Who's Who at Grace Bible Chapel, Kenosha, WI

Grace Bible Chapel, Kenosha, WI (KLC-EB) +1923-2000? (OB) 2000?-present

Correspondents

• William Eckhardt +1946+
• Emil Schneider +1946+

Other Notable Alumni

Eckhardt family

• William Eckhardt +1946+ (b. 1874 Lauterecken, Germany - d. 1950 Kenosha, WI).
• Lina Wilhelmina Tillman Eckhardt (b. 1877 Derschen, Germany - d. 1926 Kenosha, WI).
  • Harold Eckhardt (1922-1988 Kenosha, WI). Wife (1960 @ UMC, Bristol): Nancy Maleski Eckhardt. 1942-1946 WWII U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Division, with overseas duty in the European Theatre. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre from the Belgian gov't. Worked @ Kenosha Sheet Metal Corp., then 29 years @ American Motors Corp., retiring in 1987 as maintenance foreman. Children: Christopher Eckhardt (Anaheim, CA) & Morgan Eckhardt (Kenosha, WI).
  • Ruth Marie Eckhardt Stevens (1924-2007 Kenosha, WI). Husband: James Hosea Stevens (b. 1915 Georgetown, Vermillion, IL - d. 1989 Kenosha, WI), son of James Harvey Stevens (b. 1876 Georgetown, IL - d. 1940 Danville, Vermillion, IL) & Martha Marriage Stevens (b. 1884 France - d. 1933 Danville, IL).
  • William Eckhardt
  • Helmuth Eckhardt (b. 1917 Kenosha, WI - d. 1978 North Chicago, IL). Served 1941-1945 WWII Army @ Northern France. Worked as a meat cutter @ Milwaukee. Daughter: Linda Eckhardt Naekrisz.
  • Eugene Eckhardt
  • Eric Eckhardt
  • Anna Eckhardt Anderson
  • Marie Eckhardt Hentshel
  • Hilda Eckhardt Glaser
  • Lena Eckhardt Tielmann
  • Betty Eckhardt Haulrig
  • Martha Eckhardt Becker. Husband: Robert Becker. 1988 @ Lake Forest, IL.

Glaeser family

• Brian Glaeser ?-present
  • He is a retired veterinarian, an itinerant Bible teacher, organizer of a monthly gospel booth and youth discipleship ministry via a local "7 Mile Fair" flea market.

• Ted Glaeser ?-present
  • He is employed in IT, and active in jail & prison ministries.

Greenwald family

• Jim Greenwald ?-present
  • He works in health care, is a former trustee for Living Waters Bible Camp, and assists with the "7 Mile Fair" gospel booth.

Jung family

• Franz Jung 1923-1947 (b. 1887 Weidenau, Germany - d. 1947 Kenosha, WI), son of Ludwig Jung. A "well-known employee" of the Simmons Manufacturing Co., according to his obit in the Kenosha News. Franz had two sisters, Mrs. Laura Steinseifer (Kenosha, WI) & Miss Minna Jung (Germany).
  • Zalman Gilbert Simmons started his company in 1870 manufacturing cheese boxes, which developed by 1875 into the first woven wire mattresses, patenting the "Beautyrest" brand in 1925, and the first "Hide-A-Bed" in 1940, becoming the "world's largest bedding manufacturer" until 2011 when it slipped to third place, and its parent company filed Ch 11 on 2023-1-23. Also see A Classic Bedtime Story excerpts.
• Augusta/Auguste Dreisbach Jung 1923-1950 (b. 1891 Germany; m. 1914 Germany; emig. 1923 Kenosha, WI; d. 1950 Kenosha, WI)
  • Ernst "Ernie" Henry Jung 1923-2005 (b. 1915 Breckerfeld, Germany - d. 2005 Kenosha, WI). 1940 worked for Alfred Huland @ Evanston, Chicago, Cook, IL. 1941-1945 WWII US Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre of Guam as an aircraft mechanic. 1951-1982 maintenance electrician @ AMC/Chrysler. Wife (1948 @ Cudahy, WI): Lydia "Lil" Gilanyi Jung +1948-2005+.
    • "Bev" Jung Jessen. Husband: Richard Jessen.
    • "Barb" Jung Harberson. Husband: Doug Harberson. 2005 @ The Woodlands, TX.
    • Shirley Jung Carlson. Husband: Charlie Carlson
    • Sandie Jung Hansen. Husband: Bob Hansen.
  • Walter Jung. Wife: Eleanor Jung. 2005 @ Kenosha, WI.
  • Ervin Arthur Jung. Wife: Marion Jung. 2005 @ Downers Grove, Chicago, IL.
  • Werner Jung. Wife: Hildegard Jung. 2005 @ Morton Grove, IL.
    • Chicago, IL
  • Margaret Elsie Jung Byrum (b. 1921 Germany - d. 2015 Newburgh, IN). Husband: Carl Swearingen Byrum (b. 1922 Franklin, Simpson KY - d. 1991 Newburgh, IN). Carl & Margaret were in fellowship in their latter years with Trinity Bible Church, an open brethren assembly founded in 1983 in Owensboro, KY.

Schneider family

• Emil Schneider +1946+

Sources

• [GBC's website