially loved her family.