Obituaries

Helen Winkelman

Sep 26, 2009

Helen Winkelman, age 91, formerly of Merrill, died Saturday September 26, 2009 at  U.M.C. Hospital in Lebanon, TN. She was born May 31, 1918 in Tomahawk, the daughter of the late Herman and Katherine (Bock) Krueger. She married Bernard Winkelman on December 12, 1943 in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Irma. He died August 3, 1974. Helen was a homemaker....

Viola Schuster

Sep 17, 2009

Viola G. Schuster of Merrill, died Thursday, September 17, 2009, at Pine Crest Nursing Home on her 93 rd birthday. She was born September 17, 1916, to William and Nellie (Evans) Gaedeke. She married Gilbert Schuster on September 28, 1935, in Merrill. They were blessed with one son, John. Viola worked at Merrill Candy Company and later was...

Pearl Boyle

Sep 6, 2009

Pearl M. Boyle, 89 of Merrill died Sunday, September 6, 2009 at Pine Crest Nursing Home under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice.  She was born on June 6, 1920 in Gleason to the late Alex and Bertha (Strobel) Jensen.  Pearl married Harold Boyle on March 19, 1938.  He died on August 4, 1965.

Pearl...

Elaine Gleason

Aug 31, 2009

Elaine L. Gleason, age 83,  of Merrill, died Monday August 31, 2009 at Good Samaritain Hospital in Merrill.

Elaine was born February 2, 1926 in Merrill the daughter of the late Fred and Blanche (Gleason) Waldburger. Elaine and Kenneth Gleason were united in marriage July 30, 1946 in Butte, MT. He preceded her in death August 24,...

Larry Schiller

Aug 27, 2009

Larry Allen Schiller

Larry Allen Schiller, age 66 of Merrill, died Thursday, August 27, 2009 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau , Wisconsin . He was born on April 11, 1943 in Merrill to the late Arnold and Phyllis (Kohnke) Schiller. He married Janice Degner on February...

Margaret King

Aug 26, 2009

Margaret Ann “Peg” King

Margaret Ann “Peg” King, age 79, of Merrill, passed away Wednesday August 26, 2009 at Good Samaritan Health Center. She was born February 28, 1930, in Merrill, the daughter of the late William and Helen (Michaelis)...

Earl Forster

Aug 25, 2009

Earl J. Forster, 80, of Tomahawk, passed away Tuesday, August 25. Earl was born on May 29, 1929 to the late Albert and Minnie (Schulte) Forster in New Wood, Wisconsin. In 1951, he joined the United States Army, serving in the Korean War until his discharge in 1953. He married Betty Chilsen...

Jaqueline Much

Aug 13, 2009

Jacqueline "Jackie" M. (Kaiser) Much, of Marion, formerly of Merrill, died Thursday, August 13, peacefully at her home under the care of Thedacare Hospice. Jackie was born May 29, 1950 in Eau Claire, WI the daughter of Eugene and Arlene (Kloss) Nelson. Jackie attended and graduated from North High School in Eau Claire and attended UW Eau Claire. Jackie married...

Dolores Butt

Aug 6, 2009

Dolores J. Butt, 81, of Merrill, passed away Thursday, August 6, at St Clares Hospital, Weston.

Dolores was born in Merrill on December 20, 1927 to the late John and Hattie (Fishbach) Henneman. She was a 1946 graduate of Athens High School. On August 21, 1948 she...

Hazel Jehn

Aug 5, 2009

Hazel Jehn

On Wednesday, August 5, 2009, Hazel Jehn slipped quietly away and is now walking hand in hand with her husband, Milt, who passed away on September 24, 2004.

Hazel was born...

Valrene Behrens

Aug 2, 2009

Valrene Helen Behrens Valrene Helen Behrens, Merrill, died August 2, 2009 at All Saints Memory Care in Madison WI. She grew up on her parents’, Paul and Constance Duginski, farm outside of Merrill. After graduating from Our Lady of Holy Cross, she left to pursue her nursing degree in Marshfield. She then received her degree from St. Josephs School of Nursing in...

Keith Osterbrink

Jul 31, 2009

Keith W. Osterbrink

Keith W. Osterbrink, age 76, of Merrill, died Friday, July 31, 2009, with his family at his side, at Good Samaritan Health Center in Merrill under the care of Ministry...

LaVerne Bergman

Jul 27, 2009

LaVerne F. “Bergy” Bergman, age 80, of Gleason, died Monday, July 27 at his residence, surrounded by his family under the care of Ministry Home Care Hospice. LaVerne was born February 25, 1929, in the Township of Summit, the son of the late Friederick and Anna (Gnahn) Bergman. LaVerne married Virginia Robison June 15, 1957 at Peace Lutheran Church in Antigo....

June Semling

Jul 25, 2009

June G. Semling age 87, of Merrill, died Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Bell Tower Residence, under the care of Ministry Health Hospice, surrounded by her family. June was born June 7, 1922 in Merrill, the daughter of the late Bert and Blanche (Chartier) Germain. June married Donald Semling February 17, 1941 in Dubuque, Iowa. He preceded her in death October...

Dina Jesperson

Jul 25, 2009

Dina E. Jesperson, age 88 of Merrill died, Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Pine Crest Nursing Home, under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. Dina was born November 5, 1920, in Fox Lake, WI the daughter of the late Samuel and Alida (VanDerwal) Westra. Dina and Paul Jesperson were united in marriage August 19, 1939 in Dubuque,...

Debra Grund

Jul 20, 2009

Debra Kay Grund, 52, of Merrill, passed away July 20, 2009 at Saint Clares Hospital in Weston. Deb was born on May 28, 1957 in Merrill to the late Elmer and Edna (Voelz) Baguhn. She attended Trinity Lutheran School and was a 1975 graduate of Merrill Senior High School. Deb married Lloyd Grund on...

Ivy Hoffman

Jul 19, 2009

Ivy Hoffman, age 91, of Merrill, passed away Sunday July 19 th , at Pine Crest Nursing Home with her family by her side, under comfort care and the loving and caring staff, nurses and CNA’s of Pine Crest.

Prior to entering Pine Crest in 2008, she...

Marjorie Campbell

Jul 16, 2009

Marjorie G. Campbell, 87, of Merrill passed away Thursday, July 16 at Good Samaritan Health Center. She was born on December 29, 1921 in Packwaukee, WI, to the late Percy and Agnes (Wick) Rockefeller. In 1939, Marge graduated from P.J. Jacobs High School in Stevens Point. She later married the late Dale Campbell in Tomahawk. Marge worked as a secretary...

Elvera Kienbaum

Jul 12, 2009

Elvera D. Kienbaum, age 81 of Merrill, died Sunday July 12, 2009 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. Elvera was born September 17, 1927 in Merrill, the daughter of the late Daniel and Ella (Radloff) Ristow. Elvera and Edward Kienbaum were united in marriage September 4, 1947 in Merrill. Elvera enjoyed embroidery and flowers. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church....

Patrick Finucan

Jul 9, 2009

Patrick James Finucan, 75,of Merrill, passed away July 9, 2009 after a long illness at St. Clares Hospital in Weston under the care of Ministry Hospice. Pat was born in Merrill , Wisconsin on November 9, 1933 to Dr. James Michael Finucan (a Merrill optometrist) and Gertrude (O’Leary) Finucan. Pat was educated at St....