Esther C. King, age 85, of Neillsville, WI, died on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, WI.Esther Clara Pretsch was born on April 14, 1928 in Clark County, WI the daughter of Fred and LaVeda (Selves) Pretsch. She graduated from Granton High School in 1946 and went to work at the Dime Store. She was united...
Marcia N. Crothers, age 94, of Granton, WI, died on Monday, December 23, 2013 at the Neillsville Care and Rehabilitation Center in Neillsville, WI.Marcia Nelson was born on May 14, 1919 in the township of River Falls, WI, the daughter of Laurtz and Effie (Rudesill) Nelson. She graduated from River Falls High School and attended the River Falls Teachers College...
Alice M. Wolf, age 91, of Neillsville, WI joined our Heavenly Father on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield surrounded by family. Alice Marie Johnson was born on July 23, 1922 in Carney, MI, the daughter of Gustaf Adolph and Edith (Frederickson) Johnson. She attended and graduated from Stephenson High School in Carney, MI. Alice moved...
Larry Lee Daniels was born in Marshfield on January 14, 1947 and passed away on December 15, 2013 after a short battle with brain cancer. He was the son of Frederick and Luella (Ratsch) Daniels. He was raised in rural Neillsville and attended Wild Rose and Kurth country schools and graduated from Neillsville High School in 1965. Larry attended and...
Ricky Taylor, age 23, of Neillsville, WI, formerly of Elizabeth, IL died Friday, December 13, 2013.Ricky Austin Taylor was born on August 1, 1990 in Ogden, UT the son of Ricky L. and Jolynn M. (Lopez). They moved to Elizabeth, IL in 1994 and Ricky attended River Ridge Schools. In 2007, he moved to Plainfield, IL and he graduated from...
Charlotte Lukes, age 89 of Neillsville died peacefully on Thursday, December 5th at the Neillsville Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be held from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM on Friday, December 6th at the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville, WI. The memorial service will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Saturday, December 7th at the Gesche Funeral Home...
Theresa Melzer, age 68, of Neillsville, WI died Friday, November 22, 2013 in the Emergency Room of the Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville, WI.Theresa Alma Doll was born on April 19, 1945 in Hartford, WI the daughter of Herman and Anna (Engeliter) Doll. She attended and graduated from Slinger High School in 1963 and later was united in marriage to...
Dr. Carroll N. Schield, formerly of Neillsville, passed away on Friday, Nov. 22 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.Carroll was born Nov. 21, 1917 in Neillsville, WI as the only child of Joseph and Alice Schield. He grew up in Neillsville and graduated high school in 1936. He started college at Drake University in Des Moines, IA on a basketball...
Maureen Wirkuty, age 78, of Loyal, WI passed away on November 15, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Marshfield, WI.Maureen Carole Freezy was born on October 15, 1935 in Granton, WI the daughter of George and Erna (Lueck) Freezy. She attended Neillsville schools and was united in marriage to Walter Wirkuty on December 8, 1951. They lived in Pittsville,...
Mildred Mohr, age 85, of Neillsville, WI passed away on November 16, 2013 at her home with her family by her side under the care of Ministry Home Care Hospice.Mildred Mae Lloyd was born on June 27, 1928 in Neillsville the daughter of Byno and Mary (Pretch) Lloyd. She attended the Silver Crescent School and later, was married to Donald...
Lynette Marie Anason, age 45, of Neillsville, WI passed away, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, November 06, 2013 at her home following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.Lynette Marie Kurasz was born on July 12, 1968 in Neillsville, WI the daughter of Lee and Joan (Halle) Kurasz. She attended St. John's Lutheran School and graduated from Neillsville High...
Reta D. Koranda, 87, of Neillsville, WI died on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at the Neillsville Care and Rehabilitation Center. Reta Dale Walker was born on May 16, 1926 in Fairchild, WI the daughter of Wesley and Jessie (Flick) Walker. She attended Humbird Public School's graduating in 1944. Reta went to work for a clothing factory in Wisconsin Rapids sewing...
Shannon D. Melvin, 39, of Neillsville, WI, died on Wednesday, October 16, 2013.Shannon Dean Melvin was born on August 8, 1974 in Neillsville, WI the son of Michael and Donna (Brekke) Melvin. Shannon had a happy childhood in a family who loved him. He was brilliant in school and graduated salutatorian of Granton's Class of 1992. He learned and worked...
Gerald Robert Kuehn passed away with family by his side on Oct. 15, 2013 at Memorial Medical Center, Neillsville. Gerald was the second son of Harry and Hilda (Lautenbach) Kuehn. He was born at home on February 20, 1933 near Neillsville, WI, Clark County.Gerald attended Cunningham Country School in Clark County. He later purchased this school, remodeled and made it...
Ervin F. Knoop, 77, of Neillsville, WI died on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, WI.Ervin F. Knoop, was born in the township of Pine Valley, Neillsville, WI, on December 10, 1935 the son of Frank and Alice (Korth) Knoop. He graduated from Neillsville High School in 1953. Ervin lived on the home farm until his...
Ella M. Holtz, 98, of Neillsville, died peacefully at the Neillsville Retirement Community on October 9, 2013. Ella Mildred Meske was born on February 9, 1915, in Neillsville, Wisconsin; the daughter of Herman and Minnie Meske. She was raised on a farm in the Christie area. She married Walter Holtz in Winona, Minnesota, on October 2, 1933. Ella had two...
Gerald "Jerry" A. Steinbach, age 53 of Granton, WI was met at the heavenly gates by his little brother Phillip "Chuckie" Steinbach on Sunday, October 6, 2013. Gerald Allen Steinbach was born on October 8, 1959 in Neillsville, WI. He attended school in Granton and at the age of 12 started working for Kuhl Farms. Jerry worked there until he...
Edward Emil Wegner, Granton, passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the age of 92.Ed was born in Manitowoc County in 1921 and his parents moved to the town of Lynn in 1934. Ed married Leah Minor in 1944 and they took over the family farm. During their marriage they traveled to Hawaii, Alaska, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand and...
Patrick J. Sullivan, age 70, of Neillsville, WI died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family.Patrick Jon Sullivan was born on March 3, 1943 the son of Edward and Virginia (Neumann) Smith in Chicago, IL. He graduated from Lane Tech High School in Chicago and in 1960 he joined the United States Army and served...
Ethel E. Pflughoeft, age 103, of Neillsville, WI, died on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at the Neillsville Care and Rehabilitation Center in Neillsville.Ethel Ella Stelloh was born on May 27, 1910 the daughter of Edward and Martha (Dahl) Stelloh in the Township of Levis. She attended the Silvercrest Grade School. On April 6, 1932 she was united in marriage to...