Johanna Menart

1891 - 1993  (101 years)

• Name	Johanna Menart
  Nickname	Jennie
  Birth	2 Jun 1891	34 Novi Svet, Austro Slovenia
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 May 1993	Sheboygan, SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin   [1]
  Burial	14 May 1993	Greendale Cemetery, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I1127	King/Roy
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Stefan Menart,   b. 3 Sep 1861, 72 Novi Svet, Austro Slovenia d. 11 Jan 1919, JUGOSLAVIA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Ivana Nagode,   b. 27 Apr 1861, Hotedr Sica, SLOVENIA (AUSTRIA_HUNGARY) d. 27 Nov 1948, YUGOSLAVIA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1891	Hotedr Sica, Novi Svet, Austro Slovenia
  Family ID	F275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frank Horzen,   b. 8 May 1880, Krska Vas, SLOVENIA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY d. 17 Jul 1966, Sheboygan, SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1914	St. Cyril and Methodius, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  Children	+ 1. Frank Horzen,   b. 4 Aug 1915, Sheboygan, SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin d. 16 Dec 1991, Sheboygan, SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Age 76 years)   2. Alvina Johanna Horzen,   b. 23 Apr 1923, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin d. 11 Nov 2020, Sheboygan, SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Age 97 years) + 3. Living + 4. Mary Rose Horzen,   b. 5 Mar 1935, Sheboygan, SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin d. 30 Aug 2018, Appleton, OUTAGAMIE, Wisconsin (Age 83 years)
  Photos		Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Sheboygan, WI
  		Frank Horzen Family ca. 1945 L-R: Betty, Mitzi, Jennie, Frank
  Documents » Slide Show		Federal Census 1920, Frank Horzen family 1609 Indiana Avenue Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  		Federal Census 1930, Frank Horzen family 1524 Main Avenue Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  		Federal Census 1940, Frank Horzen family 1524 Main Avenue Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  		Federal Census 1950, Frank Horzen family 1520 Main Avenue Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  Headstones		Headstone of Frank and Jennie (Menart) Horzen
  Family ID	F261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 26 Oct 1914 - St. Cyril and Methodius, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Death - 11 May 1993 - Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Burial - 14 May 1993 - Greendale Cemetery, Sheboygan, Wisconsin  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jennie (Menart) Horzen, 100 years old, 1991
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Johanna (Jennie Menart) Horzen

  
  

  Documents		Johanna Menart Birth Record p82
  		Johanna Menart Baptismal Certificate

  
  

  Headstones

  Frank and Jennie (Menart) Horzen Headstone Front and Left 1/3 in from center road

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Obituary. Jennie Horzen Jennie Horzen, 101, a resident of Sunny Ridge Health Card Center for the past three years, died on Tuesday, May 11, 1993 at St. Nicholas Hospital. Jennie was born in Hotedrsica, Slovenia, Yugoslavia on June 2, 1891. She was the eldest of seven children born to Stephen and Johanna (Nagode) Menart. She came to Sheboygan with a cousin on Decemeber 12, 1912. On October 26, 1914, she was united in marriage to Frank Horzen Sr. at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. He preceded her death on July 17, 1966. Jennie had been employed by various Sheboygan industries beginning with the Vollrath Company in 1913. She retired from Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center in 1965. On the occasion of her 100th birthday, she was visited by Marijan Prah, an envoy from Slovenia, which had just proclaimed its independance. Jennie enjoyed working in her garden and spent many hours making afghans, which she gave to family and friends. She was an avid bingo player and enjoyed reading, especially articles in her native language. Jennie was the last charter memeber of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the last living past president of the Christian Womens Society and a member of the Holy Trinity Society, Lodge 22, CCU. Jennie is survived three daughters, Alvina Horzen, Sheboygan; Betty King, Oshkosh; Rose MAry Ferris, Appleton. 17 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; three step great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Frank Horzen, Jr; two grandchildren, one great grandchild, four brothers and two sisters. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, 10:30 am at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. The REv. Richard Fleischman, pastor, will be celebrant. Burial will follow in Greendale Cemetery. Brief family rites will precede the mass at 10 am at the Ramm-Ziegler-Novak-Rettke Funeral Home, Northside Chapel. Friends may call at the funeral home, 726 Michigan Ave., on Thursday evening from 4 until 8 pm. A parish vigil will be held at 6:30 pm. Memorials in Jennie's nae may be directed to Ss. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church.