Obituaries
Roelof Stam
Feb 15, 2022
Roelof Stam, age 71, of Wausau, died on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at home after a short illness with his family by his side.
Roelof was born on October 12, 1950, in Wausau to the Berend and Hielkje Stam. After graduating from high school, he began dairy farming. Roelof was united in marriage to Carole Borchardt on October 21,...
Kristin Passow
Feb 15, 2022
Kristin M. (Nee Jensen) Passow, age 74, of Wausau passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on February 15, 2022. Her greatest joy was in her Lord Jesus and sharing him with others.
Kris was born on September 8, 1947, in Wausau to the late Donald and Mary (Ostrowski) Jensen. She was joined...
Elvera Neumann
Feb 11, 2022
Elvera A. Neumann, age 80, of Wausau passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022, at Wausau Aspirus Hospital.
Elvera was born on September 24, 1941, in Merrill, WI daughter of the late Norman and Leona (Baumann) Schmidt. She was united in marriage to William “Peanuts” Neumann in the Town of Corning on January 31, 1959 Elvera was...
Cary "Care Bear" Lang Jr.
Feb 7, 2022
Cary “Care Bear” Joseph Lang Jr, age 34, of Wausau passed following a lengthy illness on February 7, 2022, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
Cary was born on November 22, 1987, in Wausau to Louise (Crawford) McGeshick and Cary Joseph Lang Sr. In his pastime he loved cooking and camping, but most of all, he was a fun-loving...
Marlene Aschbrenner
Feb 6, 2022
Marlene Janice Aschbrenner, age 79, of Merrill passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday, February 6, 2022.
Marlene was born on January 15, 1943, to Lester Sr. and Myrtle (Pagenkopf) Krueger. She graduated from DC Everest High School in 1961. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Aschbrenner on November 14, 1964, at St. Peter Evangelical...
Kenneth Sitko
Jan 31, 2022
Kenneth E. Sitko, 68, Town of Texas, left his earthly life after a brief illness on January 31, 2022.
Kenneth was born November 26, 1953, in Wausau to Edward P. and Marcella (nee Kroening) Sitko. After graduating high school, Ken worked for Weyerhauser, now Domtar, for 42 years; retiring in 2016. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and traveling....
Lucille Schulz
Jan 27, 2022
The Home going for Lucille Marie Schulz, 91, Wausau, was January 26, 2022.
Lucy was born March 26, 1930, to Leo and Esther (Pyan) Radtke.
Lucy married Paul L Schulz on July 26, 1951; they were married for 62 years until his death in 2014.
They had four children: Paul (Malia), granddaughter Novice...
Sharon Dehnel
Jan 26, 2022
Sharon Mae Dehnel, age 74, of Wausau died Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
Sharon was born on May 31, 1947, in Wausau to the late Alvin and Agnes (Artus) Rusch. She was united in marriage to Leroy John Dehnel on August 14, 1971 in the town of Stettin. She grew up helping her Mom...
Robert Oleson
Jan 22, 2022
Robert “Bert” Oleson, 70, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 at Marshfield Medical Center in Weston, WI surrounded by his wife and family.
Bert was born December 5th, 1951 in Sturgeon Bay, WI to Emery and Arline Oleson and graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School before receiving his bachelor's degree with honors from the University of...
Ashley Krezine
Jan 22, 2022
Ashley Marie Krezine, age 33, of Wausau, was killed tragically in an accident on January 22, 2022.
Ashley was born in Wausau on March 11, 1988, to Jeffrey Krezine and Laurie Plum. She graduated from Wausau East High School in 2006. Ashley had a love for music, kayaking, camping, fishing, and tubing on the...
Lynn Russell
Jan 21, 2022
Lynn Marie Russell (Pregont), age 71, of Wausau, died at home of natural causes on Friday, January 21, 2022
Lynn is survived by her daughter Rachel (Terry) Dehnel; grandson Allen (Sarah) Dehnel and their daughter Luna Ray Lynn Dehnel; granddaughter Lindsey (Aleks Hein) Dehnel; siblings Jimmy (James) Pregont Jr., Liz (Duane) Wolfe, Susan Pregont, Michael Pregont, and...
DuWayne Balk
Jan 18, 2022
DuWayne Balk, 74, Wausau, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 in his home.
He was born July 13, 1947, in Oshkosh. He is the son of the late Albert and Marie (Hazen) Balk. He married Alyce Whippler on October 5, 1966 and is survived by her.
He served as medic in the Army and...
Joyce Roberts
Jan 17, 2022
Joyce Ann Roberts passed away peacefully in the early hours on Monday, January 17th, 2022 in Wausau Wisconsin. Joyce was born March 31st, 1935 to Richard and Claudina Krueger in Wausau. They lived just around the corner from Grandma Thomas. Most of the neighborhood was made up of my mother’s relatives. On April 7th, 1954 Joyce was united in...
Clark Schalow
Jan 14, 2022
Clark S. Schalow, age 56, of Wausau died on Friday, January 14, 2022 at Select Specialty Hospital in Madison after a battle with Covid
Clark was born on December 29, 1965 in Wausau to Robert and Verna (Wendt) Schalow. He graduated from Wausau West High School. He owned and operated Schalow’s Stump Cutters and also worked at Greenheck, where his...
LaVerne Hettinga
Jan 13, 2022
LaVerne A. Hettinga, age 94, of Wausau died on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Aspirus Hospice House.
LaVerne was born on February 19, 1927, in Wausau to the late William and Alma (Borchardt) Yolitz. She was united in marriage to Andrew Hettinga on September 30, 1950, at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church. LaVerne was the glue that held...
Sharon Wimmer
Jan 13, 2022
Sharon M. Wimmer, age 60, of Brokaw passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
Sharon was born on December 6, 1961 in Wausau to Frank and Beverly (Knapp) Shebelski. She was united in marriage to Patrick Wimmer in February 2007. Sharon loved the outdoors, especially fishing, camping and being around the campfire. She...
Fern Zastrow
Jan 12, 2022
Fern L. Zastrow, age 93, of Merrill entered into the loving arms of her Savior on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Woodland Court in Merrill.
Fern was born on February 16, 1928 in the Town of Berlin to the late Martin and Viola (Wilde) Grueneberg. She married Leo Zastrow on June 16, 1945 t Grace Ev. Lutheran...
Terry Harvey
Jan 12, 2022
On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, Terry Lynn (Dreyer) Harvey peacefully entered into eternal life.
Terry was born on January 9th,1952 in Kenosha, Wi. to Norman and Doris (Warner) Dreyer. Just out of High school she married Kenneth R. Gunderson, they were married for 17yrs. and together had two children, Jeremy and Jenny. Terry was a hard worker that dedicated...
Edward "Ed" Szitta
Jan 10, 2022
Edward “Ed” W. Szitta, age 68, of Marathon, was welcomed into eternal life free from pain on Monday, January 10, 2022, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
He was born on February 28, 1953, in Antigo, son of the late Ernest and Caroline (Wildman) Szitta. On May 19, 1979, he married Joanne Knaak in Birnamwood. She survives.
Ed worked as a tool...
Florence Buth
Jan 8, 2022
Florence M. Buth, 97, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2022, at the Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau.
She was born October 3, 1924 in the Town of Easton, Wisconsin to Gustave and Ernestine (Zahrt) Wenzel and was confirmed on June 5, 1938 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Town of Easton. Florence attended school at St....
