Obituaries
Kenneth Weideman
Aug 5, 2015
Kenneth G. Weideman, 83, of Stevens Point, WI passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at Ministry St. Michaels Hospital in Stevens Point. Kenneth was born November 9, 1931 at Fenwood, WI, son of the late William and Lillian (Nickolaus) Weideman. He made his home with his in Eagle River with his mother before making their home in Marathon. Kenneth was...
Joyce Ullenberg
Aug 4, 2015
Joyce Elaine Ullenberg, 89, of Parker, CO, formerly of Wausau passed away, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 in Parker. Joyce was born January 13, 1926 in Wausau, to the late Frank and Helen (Hannemann) Liljequist. She was a 1945 graduate from Wausau High School and a 1949 graduate from Northland College in Ashland. She earned her degree in Education and taught...
Joan Ballschmieder-Fox
Aug 2, 2015
Joan Nancy (Young) Ballschmieder – Fox, has joined our Heavenly Father in peace and love in heaven. She passed at the age of 88 after a long battle with cancer. She is preceded in death by her mother, father, step-father, step-brother, and husband, Lyle Ballschmieder of over 49 years. She was born on August 17, 1926 and joined other family...
Eleanora Heckendorf
Jul 30, 2015
Eleanora Esther Augusta Heckendorf, 90, Wausau, died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Wausau Manor under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. Eleanora was born on January 13, 1925 in the Town of Berlin to the late Anton and Elsie (Kopplin) Neumann. She married Edward Heckendorf on October 9, 1947 at Grace Ev. Lutheran Church, Town of Maine....
Selma Sokie
Jul 19, 2015
Selma E. Sokie, 99, of Weston, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at Stoney River under the care of Interim Hospice Care. She was born to Robert and Ella (Henkelman) Kurth in the town of Hewitt on December 31, 1915. She married Louis Toth in the town of Easton on October 21, 1933, and together they had five children....
Sally Roth
Jul 16, 2015
Sally A. Roth, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, of Marathon, surrounded by her loving family, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at her home. Sally was one of three children born in Wausau on June 14, 1940, to Oscar and Esther (Kardach) Johnson. She attended school in Wausau, WI She married Paul Firkus on July...
Wayne Gregory
Jul 14, 2015
Wayne Herman Gregory, 73, Schofield, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at Ministry St. Clare's Hospital in Weston, WI. Wayne was born February 23, 1942 in Wausau to the late William and Loretta (Coghlan) Gregory. He married Bonnie Ann Krueger on February 11, 1985 in Wausau and they celebrated 23 years together prior to her death on April 5, 2006. In...
Michael Lotz
Jul 13, 2015
Michael Lotz was born October 26, 1990 in Wausau to Bob and Beth (Steidl) Lotz. He graduated from Wausau West High School in 2009 where he was involved in many extracurricular activities. Some of his favorites included drama, tennis, student council, Concert Chorale, intermural hockey and volleyball, DECCA and student leadership. In addition to his extreme love of all sports,...
Selma Zastrow
Jul 9, 2015
Selma Edna Zastrow, 95, of Wausau, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at North Central Health Care – Evergreen Place. She was born to Carl and Ida (Smith) Moline on December 29, 1919 in Dovro Township, North Dakota. She married Clarence Zastrow on June 7, 1941, in the town of Hamburg and they farmed together for 10 years. While...
Jeffrey Spurgeon
Jul 7, 2015
Jeffrey John Spurgeon, 55, of Wausau passed away suddenly on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at his home in Wausau. Jeff was born May 20, 1960, in Antigo, WI son of the late George and Beatrice (Meyer) Spurgeon. He received his education in Antigo, WI and graduated from Antigo High School in the class of 1979. Jeff made his home in...
John Klipstein
Jul 6, 2015
John H. Klipstein, 98, of Wausau passed away, Monday July 6, 2015 at Aspirus Wausau Hosptial. John was born March 17, 1917, in Elroy, WI, son of the late Henry J. and Charlotte (McGlivra) Klipstein. He received his bachelor's from UW/Platteville and his master's degree in education from UW/Wisconsin in 1955. John taught school for over 40 years in several...
Phyllisjean Zink
Jul 6, 2015
Phyllisjean Ann Zink, 91, of Wausau, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2015, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. She was born to Walter and Alvina (Reinson) Barz on March 10, 1924 in Merrill. When she was four years old the family moved to Wausau and Phyllisjean began her life in the Wausau area. She attended Grant School and graduated from Wausau...
Gary Stanton
Jul 5, 2015
Gary Lee Stanton, 71, of Wausau, died unexpectedly Sunday, July 5, 2015, at his cottage in Hazlehurst, WI. Gary was born August 14, 1943, in Wausau to the late Delbert and Erna (Brummond) Stanton. He received his education in Wausau and then began working in various engineering jobs in the area. He retired from Wood Equipment Company of Mosinee as...
Amelia Unertl
Jun 30, 2015
Amelia M. Unertl, 97, of Wausau, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Aspirus Hospice House surrounded by her family. Amelia was born in Wausau on January 1, 1918, a New Year baby, to the late William and Grace (Robarge) Kneisl. She married Edward Kurth on November 14, 1934 in Wausau. They raised their four children, William, Nancy, Loren...
Lawrence Burch
Jun 30, 2015
Lawrence Burch, 87, of the town of Texas passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was extremely proud to be able to donate his body for research to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine. He was born October 3, 1927 in Brooklyn Center, MN to the late Stanley and Mary (Lange)...
Benjamin Preisig
Jun 29, 2015
Benjamin J. Preisig I, 97, of Wausau, passed away on Monday June 29, 2015 at the Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau. Ben was born on March 2, 1918 in Humbird, Wisconsin. He was the son of Jacob and Ida (Leiterman) Preisig. Ben married the love of his life, Margaret Ruth Zeich, on July 1, 1948 in Dubuque, Iowa. Ben graduated...
Victor Behring
Jun 27, 2015
Victor William Behring died unexpectedly at home on Saturday, June 27, 2015. He was born June 24, 1927 in Wausau Wisconsin to the late Carl William Behring and Marie Augusta (Eggert) Behring. On June 10, 1950 Victor married Violette Klawinski at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. They made their home in Rib Mountain raising three children, Ron, Ken, and...
Darlene Roeder
Jun 27, 2015
Darlene A. Roeder, 72, of Wausau passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015 at the North Central Health Care Center under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. Darlene was born April 20, 1943 in Wausau, daughter of the late Paul and Leona Zemke. She received her education in Wausau. After the death of her mother when she was...
Alice Ziemann
Jun 26, 2015
Alice A. Ziemann, 89, of Wausau, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2015, at Mount View Care Center – Southshore. She was born, the youngest of three daughters, on January 26, 1926, in Wausau at the family home on Jefferson Street, to Willi and Clara (Brehmer) Ziemann. Alice graduated from Wausau Senior High School and was a life-long resident of...
James Wood Jr
Jun 26, 2015
James Wood Jr., 92, of Wausau, formerly of Merrill and Rothschild, passed away Friday, June 26, 2015, at Colonial Manor in Wausau, after a long journey with Alzheimer's disease. He was born November 19, 1922 in Wausau, son of the late James and Viola (Laffin) Wood Sr. Jim received his education in Wausau graduating in 1940. At the conclusion of...
