HARRIET I. VIRCKS

NAME OF DECEASED:      HARRIET I. VIRCKS 

 

AGE: 92

ADDRESS:  408 E. Linden St. Abbotsford, WI

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH:  8:43 A.M. Monday, June 29, 2015 at the Golden Living Continental Manor in Abbotsford surrounded by her loving family and under the care of the Ministry Home Care Hospice

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: 11:00 A.M. Friday, July 3, 2015 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Holway

OFFICIATING:  Pastor Kris Bjerke-Ulliman

INTERMENT:     Zion Ev. Lutheran Cemetery in Stetsonville

VISITATION:  9:00 A.M. until time of services at 11:00 A.M. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Holway

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: November 7, 1922 in the Township of Holway

EDUCATION: Harriet attended Lawndale School in Little Black

MARRIAGE: September 12, 1942 at the Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Stetsonville Harriet married the love of her life, Arthur “Bud” C. Vircks and he preceded her in death on December 18, 1976

PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: After her education, Harriet moved to Chicago, IL where she worked at a munitions factory during WWII. After their marriage they bought a farm west of Stetsonville where they farmed for 34 years. She moved to Abbotsford in 1990. Harriet worked at the Medford Hospital as a Nurse’s Aide for a number of years. She then worked at the Taylor County Human Services until her retirement in 1991. Harriet was a loving mother to 8 children and 5 foster children. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, baking, playing cards with her friends, whittling, telling stories, bird watching and she loved spending time with her family and friends.

MEMBER OF:  Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church and Boxrucker-Berry American Legion Post#519 and past member of Zion Ev. Lutheran Church

SURVIVING CHILDREN: Karleen (Michael) Langer of Barrington, IL, Kristin Brunner of Abbotsford, WI, Brian (Mardell) Vircks of Phoenix, AZ, Kaye (Michael) Gerber of Sun Prairie, WI, Boyd (Diane) Vircks of Colfax, WI, Kari Draeger of Medford, WI and Berle (Sylvia) Vircks of Cortland, OH.

CHILDREN DECEASED: Barton C. Vircks

# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN:   18       GR-GRANDCHILDREN:    33        GR. GR. GRANDCHILDREN:  2

SURVIVING SISTER: Lois Neibacher of Medford

BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Otto & Clyde Berry and Helen Winchell

DECEASED FATHER: Charles Berry      DECEASED MOTHER: Clara A. Nelson

PALLBEARERS: Lincoln, Patrick & Charlie Vircks, Beth Spina, Matt Brunner, Holly Draeger-Untiedt and Christopher Gerber

OTHER INFORMATION:  In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in Harriet’s name to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Holway

 

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JOHN A. GRINKER

NAME OF DECEASED: 
JOHN A. GRINKER

AGE:  83
 

ADDRESS:  Our House  1014 W. Broadway Avenue, Medford; City of Medford resident; Former Township of Little Black Resident

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH:  9:05 P.M. Saturday, June 27 at Our House Assisted Living, Medford under the care of Hope Hospice

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: Per John’s request no services will be held

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: May 31, 1932 in the Township of Little Black

EDUCATION:  Attended Lawndale Grade School in Dorchester and a 1949 Graduate of Dorchester High School

PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: John was a truck driver, asphalt plant tree service and a mechanic. During the time of employment in the tree service in Oregon he was drafted into the war. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from January 23, 1952 – December 24, 1953. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. John also enjoyed playing the concertina.

MEMBER OF:  NRA

SURVIVING BROTHERS/SISTERS: George (Joanne) Grinker of Brookfield, Don (Elizabeth) Grinker of Milwaukee, Pat (Alden) Hamm of Dorchester, Joe (Sandy) Grinker of Oak Creek and Richard (Jackie) Grinker of Dorchester

Sisters-In-Law: Dorothy Grinker of Dorchester, Joyce Grinker of Owen and Kathy Grinker-Owens of Greendale

BROTHERS/SISTER DECEASED: Bob Grinker, Betty Gall, William Grinker and Thomas Grinker

DECEASED FATHER: Charles J. Grinker

DECEASED MOTHER: Clara V. Grinker (Maiden Name: Peissig)

OTHER INFORMATION: Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake is assisting the family with arrangements

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GERTRUDE “GERTIE” S. VETTER

NAME OF DECEASED:

GERTRUDE “GERTIE” S. VETTER 

 

