Obituaries
Roger Westberg
Jan 6, 2015
Roger Lee Westberg, age 78 of Rochester passed away at his residence on January 6, 2015. Roger was born on April 18, 1936 in Wausau, WI to Melvin and Genevieve (Schlais) Westberg. He worked on a farm near Wausau, until enlisting in the US Army. He served during the Korean War and was honorably discharged. Roger moved to Rochester, MN...
John Parsell Jr
Jan 2, 2015
John A. Parsell Jr., 84, of Wausau passed away on Friday, January 2, 2015 at his home under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. He was born March 31, 1930 in Superior to the late John and Ethel (Scott) Parsell. After high school, John served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a former...
Elizabeth Mishkar
Jan 2, 2015
Elizabeth (Betty) Mishkar, 86, of Rib Mountain passed away peacefully Friday, January 2, 2014 at Aspirus Hospital, Wausau. Survivors include her sister Eileen Shane (Germantown), son, Lawrence and daughter, Patricia of Wausau. Betty and Lawrence Mishkar Sr. were married on May 15, 1965 and moved to Rib Mountain in 1967, where they raised their family. After her husband's death in...
Stanley Seefeld
Jan 1, 2015
Stanley C. Seefeld was born November 14, 1920 in the Town of Berlin to the late Carl and Hulda (Koschnick) Seefeld. Growing up, he attended Grant School before moving on to Trinity Lutheran School and graduating from Wausau High. After high school, Stanley attended the Wausau Business College while "keeping the books" for two businesses, setting pins at the Wausau...
Betty Deffner
Dec 31, 2014
Betty Deffner, 80, Wausau, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 surrounded by her loving family at Rennes Health & Rehab in Weston under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. Betty was born May 14, 1934 in Wausau to the late Max and Dorothea (Erickson) Lehman. At 14 years of age she met her future husband, Alvin Deffner when...
Gladys Horan
Dec 28, 2014
Gladys V. Horan, 93, of Schofield, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Care Partners Assisted Living in Schofield under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care Hospice Services. She was born January 19, 1921 in Lansing, IA, daughter of Howard and Marjorie (Piquet) Goodell. Gladys was united in marriage to Leonard Horan on June 17, 1944 in Schofield. She was...
Kent Zak
Dec 26, 2014
Kent E. Zak, 64, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 26, 2014, at Ministry St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, WI. He was born on October 13, 1950, in DeKalb, IL, the son of the late Frank M. and Lila I. (Kivisto) Zak. On November 26, 2005, he married the love of his life, Gail Haebig, in DeKalb, IL, at Bethlehem...
Elroy Brandt
Dec 24, 2014
Elroy Orin Brandt, 85, of Wausau, passed away on December 24, 2014, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. Elroy was born November 13, 1929, in the Town of Halsey, son of the late William and Caroline (Metz) Brandt. On August 22, 1956, he married Ruth Wilde at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Marathon. Elroy was employed by Marathon Rubber for 42 years, retiring...
Glen Hoffmann
Dec 23, 2014
Glen C. Hoffmann, 75, of Three Lakes, WI, died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rhinelander, WI, as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He was born April 5, 1939 in Wausau, WI, son of the late Cyrus Andrew and Cecelia E. (Eckes) Hoffmann. Glen received his education at Newman High School, graduating in...
William Seehafer
Dec 17, 2014
William Frederick Seehafer, 88, Wausau, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Colonial Manor Medical and Rehab Center, Wausau. William was born February 13, 1926 in the Town of Maine to the late Frederick and Helen (Wendorf) Seehafer. After growing up on the family farm, he joined the Army where he faithfully served his country in the Philippines during WWII. After...
Marianne Gehrke
Dec 16, 2014
Marianne E. Gehrke, 84, of Wausau went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at her home under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. She was born in the town of Pine River on October 24, 1930 to the late August and Frieda (Gebhardt) Rademann. She grew up on the family dairy farm and learned...
Lois Newcomb
Dec 15, 2014
Lois Mary (Phillips) Newcomb, age 66, Wausau, died December 15, 2014, at Mount View Care Center, Lake View Heights unit. She was born January 31, 1948, in Stevens Point, daughter of the late Cleland and Genevieve (Ostrowski) Phillips. She first married the late Thomas Urmanski in Wausau. They later divorced. On August 28, 1981, she was united in marriage to...
Victoria Rhyner
Dec 14, 2014
Victoria Marie Rhyner, 88, 801 North 13th Street, Wausau, daughter of William Wolf and Lillian (Leavitt) Wolf died on December 14, 2014. She was born on May 22, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she met and married Robert Louis Rhyner, Wausau. She and her family lived in the Wausau area for 68 years. She...
John Benson
Dec 12, 2014
John S. Benson, 67 of Hatley, formerly of Wausau, passed away on Friday December 12, 2014 at Ministry St Clare's Hospital in Weston. John was a patriot, outdoorsman, entrepreneur and faithful servant of God. Characterized by a witty and sharp sense of humor with a quick smile, John was always willing to lend a helping hand to friends, neighbors, and...
Nancy Smith
Dec 11, 2014
Nancy Jean Smith, 75, of Wausau died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Azura House under the care Aspirus Comfort Care Hospice Services. She was born July 20, 1939 in the Town of Wein, daughter of the late Otto and Emma (Trierweiler) Borchardt. Nancy received her education at Our Saviors Lutheran School through the eighth grade and graduated from Wausau High...
Erna Kluetz
Dec 8, 2014
Erna L. Kluetz, 94, of Wausau, passed away Monday, December 8, 2014, at Hospice House, under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. Erna was born March 14, 1920, in Rib Falls, the youngest of three daughters of Frank H. and Amanda (Krahn) Artus. In her early years the family owned and operated the West Side Hotel in...
Elizabeth Frodl
Dec 7, 2014
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Frodl, 79, passed peacefully on Sunday, December 7, 2014 surrounded by her loving family at Mount View Care Center under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. Betty was born July 18, 1935 in Boulder Junction to the late Frank and Anna (Marvin) LaFave. The homestead there is fondly referred to as "the shack", a...
Jerry Harvanek
Dec 7, 2014
Jerry Harvanek, 83, of Mosinee passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at his home. He is now with the love of his life, Evelyn, who preceded him in death this past February. Jerry was born on Harvanek Lane in the town of Guenther on May 27, 1931 to the late Valentine and Anna (Maresh) Harvanek. He attended Cole School...
Ida Sessions
Dec 2, 2014
Ida Amanda Lulu (Olson) Sessions, 87, of Athens, WI passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. She was born January 22, 1927 in Fairchild, WI, the daughter of the late Andrew and Amanda (Kottke) Olson. On January 5, 1952 she was united in marriage to Robert Sessions...
Louann Fenhaus
Dec 2, 2014
Louann E. Fenhaus, 80, of the town of Wausau, passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at Aspirus Hospice House. She was born to Kenneth and Elta (Triebel) Worden in Wausau on November 17, 1934. Louann received her education in Wausau and was a 1952 graduate of Wausau High School. She married Edward Fenhaus in 1954 at Zion Lutheran Church,...
