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Robert Klingenbeck's mama Lillian Stempfl-Klingenbeck would prepare large wonderful
meals as John recalls. Lillian's father Rudolph was from Austria. Robert's great grandfather
Charles Klingenbeck was from Bavaria, Germany.
meals as John recalls. Lillian's father Rudolph was from Austria. Robert's great grandfather
Charles Klingenbeck was from Bavaria, Germany.
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Bourbonnais Township, Kankakee, IL
The LaMontagne-Lovisa Confections Bakery was born out of a love of family
and friends and the nostalgia of a time when we would sit with freshly brewed cups of coffee
together and enjoy sweet confections.
There was always time to enjoy good conversation along with lovingly homemade delectables.
The Confections Shop is my way of sharing my family's treasured specialities and
energetically bringing us full circle to that time and place where we once again enjoy those
special moments together over a cup of steaming fresh coffee and a sweet confection...from our
family to yours...
Sincerely,
Valerie Phillips
and friends and the nostalgia of a time when we would sit with freshly brewed cups of coffee
together and enjoy sweet confections.
There was always time to enjoy good conversation along with lovingly homemade delectables.
The Confections Shop is my way of sharing my family's treasured specialities and
energetically bringing us full circle to that time and place where we once again enjoy those
special moments together over a cup of steaming fresh coffee and a sweet confection...from our
family to yours...
Sincerely,
Valerie Phillips
LaMontagne-Fortin Genealogy
My grandmother Alma, a phenomenal baker, learned to bake in 1910 from her
mama Ida LaMontagne-Fortin as she was growing up on the family farm in
Bourbonnais Township, Kankakee, Illinois along with her sisters, Isabelle, and
Anna. Alma tells the story of cooking and baking for the family and the farm
hands along with her sisters. Only French was spoken in the home so there was a
bit of a learning curve when the girls began school and had to adapt to English.
Mama, Ida Lamontagne-Fortin born in 1868, and her husband Paul Fortin born in 1865 were
descended from French Canadians. Paul's parents were born in Châteauguay County, Comte
Châteauguay, Quebec. Ida's Grandparents were from Quebec as well. It was Paul's father
Celestine Fortin who gathered up his family, Wife Marie Martine Manney-Fortin and their 9
children to relocate to Kankakee, Illinois and buy a large plot of land and begin the family
farm.
descended from French Canadians. Paul's parents were born in Châteauguay County, Comte
Châteauguay, Quebec. Ida's Grandparents were from Quebec as well. It was Paul's father
Celestine Fortin who gathered up his family, Wife Marie Martine Manney-Fortin and their 9
children to relocate to Kankakee, Illinois and buy a large plot of land and begin the family
farm.
Châteauguay County, Comte Châteauguay, Quebec
My grandmother Alma passed on a wonderful heritage to me of the love of baking. I watched
as she prepared many wonderful desserts over the years. As a child I remember many days
there were no ingredients in the home with which to prepare a dessert, I would marvel watching
her miraculously create a fabulous dessert seemingly out of nothing. A sponge cake came out
of the over in a shallow sided cookie sheet. The aroma was magnificent. I saw this flat sponge
cake about an inch thick and asked my Grandmother what was she going to do with it. She
just smiled. After it cooled a bit I marveled as she placed the sponge cake on a tea towel and
began to spread fresh lemon filling on it (we grew lemons in our backyard).
I watched as she used the towel to roll up the sponge cake into the most scrumptious Lemon
Jelly Roll you have every eaten in your life.
It was a marvel to watch her turn anything in the house into a fabulous dessert.
as she prepared many wonderful desserts over the years. As a child I remember many days
there were no ingredients in the home with which to prepare a dessert, I would marvel watching
her miraculously create a fabulous dessert seemingly out of nothing. A sponge cake came out
of the over in a shallow sided cookie sheet. The aroma was magnificent. I saw this flat sponge
cake about an inch thick and asked my Grandmother what was she going to do with it. She
just smiled. After it cooled a bit I marveled as she placed the sponge cake on a tea towel and
began to spread fresh lemon filling on it (we grew lemons in our backyard).
I watched as she used the towel to roll up the sponge cake into the most scrumptious Lemon
Jelly Roll you have every eaten in your life.
It was a marvel to watch her turn anything in the house into a fabulous dessert.
Lovisa-Klingenbeck Genealogy
John's mama, Delores Lovisa-Klingenbeck was an incredible baker who
passed on her love of cooking and baking to him. Before John was 20 he
opened a successful Italian Restaurant in Enterprise, Alabama along with
his Father, Robert Francis Klingenbeck and Mama, Delores. Their
specialities were Lasagna, Spaghetti and Pizza.
John's mama, Delores Lovisa-Klingenbeck was an incredible baker who
passed on her love of cooking and baking to him. Before John was 20 he
opened a successful Italian Restaurant in Enterprise, Alabama along with
his Father, Robert Francis Klingenbeck and Mama, Delores. Their
specialities were Lasagna, Spaghetti and Pizza.
John still talks about his mother's prized recipe for Pizza Dolce, a baked pie with a velvety
vanilla and chocolate cream filling, garnished with fruit just beneath the top crust. John's
family would sit around the dinner table and when dessert time arrived John and his brother
Bob would fight for the corner piece of the Pizza Dolce (mama baked it in a square pan).
Delores' mama Lelida Tuzzalino-Lovisa was born in Louisiana. Lelida's parents were both
from Italy, Daniello and Theresina Tuzzalino. Delores' father John Lovisa was from Northern
Italy where his family owned a vineyard about 30 miles outside Venice in the Veneto Region.
The title of Count and Countess were handed down to land owners of the time so Delores
inherited the Vineyard as well as the title Countess.
vanilla and chocolate cream filling, garnished with fruit just beneath the top crust. John's
family would sit around the dinner table and when dessert time arrived John and his brother
Bob would fight for the corner piece of the Pizza Dolce (mama baked it in a square pan).
Delores' mama Lelida Tuzzalino-Lovisa was born in Louisiana. Lelida's parents were both
from Italy, Daniello and Theresina Tuzzalino. Delores' father John Lovisa was from Northern
Italy where his family owned a vineyard about 30 miles outside Venice in the Veneto Region.
The title of Count and Countess were handed down to land owners of the time so Delores
inherited the Vineyard as well as the title Countess.
Vineyards in the Veneto Region of Italy
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