Wednesday, October 5, 2016

JOHN A. CYPHER

NAME OF DECEASED: JOHN A. CYPHER AGE: 90

ADDRESS: W5363 Pine Ave., Stetsonville; A Township of Little Black resident

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: 1:52 PM Tuesday, October 4 at Aspirus Care & Rehab, Medford where he had resided for the past 2+ weeks

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: Memorial services will be at 11 AM on Saturday, October 15 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Stetsonville

OFFICIATING: Father Michael Hayden

INTERMENT: Interment of his cremated remains will take place at Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery, Medford where there will also be military rites performed by the Medford Area Military Honors Team

VISITATION: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Stetsonville from 9 AM until the time of services at 11 AM on Saturday, October 15

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: July 25, 1926 at Medford

EDUCATION: Holy Rosary Catholic School, Medford

MARRIAGE: April 27, 1968 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Medford to Margaret Ann Schaefer and she survives

PRINCIPLE EVENTS IN LIFE: US Army veteran of WW II having served from 1944-1946. He served in the Enlisted Reserves Corps from 1946-1949. After the military, he worked at Hurd Millwork in Medford for 23 years and also did woods work. He worked at the Town of Little Black recycling center and volunteered with Indianhead Community Action Agency, Medford. He enjoyed the outdoors, planting trees, making firewood, scrap processing, gardening, his coffee clutches and church dinners.

MEMBER OF: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Stetsonville; Medford VFW; Knights of Columbus

SURVIVING SPOUSE: Margaret A. Cypher of the Town of Little Black

SURVIVING CHILDREN: Peter (Diane) Cypher of Sun Prairie, Judy Cypher of Wausau, Andy Cypher of Curtiss & Sara (Michael) Campbell of Medford

# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN: 5 – Alycia, Cody, Devin, Trisha, Maddie
GR-GRANDCHILDREN: 3

SURVIVING BROTHERS/SISTERS: Brothers – Joe (Sharon) Cypher of Medford, Venard (Mary Jane) Cypher of Mc Farland, Herman (Karen) Cypher of Madison; Sisters – Mary Ann (Gale) Engel of Chippewa Falls & Mary Rose Paine of California

BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Clyde, Don, Eugene, Jerry & Fr. Michael Cypher, Helen Velek

DECEASED FATHER: Lawrence Cypher DECEASED MOTHER: Elizabeth Retterath

OTHER INFORMATION: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be given to the family for a future designation
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