Lucille Opal Mense

Female6 October 1929–14 September 2018

Brief Life History of Lucille Opal

When Lucille Opal Mense was born on 6 October 1929, in Maple Plain, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, her father, Willem Mense, was 28 and her mother, Thilda Gena Olson, was 38. She married Lorenz Herman Kutz on 3 June 1950, in Delano, Wright, Minnesota, United States. She lived in Independence, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1930 and Independence Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1940. She died on 14 September 2018, in Spring Park, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Polk, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenz Herman Kutz
1911–1997
Lucille Opal Mense
1929–2018
Marriage: 3 June 1950

Sources (5)

  • Lucille Mense in household of William Mense, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lucille Kutz in entry for Arnold W Mense, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Lucille Mense in household of William Mense, "United States Census, 1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 June 1950Delano, Wright, Minnesota, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1931

    Age 2

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

    Age 2

    The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

    1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

    Age 26

    The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

    Name Meaning

    North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of the group of personal names identified at Mein .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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