Obituaries

Wilbur Nueske

Wilbur Nueske

Mar 13, 2011

Wilburn Nueske, age 100, of Lakeview Manor in Weyauwega, formerly of Iola, died Sunday, March 13th, 2011. Wilburn was born in Iola on June 9, 1910, the son of the late William and Nora (Nace) Nueske. Wilburn enjoyed trout fishing at Trout Creek in the Town of Iola. He also liked working on the farm with his horses. He is...

Larry R. Riddell

Larry R. Riddell

Mar 8, 2011

Larry R. Riddell, 76, of Rosholt, died Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Larry was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on September 16, 1934, the son of the late Carlton and Theone (Terpening) Riddell. He married Marilyn Halverson on October 6, 1956 at Alban Lutheran Church. He served in the U.S. Navy as a member of the...

Richard "Rick" Ehrenberg

Richard "Rick" Ehrenberg

Feb 23, 2011

Richard "Rick" Allen Ehrenberg, age 44, of New York formerly of Scandinavia, died unexpectedly Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 at his residence. Richard was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on May 19, 1966, the son of the Ruby (Mortensen) and Norman Ehrenberg. Rick graduated from Iola Scandinavia High School in 1984 and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989 with a...

Emma M. Griffey

Emma M. Griffey

Feb 21, 2011

Emma M. Griffey, 102, of Iola, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at Iola Living Assistance. Emma was born in West Bend, Wisconsin on December 20, 1908, the daughter of the late Arthur and Louisa (Strey) Kraetsch. Emma married Rosco Griffey on Feb 16, 1929 in Milwaukee. He preceded her in death in Sept, 1960. She was a meat wrapper at...

David A. Wesley

David A. Wesley

Feb 18, 2011

David Allen Wesley, age 78, of Iola, formerly of Ogdensburg, died Friday, February 18th, 2011 at Iola Living Assistance. David was born in Town of Helvetia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin on October 10, 1932, the son of the late Palmer "Julian" and Luella (Hanson) Wesley. David served in the United States Army. He served an apprenticeship for a diesinker at the...

Diane C. Guetzke

Diane C. Guetzke

Feb 16, 2011

Diane C. Guetzke Diane C. Guetzke, 69, of Rosholt, died Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at St. Michaels Hospital, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Diane was born in Milwaukee on January 15, 1942, the daughter of Dorothy (Helminiak) and the late Herbert Stenson. She married Bert Guetzke on April 23, 1960 in Menomonee Falls, WI. He survives. Throughout the years, she had worked...

Robert Leighton Pfleegor

Robert Leighton Pfleegor

Feb 10, 2011

Mr. Robert Leighton Pfleegor, age 68, of Iola, died Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at his residence. Robert was born in Buffalo, New York on October 22, 1942, the son of the late Robert Leighton and Madeline Esther (Sesinger) Pfleegor. He married Lynda A. Wrolsen on July 2, 1966 in Saugerties, New York. Robert graduated from West Seneca High School in...

John E. Johnson

John E. Johnson

Jan 31, 2011

John E. Johnson, age 53, of Iola died Monday, January 31st, 2011 at his residence. John was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 3, 1958, the son of Irene (Maalo) Haroldson and the late Arvid Johnson. After graduating high school, he went to a auto body repair school in Chicago. He loved music. John was a very brave and outgoing...

Mary J. Meagher

Mary J. Meagher

Jan 21, 2011

Mary J. Meagher, age 81, of Iola, died Friday, January 21st, 2011 at Iola Living Assistance. Mary was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota on September 25, 1929, the daughter of the late Harold and Maude (Koehnke) Ford. Mary married Keith J. "Red" Meagher on September 14, 1949 in Grand Forks. He preceded her in death on October 5, 2004....

Marcella "Sally" J. Klein

Marcella "Sally" J. Klein

Jan 20, 2011

Marcella "Sally" J. Klein, 83, of Iola, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Iola Living Assistance Marcella was born in Town of Harrison, Wisconsin on May 7, 1927, the daughter of the late Arthur and Agnes (Olson) Erickson. She married Robert Klein on September 21, 1947 at the Alban Lutheran Church. He survives. Sally had worked as a payroll clerk...

