Hannelore Kissam Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Hannelore Kissam (Plattsburgh, New York), who passed away at the age of 83, on November 13, 2023. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Hans Wellbrock and Anni Wellbrock; her stepfather Georg Wellbrock; her sister Christa; her nephew Joerg Hoepken of Germany; her son Erol M. Turk of Houston, TX; and her husband Bill (Bill).
She is survived by: her granddaughters, Lucia and Olivia of Portland, OR; her stepson Todd Kissam (Heather); her son Simon (Mark Kissam) of Bloomington, IN; her brother-in-law Frerke Hoepken; her nephew Cord Hoepken (Elena); her great-nieces and great-nephews, Katharina and Jan-Cord; her niece Petra (Peter Dammann); and her great-nephew Paul.
When they moved to New Russia, NY she worked at the Champlain National Bank, and in 1981 started work at the Bruce L. Crary Foundation in Elizabethtown from where she retired in 2004 as Executive Director. The Foundation Board especially valued her input and advocacy for the non-traditional student scholarship applicants whom she cared for as her own, following their path through education and beyond.
