Obituaries
Sharon Lee Johnson
Mar 8, 2018
Having accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior as a teenager, Sharon Lee (Edlund) Johnson, born October 20, 1942, went home to live in eternity with that personal Savior and multitudes of other believers in Jesus Christ on March 8, 2018. Sharon died quite unexpectedly after a very short episode, less that one month, of a very, unnoticed...
Tom Handrick
Mar 7, 2018
Thomas “Tommy” Mark Handrick, age 55 of Minocqua, WI died on Wednesday, March 7th . Tom was born on May 29, 1962 in Woodruff, WI the son of Glenn and Doris (nee Habblitz) Handrick. Tom attended MHLT grade school and was a 1980 graduate of Lakeland Union High School. Tommy married Kelly Kohnhorst on July 8, 2017. He was owner...
Kathleen Pezzi
Mar 6, 2018
Kathleen Pezzi (nee Katzka) of Tomahawk, formerly of Milwaukee, passed away on March 6, 2018 at Sacred Heart Hospital, Tomahawk.
Kathleen was born on March 2, 1946 in Milwaukee to John & Helen Katzka. She married the love her life, James Pezzi on May 16, 1981 in Minnesota. Kathleen retired as an Administrative Assistant from Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley. Kathy and her...
Roger W. Gay
Mar 6, 2018
Roger William Gay, age 80, died peacefully on March 6, 2018 at Tomahawk Health Services.
Roger was born on Feb. 3, 1938, in Paw Paw, Michigan, to Eunice ‘Chick’ and Robert ‘Red’ Gay. He graduated from Ewen schools in 1955 and went immediately into the Army. He married Dorothy Mattson in 1959 and they made their first home in Kenosha, where...
Robert Miles Galiger
Mar 6, 2018
ROBERT MILES GALIGER Robert Miles Galiger, 63, Phillips, died at his home on his birthday, March 6, 2018. He was born in Abbotsford, Wisconsin, on March 6, 1955, the son of Miles and Darlene (Pascoe) Galiger. He was a 1973 graduate of the Phillips High School. He served his country in the United States Army. He was a long time...
Dale Gaedtke
Mar 5, 2018
Dale Gaedtke, 87, a longtime Tomahawk area resident, passed away Monday, March 5, 2018 at Riverview Rehab and Care Center in Tomahawk.
Dale was born October 28, 1930 in the town of Cassian to Herman and Grace (Beach) Gaedtke. He was married to Patricia Ann Volen at the First Baptist Church in Rhinelander, she preceded him in death in 1996. Dale...
Dale R. Raab
Mar 4, 2018
Dale R. Raab Dale R. Raab, 74, longtime Ogema resident, died on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Clark County Rehab and Living Center, in Clark County. He was born on November 28, 1943, at a farmhouse in Ogema, the son of Adam and Mabel(Larsen) Raab. He attended his elementary classes at Wildwood School, a one-room schoolhouse a couple miles...
Elaine Lindberg
Mar 2, 2018
Elaine Chapleau Lindberg, age 67 of Woodruff, WI died Friday, March 2nd at her residence. Elaine was born on July 21, 1950 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Richard Robert and Isabel (nee Paceni) Chapleau. She is survived by her husband, Frank Lee Lindberg of Woodruff, WI and by her children; Mark Earl Brandt IV of Stevens Point, WI; Laura...
John B Winchell
Mar 1, 2018
John B. Winchell, 92, a former Tomahawk resident, passed away Thursday, March 1st, 2018 at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, Wisconsin.
John was born January 7, 1926 in Tomahawk to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Winchell. John served his country during World War II in the US Army. He married the former Esther Czerwinski on June 26, 1945 in Wausau. She...
Forest P. Faufau
Feb 28, 2018
Forest “Forrie” Paul Faufau, 88, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, formerly of Tomahawk, departed our world on February 28, 2018.
Forrie was born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin to Gladys and Robert Faufau on August 26, 1929. He attended school in Tomahawk before enlisting in the Navy as part of a naval air squadron spending his time on several aircraft carriers. Forrie married Catherine...
