ADDRESS: Aspirus Care & Rehab, Medford; A former Town of Browning resident
PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: Wednesday, June 26 at Aspirus Care & Rehab, Medford where she had resided for the past 2 ½ years most recently under the care of Hope Hospice
TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: 11:00 AM Monday, July 1 at Community United Church of Christ, Medford and also there will be a VFW Auxiliary service held at 9 AM that morning
OFFICIATING: Pastor Mary Jo Laabs
INTERMENT: Medford Evergreen Cemetery
VISITATION: Community United Church of Christ, Medford from 9 AM until 11 AM on Monday, July 1
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: August 6, 1927 at the family home in the Town of Little Black
EDUCATION: Stetsonville elementary schools and was a graduate of Medford High School
MARRIAGE: October 17, 1947 at Dubuque, Iowa to Victor Jari and he preceded her in death on June 26, 1994
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: She was one of the original workers at Tombstone Pizza Corp. when they made pizzas in the kitchen on tables. She continued to work there for a period of years until retirement. She was the kitchen chairman for the Medford VFW Club. Was active with the Sunny Hills Homemakers and made soup for the kids during the early years of the Medford Area Youth Hockey Association. She enjoyed basket weaving, rosemaling, camping, fishing, crafting and cooking.
MEMBER OF: Community United Church of Christ, Medford; Lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary #5729, Medford where she was a past president; Sunny Hills Homemakers
SURVIVING CHILDREN: Gloria (Mark) Christianson of Medford, Katherine (Peter) Pernsteiner of Medford, Bruce Jari of Medford, Marlene (Melvin) Doberstein of Medford, Russell (Virginia) Jari of Medford, Patricia (Darryl) Lenhard of Medford
CHILDREN DECEASED: Infant son – Paul in 1948; Granddaughter – Daisy Pernsteiner King in 2010
# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN: 16 GR-GRANDCHILDREN: 27 GR. GR. GRANDCHILDREN: 2
SURVIVING BROTHERS/SISTERS: Lorraine Schmitt of Medford, Joyce Langteau of Seymour, Wayne (Butch) Faude of Boise, Idaho
BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Clarence Milliken and Frances Paff
DECEASED FATHER: Edward James Milliken DECEASED MOTHER: Lois (Taylor) Milliken
PALLBEARERS: Grandsons – Jason & Jordan Christianson, Craig & Josh Pernsteiner, Rory Doberstein, Zak Lenhard
OTHER INFORMATION: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be given to the family for a future designation
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