Obituaries
Sally Gruetzmacher
May 20, 2014
Sally J. Gruetzmacher, age 61, died May 20, 2014 at her home. She was born October 28, 1952 in Merrill to Wilfred and Coletta (Musch) Schroeder. Sally graduated from Merrill Senior High School in 1970. On April 28, 1973, Sally married Gene A. Gruetzmacher at St. Stephen's UCC. Together, they took over managing the Gruetzmacher family farm. After many years...
Vivian Erickson
May 17, 2014
Vivian M. Erickson, age 94, of Merrill, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Ministry Good Samaritan Health Center. She was born January 25, 1920 in Merrill to the late Christian and Jennie (Pedersen) Erickson. Vivian worked as a telephone operator for Bell when she was younger. She later worked as a secretary for Weinbrenner Shoe Company where she eventually...
Viola Plamann
May 12, 2014
Viola D. Plamann, age 90, passed away May 12, 2014 at Woodland Court Assisted Living, Merrill, WI. Viola was born in the Town of Russell, Lincoln County, on March 4th, 1923. She was the fourth of five children -Alexander, Donald, Gertrude, Viola & Larry- born to the late Gottlieb and Mary (Beil) Tesky, Gleason, WI. Viola married Harold Plamann at...
Alice LaBorde
May 12, 2014
Alice LaBorde, age 86, of Merrill, passed away Monday, May12, 2014 at Bell Tower Residence. She was born June 23, 1927 in Beloit to Hazel (Caldwell) and Nick Feuerstein. Alice and Wayne "Pete" LaBorde were married in Beloit on August 26, 1950. He preceded her in death April 20, 2004. Alice graduated from Beloit High School followed by St. Agnes...
Darleen Fick
May 10, 2014
Darleen M. Fick, age 80, passed away surrounded by family on May 10, 2014 at the Artisan Assisted Living facility in Merrill, under the care of Ministry Hospice. She was born on December 12, 1933 to John and Florence (Watson) Petrus in the city of Milwaukee, WI. She attended and graduated from school in Milwaukee. Darleen met and married the...
Roger Nelson
May 6, 2014
Roger D. Nelson, 67, of Merrill, passed into Eternal Life on May 6, 2014 at Ministry St. Clare's Hospital in Weston. He was born on September 28, 1946 in Merrill, the son of the late Melvin Roy Nelson and June (Severt) Nelson-Downing. Roger grew up on a farm. From a very early age, he loved driving tractors and eventually, became...
Linda Langhoff
May 6, 2014
Linda K. Langhoff, age 63, of Schofield, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Hospice House in Wausau. She was born March 23, 1951 in Merrill to the late Nathan and Margaret (Godleski) Cornish. She and August Langhoff were united in marriage April 24, 1982 in Hamburg. He preceded her in death in December of 2007. Linda was a graduate...
Florence Zastrow
May 3, 2014
Florence Zastrow, age 78, of Merrill, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, May 3, 2014 at her home. She was born on October 19, 1935 in Merrill, the daughter of the late James P. and Mary E. (Collins) Duginski. Florence was married to William R. Zastrow from 1954-1964. He preceded her in death on February 8, 2014 in Montana. She was a...
Dorothy Grefe
Apr 27, 2014
Dorothy M. Grefe, age 82, of Merrill, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Pine Crest Nursing Home under the care of Dr. Kate Hospice. She was born June 27, 1931 in Merrill to the late Joseph and Gertrude (Becker) Stockowitz. She and George Grefe were united in marriage on March 8, 1952 in Merrill. He preceded her in death...
Florence Levernier
Apr 21, 2014
Florence Levernier, 86, of Merrill, formerly of Illinois, passed away unexpectedly at Ministry Good Samaritan Health Center. She was born July 8, 1927 in Glencoe, IL to the late Virginio and Carlotta Ferraro. On September 4, 1948 Florence and Art Levernier were united in marriage in Hubbard Woods, Illinois. He survives. Florence was a graduate of New Trier High School...
Hubert Clocherez
Apr 21, 2014
Hubert A. Clocherez, age 95, of Merrill, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014 at Pine Crest Nursing Home under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care & Hospice Services. He was born February 3, 1919 in Mount Olive, IL to the late Arthur and Grace (Thompson) Clocherez. Hubert and "Edna" Freitag were united in marriage in June of 1950. She preceded...
Allison Behrndt
Apr 18, 2014
Allison V. Behrndt Jr., age 65, died on April 18, 2014 at his home in the township of Russell. There will be no services held.
Adeline Brandt
Apr 11, 2014
Adeline Brandt, age 94, of Merrill, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Artisan Assisted Living in Merrill. She was born July 9, 1919 in the town of Berlin, daughter of the late Paul and Ruth (Schuster) Mueller. Adeline married George Brandt on May 25, 1946 at St. Peters Lutheran Church in the town of Hamburg. He preceded her in...
Dave Powers
Apr 11, 2014
DAVE POWERS, 71, Merrill, died at home on Friday, April 11, 2014 of lung cancer, with his family by his side, under the care of Hospice. He was born in Milwaukee, January 20, 1943 to the late Edwin and Coral (Finn) Powers, raised in Evansville, living in Janesville and Albany before moving to Merrill. A graduate of Evansville High School,...
Marilyn Fletcher
Apr 7, 2014
Marilyn A. Fletcher, age 78, of Merrill, passed away Monday, April 7, 2014 at Ministry Good Samaritan Health Center. She was born September 22, 1935 in Mosinee to the late Wesley and Ethel (Klatt) Fletcher. She and Walter Sczygelski Sr. were united in marriage on April 23, 1955 in Wausau. He preceded her in death May 16, 1997. Marilyn worked...
James Hamlin
Mar 24, 2014
James H. Hamlin 83 of Merrill, WI, died Monday, March 24, 2014 at Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill. He was born March 30, 1930 in Merrill, WI, son of James Harvey and Margaret Running Hamlin. James began working as a farm hand for local farmers and later worked as a carnival worker where he managed Kiddy Land rides for...
Evelyn Schleif
Mar 21, 2014
Evelyn Schleif, age 93, passed away on March 21st 2014 at Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill. She was born on March 14th 1921 to Arthur and Edna Nienow in the Town of Pine River. Evelyn attended school in the Town of Pine River. She fell in love and married Hugo Schleif on October 25th 1941 in Merrill. In her...
Sister Jeanne d'Arc
Mar 20, 2014
Sister Jeanne d' Arc, 96, Sister of Mercy of the Holy Cross, died March 20 under the care of Aspirus Hospice and the staff at Bell Tower Residence in Merrill, WI.Sister Jeanne d' Arc was born September 10, 1917, in Sheffield, North Dakota, daughter of the late Anthony and Marianna (Reiter) Kilwein and given the name Celestine. She entered Holy...
Nina Winker
Mar 15, 2014
Nina Winker, age 69, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Pine Crest Nursing Home under the care of Ministry Home Care Hospice. She was born January 15, 1945 in Sacramento, CA to the late Theodore and Nine (Gorell) Tanski. Nina graduated in 1963 from South Milwaukee High School. She settled in Tomahawk where she worked at the Harley Plant...
Myron Dallman
Mar 11, 2014
Myron Dallman, age 87, of Merrill, entered into his heavenly home Tuesday, March 11th. He was Born June 19, 1926 to Ervin & Martha (Grassberger) Dallman. Baptized and confirmed in his faith, he stayed active in his church. He married Deloris (Bergman) Dallman on August 9th, 1946 in Turtle Lake, WI. She preceded him in death on February 2, 2003....
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