Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameDena Kropf
Birth14 Mar 1878, Honesdale, Wayne Co, PA
Death30 Sep 1957, Broome Co, NY
BurialVestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, Broome Co, NY
MemoPlot: G 177-1
Misc. Notes
living next to her widowed mother, Christina Kropf (66, GER) in 1910
Spouses
Birth11 May 1877, Honesdale, Wayne Co, PA
Death10 Nov 1955, Broome Co, NY
BurialVestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, Broome Co, NY
MemoPlot: G 177-2
OccupationShoemaker
FatherGeorge Denk (1852-1906)
MotherMargaret Sporer (1854-1934)
Misc. Notes
Married Dena Kroph, was a shoemaker.
Listed in Wayne Co, PA in 1910, as a laborer in a shoe shop. They are listed below her widowed mother, and have the two children living with them after 9 yrs of marriage. In 1920 had moved to Binghamton, NY where he worked as a cutter (42, PA) in a shoe shop. His son and daughter were both still living at home, with Marvin being a bookkeeper for a meat market.
In 1930, he was still in Binghamton, with daughter Vera; and his wife is listed as Christina (52, PA), first married at age 22, parents born in NY and PA - my guess is that she simply stopped using her nickname.
Was living in Binghamton, NY in 1934 at age 52 when his mother died.
Listed as a laborer (62, PA) in 1940, with his wife Dena (62, PA) and daughter Vera (32, PA).
[Obituary] Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton NY ยท Thursday, 10 November 1955, pg 35
JOHN DENK, 78, of 51 Clark Street, died at 7:30 a. m. today at his home. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dena K. Denk; a son, Marvin J. Denk; two grandchildren, M. William Denk and Mrs. Leo V. Blodgett, a great-granddaughter, Mary Catherine Blodgett, all of Binghamton; a brother, William Denk of Honesdale, Pa., and several nieces and nephews.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, and was a retired Endicott Johnson Corp. employee. The body was moved to the Ernest H. Parsons Funeral Home, 71 Main Street, where friends may call today from 7 to 9 p. m. and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m.
Marriage1901, Wayne Co, PA
ChildrenMarvin John (1903-1977)
 Vera May (1907-1955)
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