1. | CONNELLY, Christian Earl was born on 6 Dec 1924 in Sebeka, Wadena, Minnesota, United States; died on 8 Mar 1997 in Ghent, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military: 1945, World War II; PFC; Address:
United States Army
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Buried:
Source:
https://marshallmncemetery.org/burial/christian-earl-connelly/
Marshall Cemetery Association website
Accessed 5/5/2024
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147256251/christian-earl-connelly
Christian Connelly
GHENT -- Services for Christian "Chris" Earl Connelly 72, of Ghent, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Lutheran Church in Marshall. Visitation without reviewal, at the Hamilton-Birk Funeral Home in Marshall will be from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with an 8 p.m. prayer service and will continue Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Burial will be in the Marshall Cemetery.
Mr. Connelly died Saturday, March 8, 1997, at his home in Ghent.
Christian Earl Connelly was born Dec. 6, 1924, in Sebeka, to Earl Wayne and Anna (Larsen) Connelly. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended rural school near his parents home. He served in Okinawa during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star. In 1952, he and Genevieve Ella Frietag were married in Marshall. They lived in Marshall and in 1979 he moved to Ghent. He worked as a driver for Archer Daniels, mechanical work for Bennett Industries, construction worker in Garvin Park, janitorial work at Southwest State University, and was a supervisor at the D.A.C. in Redwood Falls. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Marshall and also the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his sons, Don of Brooklyn Park, Gary of Dawson, David of Marshall and Bill of Tracy; daughters, Judy Peterson of Tracy, Mary
Connelly of Boyd and Sue Stripling of Marshall; special friend JoAnn Naber of Ghent; nine grandchildren; Ms. Naber's three grandchildren; sister, Lizzie Hielrate of New York Mills; brother, John of New York Mills; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, infant twin sons who died at birth and one sister.
--Marshall Independent
March 11, 1997
Grounds | Block 102 | Lot 3 | Grave 7
Christian married FREITAG, Genevieve Ella in 1952 in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. Genevieve (daughter of FREITAG, Clarence Johann Wilhelm and ZAMZOW, Ella Mathilda Augusta) was born on 21 May 1935 in Franklin, Renville, Minnesota, United States; died on 13 Dec 1979 in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
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- 3. CONNELLY, David Allen was born on 6 Feb 1956 in Lyon, Minnesota, United States; died on 29 Jul 1999; was buried on 31 Jul 1999 in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States.
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- 6. CONNELLY, Baby Boy was born on 11 Nov 1962; died on 11 Nov 1962; was buried in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States.
- 7. CONNELLY, Baby Boy was born on 11 Nov 1962; was buried in Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, United States.
- 8. Living
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