NAME OF DECEASED: HELEN J. WALDHART
AGE: 84
ADDRESS: Prentice, WI; A Township of Ogema resident
PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Azura Memory Care, Wausau surrounded by her loving family
TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: 11:00 AM Saturday, December 3, 2016 at First Lutheran Church, Ogema
OFFICIATING: Rev. Dr. Bob Giese
INTERMENT: Hillside Cemetery, Ogema
VISITATION: First Lutheran Church, Ogema from 9 AM until the time of services at 11 AM on Saturday, December 3, 2016
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: March 2, 1932 at Prentice, WI on the family homestead
EDUCATION: Attended Ringschool and was a graduate of Prentice High School
MARRIAGE: 1st – to James B. Cummings with whom she had 5 children; 2nd – in 1989 to Vaughn F. Waldhart & he preceded her in death in 2013
PRINCIPLE EVENTS IN LIFE: After graduating high school, Helen moved to Milwaukee and worked for Cornell Paper Company. In 1964, James and Helen moved to Ogema and purchased a dairy farm. Helen also worked for The Moulding Company in Ogema for a period of time. She loved to garden, can, making maple syrup, going to the casino, dining out, going on trips with her family and caring for her grandchildren. Helen always had coffee, cookies, a full candy dish and was always ready to visit with anyone who stopped by.
MEMBER OF: First Lutheran Church, Ogema; Homemakers Club
SURVIVING CHILDREN: Cathy, Craig (Joyce), Randal (Jeanne) & Todd (Joni) Cummings all of Ogema and Jeffrey Cummings of Phillips
Step-Children: Holly (Phillip) Wachuta and Lee (Vicki) Waldhart both of Stetsonville, Lynda Caskey of River Falls, Laurie (Thomas) Retzloff of Hartford and Sara (Robert) Fochs of Mosinee
# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN: 11, 8 Step
GR-GRANDCHILDREN: 5
SURVIVING BROTHER: Kenneth (Karen) Pearson of Ogema
BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Florence (Ralph) Stiener & Mrytle (Raymond) Levenson
DECEASED FATHER: Benjamin K. Pearson
DECEASED MOTHER: Ella F. Flifisher
PALLBEARERS: Justin Heizler, Landon, Colten, Eric, Kyle & Ryan Cummings
OTHER INFORMATION: In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in Helen’s name to the First Lutheran Church in Ogema.
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