Tuesday, October 4, 2016

LAVERN A. HARDER

NAME OF DECEASED: LAVERN A. HARDER AGE: 91

ADDRESS: Aspirus Care & Rehab, Medford

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: 8:53 PM Monday, October 3 at Aspirus Care & Rehab, Medford where she had resided for the past 1 year

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES 11:00 AM Friday, October 7 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Township of Holway

OFFICIATING: Rev. Lowell Bolstad

INTERMENT: Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Township of Holway

VISITATION: from 9 AM until the time of services at 11 AM on Friday, October 7 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Town of Holway

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: May 6, 1925 at Medford

EDUCATION: Town of Grover elementary schools and was a graduate of Owen-Withee High School

MARRIAGE: July 14, 1946 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Medford to Henry C. Harder, Jr. and he preceded her in death July 15, 1980

PRINCIPLE EVENTS IN LIFE: After her marriage, they farmed in the Town of Little Black for 3 years. Then they farmed in the Town of Hammel from 1952 until retirement in 1981. While farming she worked at Hurd Millwork, clerked at Anthony’s, Hoffman’s Ben Franklin, Jensen Grocery Store & the Medford Co-op for periods of time. She enjoyed embroidery, gardening, tying quilts, listening to Lawrence Welk music, canning and making photo albums.

MEMBER OF: Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Town of Holway

SURVIVING CHILDREN: George (Deb) Harder, Jim (Barbara) Harder, Carol (Ray) Sackmann all of Medford

# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN: 7 & 3 step GR-GRANDCHILDREN: 6 & 1 step
GR. GR. GRANDCHILDREN: 2 1/2

SURVIVING BROTHERS/SISTERS: Gerald (Mary Ann) Fischer of Hartford, Glen (Joan) Fischer of La Crosse
Brother-in-law: Leon Hamel of West Lafayette, Indiana & Sisters-in-law: Ann Fischer of West Bend & Virginia Harder of Medford

BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Eugene, Don & Kenneth Fischer, Barbara Stoiber, Bernice Millikin & Marcella Hamel

DECEASED FATHER: George Fischer DECEASED MOTHER: Barbara (Frischmann) Fischer

PALLBEARERS: Honorary: James Gruneberg; Active: Grandsons – Alan Harder, Jason Harder, Robert Sackmann, Chad Smith, Don Carlson, Mike Latsch

OTHER INFORMATION: Memorial contributions may be given to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Town of Holway
Also precededed in death by her special friend - Robert Fitzgerald, Sr.
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