AGE:  100  

ADDRESS:  Country Gardens  635 W. Cedar Street Medford; City of Medford Resident; Former Fond du Lac area resident

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: 8:35 A.M. Saturday, June 27 at Country Gardens Assisted Living, Medford and under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 2 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Medford

OFFICIATING:  Rev. James Krueger, Rev. Joshua Krieger and Rev. James Babler

INTERMENT:  5:00 P.M. Thursday, July 2 at the Town of Forest Cemetery, Fond du Lac

VISITATION:  10:00 A.M. until the time of services at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 2 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Medford

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: November 2, 1914 in Freedom, Wisconsin

EDUCATION: Gertie attended schools where her father was a Lutheran Elementary School teacher in Freedom, then Kenosha and finally rural Fond du Lac. She attended Winnebago Lutheran Academy during her high school years.

MARRIAGE: May 27, 1933 to Wilbur J. Vetter and he preceded her in death on September 10, 1988

PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: The couple farmed with Wilbur’s parents. Later they sold the farm and moved to Fond du Lac where Gertrude began a career at Sears in Management where she remained until her retirement. Much of Gertie’s life was devoted to family. In addition to working full time, she enjoyed sewing nearly all her own clothes and those of her family, knitting and crocheting. She enjoyed cooking, especially for large family gatherings. After Wilbur’s retirement they traveled extensively, including four trips to Germany and five to Hawaii. She was also an extensive letter writer.

MEMBER OF:  Immanuel Lutheran Church, Medford

Past Member: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Fond du Lac and Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Appleton

SURVIVING SON-IN-LAW: LaWellyn (Yolanda) Tesch of Appleton

 DECEASED DAUGHTER: Janet V. Tesch on October 29, 2001

GRANDSON: Dean(Debra) Tesch of Stetsonville

SURVIVING SISTER: Lorraine LaRonge of Fond du Lac

BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Gerhardt Rolloff, Earl Rolloff and Elda Ruth Kopitzke

DECEASED FATHER: Emil D. Rolloff

DECEASED MOTHER: Rose Rolloff (Maiden Name: Plamann)

OTHER INFORMATION:  In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the family that will be designated to Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Medford, Wisconsin and Zion Lutheran Church, Stetsonville, Wisconsin
Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake is assisting the family with arrangements
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JOHN “JACK” F. HUSS

NAME OF DECEASED:   

JOHN “JACK” F. HUSS

 

AGE:  70  

ADDRESS:  Township of Westboro Resident

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH:  12:50 A.M. Thursday, June 18 at his residence

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: Per Jack’s request no services will be held at this time

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: July 31, 1944 in Freeport, Illinois

DECEASED FATHER: John Huss

DECEASED MOTHER:  Rose Huss (Maiden Name: Feeney)

OTHER INFORMATION: Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake is assisting the family with arrangements

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LADDIE J. VLCEK

NAME OF DECEASED: LADDIE J. VLCEK AGE: 86

ADDRESS: Country Gardens, 635 W. Cedar, Medford; A former Westboro & Ogema area resident

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: 1:44 AM Saturday, October 18 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital where he had been a patient for the past 3 ½ weeks

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: Memorial services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, June 27 at the Hemer Funeral Home-Medford

OFFICIATING: Rev. Don Rhody

INTERMENT: Interment of his cremated remains will take place at Hillside Cemetery, Ogema

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: May 15, 1928 at Westboro, WI

EDUCATION: Westboro elementary and was a 1946 graduate of Westboro High School

MARRIAGE: June 12, 1950 at Milwaukee to Ida Mae Soderstrom and she preceded him in death March 17, 2011

PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: He was a US Army veteran achieving the rank of Sergeant having served from May of 1946 to Nov. of 1947. After the military, he resided in Phillips and worked at Flambeau Milling for a period of time. In 1958 they moved to Ogema where he began his career with the US Postal Service for the next 30 years working as a clerk and later postmaster until his retirement in 1987. He enjoyed fishing, traveling, spending time with family and friends.

MEMBER OF: Ogema Baptist Church where he had served on various groups including Deacon & Financial Secretary;
Past member of the Ogema Lions Club, and the Ogema Volunteer Fire Department

SURVIVING CHILDREN: Sons – Brien (Kate Carollo) Vlcek of Seattle, WI & Bruce Vlcek of New Bedford, MA

# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN: 4 – Elizabeth (Dan) Duryea of Bellevue, WA, Laura (Courtney) Taylor, Allison Vlcek & Kevin Vlcek all of Seattle, WA GR-GRANDCHILDREN: 3

BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Brothers – Joseph, Rudy & Frank Vlcek; Sisters – Martha Look & Helen Axlerod

DECEASED FATHER: Frank Vlcek DECEASED MOTHER: Frances Simek

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RICHARD "JIM" J. WRIGHT Sr.