Joan Ringersma
Feb 28, 2018
JOAN RINGERSMA Joan Ringersma, 65, Phillips, died at her home on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. She was born in Phillips on November 19, 1952, the daughter of Henry and Beulah (Stenlund) Ringersma. She was a 1970 graduate of the Phillips High School. She was employed by Phillips Sew and Assembly, and later by Artisans of Glen Flora. In her free...
Vivian L. Dick
Feb 27, 2018
Vivian L. Dick, age 97 of Woodruff, WI died on Tuesday, February 27th at Country Terrace in Minocqua, WI. Vivian was born on October 17, 1920 in Wyeville, WI the daughter of Otto and Florence (nee Handy) Stein. She is survived by her daughters: Dianne (Peter) Blazkowski, Nancy (Dale) Muth and Susan (Doug) Thompson and by her grandchildren: Dawn Shape,...
Robert P. Bertch Sr.
Feb 26, 2018
Robert Paul Bertch Sr. passed away peacefully on Monday, February 26, 2018 at 12:00pm surrounded by his loving family at Avanti Health & Rehab Center in Minocqua, WI at age 97. This good man walked this earth for almost 98 years and lived in Sylvania, Ohio; Bristol, Indiana; Whidbey Island, Washington and finally in his beloved Boulder Junction where he...
Violet Doris Maki
Feb 25, 2018
VIOLET MAKI Violet Doris Maki, 90, Phillips, longtime Brantwood and Tomahawk resident, died in the Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls on Sunday, February 25, 2018. She was born in Brantwood on January 15, 1928, the daughter of Andrew and Esther (Niemi) Keto. She was a 1946 graduate of the Tripoli High School. She was married to Wilbert Wasti in Brantwood...
Wesley Forrest Hoeft
Feb 22, 2018
Wesley Forrest Hoeft, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 15, 1984 and died on February 22, 2018 at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, Wisconsin. Wesley will be deeply missed by his son, Gianni Hoeft and Gianni’s mama, Amanda Altamore, his parents; Tom and Terri Hoeft, brothers; Shane and Justin Hoeft, niece and nephew; Helana, and Ryan Hoeft. Wesley...
Michael Robert O'Donnell
Feb 20, 2018
MICHAEL O'DONNELL Michael Robert O'Donnell, 83, Park Falls, died in the Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. He was born on September 14, 1934, in Crandon, Wisconsin, the son of Orlan and Verial (Harris) O'Donnell. He was a 1953 graduate of the Park Falls High School. He served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was...
Jayson Walter Reinke
Feb 20, 2018
JAYSON REINKE Jayson Walter “Jay” Reinke, 47, Phillips, died in the Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. He was born in Medford, Wisconsin, on July 19, 1970, the son of Walter (“Bud”) and Marc (Rudolph) Reinke. He was a 1988 graduate of the Phillips High School, and a graduate of Northcentral Technical College-Wausau, where he earned...
Nancy L Van Prooyen
Feb 19, 2018
Dr. Nancy Van Prooyen went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
She was born February 24, 1948 in Wausau, Wisconsin to the late Nicholas and Lorraine (Gutowski) Van Prooyen. She was a graduate of Wausau High School, Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music, Bryan College, West Georgia College and Vanderbilt University where she received her...
Bette L. Rosenthal
Feb 19, 2018
Bette L. Rosenthal, age 87 of Woodruff, WI died on Monday, February 19th at Avanti Health and Rehab Center in Minocqua, WI. Bette was born on February 10, 1931 in Delafield, WI the daughter of Maj. Edison and Betty (nee Smythe) Lerch. Bette attended school in Delafield, Waukesha and also at Frances Shimer College. Bette grew up on the campus...
Oiva Victor Maki
Feb 19, 2018
OIVA MAKI Oiva Victor Maki, 93, longtime Tomahawk and Brantwood resident, currently of Phillips, died on Monday, February 19, in the Aspirus Pleasant View Nursing Home in Phillips while under the care of Flambeau Home Health and Hospice. He was born on November 10, 1924, in Brantwood, Wisconsin, the son of Matt and Amanda (Kangas) Maki. He was a 1942...
