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Andrew Messing Obituary
Andrew was born July 30, 1915 in Ruth, to the late Henry and Helen (Tenbusch) Messing.
He married Genevieve Terbrack in 1934 at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ruth. She passed away Dec. 25, 2002.
Andrew attended SS. Peter and Paul Elementary School. He farmed all his life. Andrew worked for Kilpatrick Dairy Farm in Kinde for a few years before retiring in 1977. He then worked for Weiss Dairy Farm in Port Hope for ten years. Andrew enjoyed pheasant and rabbit hunting and sucker fishing.
Andrew is survived by two sons, Alvin Messing Sr. and his special friend, Linda Franzel, of Ubly and Paul Messing and his special friend, Kathy, of Cass City; one daughter, Betty Mausolf and her husband, Robert, of Harbor Beach; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; one brother, Leonard Messing and his wife, Theresa, of Harbor Beach; and one sister, Dorothy Roggenbuck of Harbor Beach.
Andrew was preceded in death by one daughter, Doris Goniwicha July 2, 1996; six sisters, Anna Essenmacher, Magdaline Kranz, Eleanor Adler and her husband, John, Helen Kirsch, Clara Clor, Irene Samulski; and four brothers, Lawrence, Leo, Walter and Arthur Messing.
Funeral service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2007 at the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly. The Rev. John Rapson, pastor of the Minden City United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be private in the Argyle Township Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2:30 to 8 p.m. today at the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home.
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Matt Mausolf
December 20, 2024
Legend has it he never took anything, not even aspirin.
Gloria Maurer
March 17, 2007
Aunt Betty and Uncle Bob, my sympathy to you at the loss of your Father. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
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