Fred G. Ferg

Fred G. Ferg

Jan 18, 2011

Frederick G. Ferg, age 93, formerly of Rosholt, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Sylvan Crossing in Stevens Point. Frederick was born in the Town of Little Wolf, Manawa WI. on September 29, 1917, the son of the late Fred G. and Theresa (Eschenbach) Ferg. Fred married Agnes Madson on November 10, 1945 in Rosholt, Wisconsin. She died June 2,...

M. Donald Gunness

M. Donald Gunness

Jan 9, 2011

M. Donald Gunness M. Donald Gunness, age 92, of Iola, died January 9, 2011 at Riverside Hospital, in Waupaca, WI. He was born to the late Melvin and Amanda (Pederson) Gunness on Feb. 26, 1918 in Janesville, WI. After graduating from Janesville H.S. in 1936 and UW Madison in 1941, he married Doris Burg in 1942. The couple lived in...

M. Donald Gunness

M. Donald Gunness

Jan 9, 2011

M. Donald Gunness M. Donald Gunness, 92, of Iola, died Sunday, January 9th, 2011 at Riverside Medical Center, Waupaca, Wisconsin. Don was born in Janesville, WI. on February 26, 1918, the son of the late Melvin and Amanda (Pederson) Gunness. He married Doris Burg on October 10, 1942 in Appleton, WI. She survives. Don worked for the United States Armed...

Barbara Louise Nottleson Taylor

Barbara Louise Nottleson Taylor

Jan 4, 2011

Barbara Louise Nottleson Taylor, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center. She was born July 23, 1932 in Iola, Wisconsin, to Roy and Edith Nottleson of Scandinavia and was united in marriage to Curtis Lee Taylor of Iola on June 16, 1951. She graduated second in...

Marlene Y. Kolak

Marlene Y. Kolak

Jan 1, 2011

Marlene Yvonne Kolak, age 76, of Iola, died Saturday, January 1st, 2011 at Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas. Marlene was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 8, 1934. She married Roy Kolak. She is survived by her Husband: Roy Kolak of Iola; Son: Mike (Cynthia Cardenas) Kolak of Houston, TX. Grandson: Steven. Funeral Service will be held at Hitterdahl...

Kenneth E. Christensen

Kenneth E. Christensen

Dec 28, 2010

Kenneth E. Christensen, age 69, of the Township of St. Lawrence, Waupaca County, Wisconsin died Tuesday, December 28th, 2010. Ken was born in Waupaca, Wisconsin on September 25, 1941, the son of the late Theodore and Ethel (Thompson) Christensen. Ken served in the United States Army. He was a member of the American Legion Post #14 of Iola. Ken was...

Kathleen B. O'Keefe

Kathleen B. O'Keefe

Dec 26, 2010

Mrs. Kathleen "Boots" O'Keefe, age 80, of Iola, died Sunday, December 26th, 2010 at Iola Living Assistance. Kathleen was born in Monico, Wisconsin on August 20, 1930, the daughter of the late William Edgar and Francis (Spencer) Robinson. Kathleen married Raymond O' Keefe on December 31, 1948 in Antigo. They later divorced. Kathy worked as a Nurse's Aid at the...

Frank S. Kempka

Frank S. Kempka

Dec 22, 2010

Frank S. Kempka, age 54, of Big Falls, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at his residence. Frank was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on September 6, 1956, the son of the late Edward and Esther (Wojciechowski) Kempka. Frank enlisted in the United States Army immediately out of high school, attaining the rank E4. After his honorable discharge in 1976, he worked...

Evangeline M. Fiane

Evangeline M. Fiane

Dec 22, 2010

Mrs. Evangeline Marie Fiane was called to her heavenly home on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 at the age of 95. She was born on the home farm in the Town of Harrison, Waupaca County on July 12, 1915, the daughter of the late Martin and Agnes (Lund) Toebass. She was baptized and confirmed at the Hitterdahl Lutheran Church where she...

Ervin A. Krueger

Ervin A. Krueger

Nov 15, 2010

Ervin Albert Krueger, age 84, of Manawa, formerly of Ogdensburg, died Monday, November 15th, 2010 at Manawa Community Nursing Center. Ervin was born in Town of Union, Waupaca County, Wisconsin on April 2, 1926, the son of the late Albert A. and Emma (Pruess) Krueger. Ervin married Mary L. Trice on Sept 13, 1947 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in...