Obituaries

Richard Heckman

Jun 23, 2009

Richard G. “Dick” Heckman, age 88, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at Good Samaritan Health Center in Merrill. He was born 8 October 1920 to Raymond and Mary (Shafer) Heckman in Madison, WI. In 1930 they moved back to Merrill, where Richard graduated from Merrill Senior High School. He was the 1938 Anson Scholarship winner, and graduated from Notre...

Harry Erdman

Jun 18, 2009

Harry Erdman Jr., 88, of Merrill, passed away Thursday, June 18, at Good Samaritan Health Center. Harry was a 1939 graduate of Merrill Senior High School. He then attended U.W. Madison until entering the U.S. Army during WW2 where he served as a Captain in the Pacific Theater. Harry and Lila Mae were united...

Lauri Frank

Jun 18, 2009

Lauri Ann Frank, 57, of Merrill, passed away Thursday, June 18, from a very rare form of untreatable cancer. She was a 1970 graduate of Port Edwards High School. Lauri then graduated from U.W. Oshkosh with a degree in Nursing. She married her husband William in Port Edwards Wisconsin on October 4,...

Matthew Zastrow

Jun 13, 2009

Matthew M. Zastrow Age 49, of Irma died unexpectedly Saturday June 13, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 1, 1960 in Merrill the son of Phillip and Betty (Bunge) Zastrow. Matthew was educated locally and began working at Bill’s House Of Guns at age 16, where he worked for over 13 years. He then worked for Wausau Paper...

Mark Wiesneski

Jun 12, 2009

Mark L. Wiesneski

Mark Wiesneski, age 53, of Merrill passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Friday June 12, 2009, under the care of Aspirus Hospice and Comfort Care, after a ten year battle with cancer. His attitude toward his illness was an inspiration to all who knew him.  Mark was born on August 15, 1955 in...

Cheryl Kleinschmidt

Jun 7, 2009

Cheryl Ann Kleinschmidt, loving wife of Michael, Mother of Jon and Jenipher, Daughter of Carol , Jack and the late Gerald Knospe, Sister of Patrick and Dennis, Grandmother of Alexis, Gavin and Carson and loving, trusted friend of many, passed away at her home on Sunday, June 7 th . She was born and...

Paul Styka

May 28, 2009

Paul Styka, 67, of Merrill, passed away May 28, 2009. He was born March 2, 1942 in Chicago, IL to the late Frank and Helen(Wielgus) Styka. Paul was a 1960 graduate of Mendel Catholic High School in Chicago. He then joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany until 1964. After being stationed in Germany, he married Marilyn Farrar back...

Roger Dupke

May 7, 2009

Roger Clifford Dupke, 83, of Merrill, died May 7, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.

Roger was born in Merrill on June 18, 1925, to the late Walter and Jenny(Lindstrom) Dupke. He married Lois Dupke on October 19, 1950 in Denver, CO. Roger served in the Army from 1943-1946 as a cook in the South Pacific. He...

Donald Ruhl

May 6, 2009

Donald Ruhl, 70, of Merrill died Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Good Samaritan Health Care Center.

Don was born in 1938 in Chigago, IL, to the late Jacob and Mary(Riegenborne) Ruhl. Don was a 1956 graduate of Antioch High School. He married Salene Nebel on October 3, 1959 in Antioch, IL.

After graduating High School, Don went...

Milfred Jaeger

May 5, 2009

Milfred Jaeger, 85, of Merrill, formerly Town of Pine River, Lincoln County, died Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Pallative Care.

Milfred was born June 16, 1923 in the Town of Pine River, Lincoln County the son of the late Albert and Hulda(Delf) Jaeger. He married Dorothy Nass-Mueller May 7, 1977 at St Peters Church,...

Evelyn Fowler

Apr 23, 2009

Evelyn Pauline Fowler, 93, of Merrill, died April 23, 2009 at Good Samaritan Health Center.

She was born July 4, 1915, in the Town of Berlin to the late William Rudolph and Ida (Porath) Jaenke. She married John Fowler on September 14, 1941. Evelyn worked as a clerk at Fowler Drug Store until her husband John passed...

Kathleen Thompson

Apr 17, 2009

Kathleen Annabel Thompson, 87, of Tomahawk, died Friday, April 17, at Golden Living Center-Riverview in Tomahawk. Kathleen was born August 18, 1921 in Merrill, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John and Elizabeth (Ridley) MacDonald.

Kathleen worked at the Old County...

Vernette Fabiszewski

Apr 14, 2009

Vernette "Nettie" Fabiszewski, 80, of Merrill, formerly of Tomahawk, died Tuesday, April 14 under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care & Hospice Services.

Nettie was born to the late Herman & Anna (Krueger) Kleinschmidt on May 1, 1928 in the Town of Corning. She was a 1947 graduate of Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. After graduating, she worked...

Wilma Goetsch

Apr 12, 2009

Wilma Emma Goetsch, 95 of Merrill, died Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Pine Crest Nursing Home under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services.  She was born June 16, 1913 to the late Gus and Emma (Pitz) Langbecker.  She married Marvin Goetsch on January 30, 1937 in Merrill.  He died on September 3, 2005.

Wilma was...

George Mohrland

Apr 11, 2009

George Mohrland

George Mohrland, age 81, of Merrill, died Saturday April 11, 2009 at Pine Crest Nursing Home, in Merrill, under Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. He was born August 2, 1927 in the town of Corning , the son of the late Henry and Marie ( Constance ) Mohrland. He married the former Beatrice Barthels...

Beryl Lewinnek

Apr 10, 2009

Beryl Lewinnek, 93, died April 10, 2009 at Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill, under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Services. Mrs. Lewinnek was born October 28, 1915, in Antigo, to Oscar and Clara Nelson. She graduated from Antigo High School and from the Columbia School of Nursing in Milwaukee. In 1940, she married Walter Lewinnek, MD. They moved to Merrill...

Stuart Smith

Apr 6, 2009

Stuart Smith, 71, of Merrill died due to a heart condition on Monday, April 6th 2009. He was born October 27, 1937 in Illinois to Leonard and Hazel (Montooth) Smith and grew up on a small family farm in Bradford, IL. He married Arline Essenberg on May 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL. She survives.

Stuart graduated from...

Lydia Salefske

Apr 1, 2009

Lydia A. Salefske, 84, Merrill, passed away peacefully April 1, 2009 under the care of wonderful caregivers at Marywood Convalescent Center and Aspirus Hospice Services.

She was born January 11, 1925 in the Town of Corning , daughter of the late Henry and Marie ( Constance ) Mohrland.  She was married to her late husband,...

Rosetta Roggenbuck

Mar 31, 2009

Rosetta (Rosie) Hazel Roggenbuck, 82, formally of Merrill died Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at Divine Savior Hospital in Portage, WI. Rosie was born January 24, 1927 in Bloomville, Wisconsin to Robert and Hazel (Eckland) Drew. She was the...

LeRoy "Pete" Kufahl

Jul 11, 1926

LeRoy “Pete” Kufahl, age 93, of Merrill, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Pine Crest Nursing Home under Aspirus Comfort Care & Hospice Services.  He was born in Brokaw on July 11, 1926 to the late Hubert and Sophie (Kloth) Kufahl.  LeRoy married Patricia Wussow on April 24, 1948.  She preceded him in death on February 15,...