Adela (Brandl) Zenner 1908-1990

I have only a few photos of Adela, but lots of memories.  She was a main character in a story mom told us about when Adela was 12 and mom was 5...it's included in this post from the Hesch History blog, and it revolves around this photo:

Taken about 1920 when Adela was 12, it's her formal First Communion photo, and mom (Linda Janson) was her 'angel'. 

We also have the masthead photo, where Dela is first on the left.  It was probably taken about 1921.

Then, there's this photo, probably taken in the same decade I knew her best--Dela & Kilian owned the grocery store in Buckman across from the church.  We bought it from them, made some changes in the store, and learned to make Zenner's Sausage.  She and Kilian were always gracious and helpful, tho they really wanted to be done with the grocery business.  BTW, that photo comes from this larger picture--probably from the late 70s.

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Here's her obituary, from November, 1990:

Birth: Apr. 24, 1908

Death: Nov. 26, 1990

Adela Zenner, age 82, a former resident of Buckman, died November 26, 1990 at her daughter's home in Minneapolis.
Funeral services were held November 29, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Buckman with Father LeRoy Maus officiating. Burial was in the parish cemetery.


Adela Zenner was born April 24, 1908 in Buckman to John and Frances (Janson) Brandl. After graduation from Normal School, she was a rural school teacher in the Buckman area. Adela married Kilian H. Zenner on June 5, 1928. They owned and operated Zenner's Store in Buckman for nearly 50 years. She lived in Buckman until two and a half years ago when she moved to Minneapolis to live with her daughter.


Survivors include one son, Terry and wife Janell of Lafayette, LA; two daughters, Mary Lou Delehanty of Minneapolis and Kathleen and husband Beau Beauchamp of Joplin, Missouri; a daughter-in-law, Patricia Zenner of Sauk Rapids; three brothers, Edward of St. Cloud, Roman of Platte Lake, MN, and Al of Marshall, MN; one sister, Florence Brandl of Minneapolis; 20 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kilian on April 11, 1978; one son, Galen on January 8, 1972; one sister, Leone and her parents.