NAME OF DECEASED:   RICHARD "JIM" J. WRIGHT Sr.   

 

 AGE: 78

ADDRESS:  N5055 County Rd E Medford, WI           Township of Molitor resident

PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH:  11:30 P.M. Monday, June 15, 2015 after a long battle with a rare degenerative brain disease at his residence where he was surrounded by his loved ones and under the care of Hope Hospice

TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: 12:00 P.M. Monday, June 22, 2015 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Whittlesey

OFFICIATING:  Father Gerard Willger

VISITATION:  10:00 A.M. until time of services at 12:00 P.M. Monday, June 22, 2015 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Whittlesey

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: April 21, 1937 in Milwaukee

EDUCATION: Graduate of the Tool & Die Program from Milwaukee Area Technical College

MARRIAGE: 1^st: on July 26, 1958 in Neshkoro to Bonita M. Stanke and they were later divorced. 2^nd: On June 15, 1979 in Fond du Lac to Barbara J. (Anzia) Bruggink and she survives

PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: Richard served in the Wisconsin National Guard at Fort McCoy. After high school, he attended MATC’s Tool & Die Maker Program. He then worked at Wells Manufacturing Company in Fon du Lac. Richard then moved to Medford in 1981 and worked for Phillips Plastics as a tool, die and mold maker. He later became a project engineer for Fiskars in Wausau where he retired from in 2000. In his retirement, he did consulting work for several companies. Richard enjoyed golfing, sailing, canoeing, traveling, carpentry, history, the Green Bay Packers, and he loved spending time with his family.

SURVIVING SPOUSE: Barbara J. Wright of the Township of Molitor

SURVIVING CHILDREN: Mary (Mark) Scheer of Oshkosh, Ramona (Craig) Geib of Van Dyne, Richard Jr. (Joan) Wright of Menasha, Cathy (Richard) Circo of Fond du Lac, Christopher (Patti) Bruggink of Medford, Michael Bruggink of Tomahawk and 1 spoiled black cat “Baby”

# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN:       13   GR-GRANDCHILDREN: 19           

SURVIVING BROTHERS/SISTERS: Lyda Detert of Fond du Lac, Elizabeth Lampien of Seaside, OR Sister-in-Law: Kathryn Richison of Athelstane Brothers-in-Law: Michael (Sandy) Anzia of West Bend & Paul (Judy) Anzia of Belgium

Richard is further survived by many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends

BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: 7 Brothers

DECEASED FATHER: Harley O. Wright       DECEASED MOTHER: Sophia B. Reinertson

OTHER INFORMATION:  In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in Richard's name to Hope Hospice or to his family to be designated at a later date.

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RUSSELL F. WUDI

 

Russell Francis Wudi, 63, of Rib Lake, passed away at his residence on Friday, June 12.
A memorial service will be held at noon on Saturday, June 20 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Rib Lake. Father Otto Bucher will officiate. 
Visitation will be held at Good Shepherd Catholic Church from 10 to 11:45 a.m. on Saturday.
Hemer Funeral Service of Medford and Rib Lake assisted with arrangements.
Russell was born on March 26, 1952 in Rib Lake, to the late Anton and Christina (Pagel) Wudi. He graduated from Rib Lake High School.
Russell was an entrepreneur. He owned and operated Ameriflex, which was based in Corona, Calif. He then went on to own Russ’s Coin Shop and the Rib Lake Bakery. Russell served in the United States Marine Corps as an electrician on the C-130 cargo aircraft. He had a passion for coins, and enjoyed exploring the history of Rib Lake. Russ was a true outdoorsman, especially enjoying fishing and hunting. He loved his family and grandchildren, and will always be remembered for his heart of gold. He was a member of the Rib Lake Financial Board.
He is survived by his children, Michael (Suzy) Wudi of Rib Lake, Nora (Matty) Howit of Lakewood, Calif., and Ellen (Paul) Mitnick of Mohnton, Penn.; brother, Wayne (Pat) Wudi of Chicago, Ill.; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters.
Memorial donations in honor of Russell may be made to the Rib Lake Historical Society.