Obituaries
Julia L'Abbe
Jul 28, 2011
Julia L'Abbe, age 91, Tomahawk, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011 at Golden Living Center - Riverview in Tomahawk. Julia was born June 17, 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana, the daughter of August and Eva Shimkus. She married John L'Abbe April 11, 1940 in Rhinelander; he passed away in 1997. Julia was a homemaker, and was a member of the...
Bess Wurster
Jul 27, 2011
Bess Wurster, age 81, N10399 S. Pine Rd., Tomahawk, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Ministry Sacred Heart Hospital in Tomahawk. Bess was born October 19, 1929 in Hay Springs, Nebraska, the daughter of Joseph and Marzella (Horn) Thompson. She was first married to Wayne Keebaugh. She later married James Wurster in 1970 in Tomahawk. She worked road construction...
Matilda Kirinovic
Jul 25, 2011
Matilda "Tillie" Kirinovic, age 89, N10004 Mohawksin Road, Tomahawk, passed away Monday, July 25, 2011 at Golden Living-Riverview in Tomahawk. Tillie was born on August 25, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of John and Matilda (Jacoby) Patrick. She was married to Charles E. Kirinovic, Sr. on November 18, 1944 also in Chicago; he passed away September 26, 2010. Tillie...
Donald Harte
Jul 24, 2011
Donald J. Harte, age 82, of 3110 County Road L, Tomahawk passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Tomahawk. Don was born on August 8, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Joseph and Bertha (Krempel) Harte. He was married to Gloria Podzimek on September 17, 1949 also in Chicago. She passed away in 1999. Don...
Virginia Turgeon
Jul 21, 2011
Virginia M. Turgeon, age 82, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill. Virginia was born on August 11, 1928 in Tomahawk to Herbert and Stella (Nowak) Mitchell. She was married to Norbert Turgeon on May 10, 1947 also in Tomahawk, he passed away in 1991. She had been a resident of Friendship, Wisconsin for...
Ervin Pflum
Jul 21, 2011
Ervin "Ernie" Pflum, age 69, of N11462 Tomahawk River Road, Tomahawk passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at his home. Ernie was born on January 17, 1942 in Tomahawk to Ervin and Florence (Venne) Pflum, Sr. He was married to Elizabeth Sorenson on February 17, 1973 in Oxford, Wisconsin. Ernie had worked as the head beaterman for Rhinelander Papers for...
Elroy Stroming
Jul 15, 2011
Elroy Stroming, 93, died peacefully at home with his family on Friday, July 15, 2011. Elroy was born May 10, 1918 in Fort Ripley, Minnesota. Elroy's family moved to the Tomahawk, Wis. area when he was a young boy. He met his future wife, Mary, while attending confirmation classes at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. They were married on June 30,...
Carl Rady
Jul 12, 2011
Carl W. Rady, age 83, 8933 Deer Trail, Tomahawk, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at his residence. Carl was born February 23, 1928 in Milwaukee. Carl was a freelance writer, and a civil engineer with the Waukesha County Highway Department. He formerly lived in Neshotah, Wisconsin, and was a resident of the Tomahawk area for the past 30 years....
Virginia Ahles
Jul 6, 2011
Virginia 'Ginny' Ahles, age 84, 8571 Old Hwy. K, Harshaw, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at her home under home hospice care. Ginny was born November 9, 1926 in Tomahawk, the daughter of Louis and Gertrude (Splittstoezer) Crass. She married Otto Ahles on July 22, 1951 in Rhinelander; he passed away June 30, 2002. In her younger years, Ginny...
David Claflin
Jun 28, 2011
David K. Claflin, age 75, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at his home on Lake Nokomis, of lung cancer. Dave was born February 19, 1936 in Eau Claire, the only child of Knowlton 'Korney' and Dorothy (Halberg) Claflin. He grew up in Mondovi, where he "always knew" his wife Susan (Erickson) Claflin. Right after high school, Dave and Sue...
Kevin Genelin
Jun 27, 2011
Kevin J. Genelin, age 54, Fort Payne, Alabama, formerly of Tomahawk, passed away Monday June 27, 2011, in Birmingham at UAB Hospital. Kevin was born November 28, 1956, in Mankato, MN, the son of Jim and Pat Genelin. Kevin was a 1975 graduate of Tomahawk High School. He moved to Fort Payne, Alabama in 1982. He was formerly the Plant...
Roland Kehrberg
Jun 14, 2011
Roland 'Rollie' Kehrberg, age 87, 2161 Krystal Kove Rd., Tomahawk, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Golden Living Center - Riverview in Tomahawk. Rollie was born April 21, 1924 in Mosinee, the son of Rev. Otto and Hilda (Kaliebe) Kehrberg. He married Hildegard 'Hilde' Ziebell on August 14, 1948 in Watertown, Wisconsin. He received his B.A. in education from...
Donald Freiberg
Jun 13, 2011
Donald A. Freiberg, age 80, W4754 County Road A, Tomahawk, passed away Monday, June 13, 2011 under the care of Ministry Home Care Hospice at Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill. Don was born August 20, 1930 to Arthur and Anna (Erickson) Freiberg. He graduated from Merrill High School and had attended the Elgin Watchmaking School. He was married to...
Josephine Heckendorf
Jun 5, 2011
Josephine B. Heckendorf, age 95, entered eternal life on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen, where she had resided for the past 2 years. Jo was born on November 25, 1915 in the town of Harrison, Lincoln County, the youngest child of Frank and Rose (Boykins) Van Strydonk. She married Michael Goulee in...
Darlene Jaeger
May 31, 2011
Darlene M. Jaeger, age 70, N11445 Cty. Rd. A, Lot 38, Tomahawk, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2011 under hospice care at the home of her sister, Annie. Darlene was born August 19, 1940 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Steinman) Scholz, Sr. She was married to Jody Jaeger; he passed away on September 19, 2004....
Bessie Gengler
May 29, 2011
Bessie Gengler, age 92, Tomahawk, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2011 at Golden Living Center - Riverview in Tomahawk. Bessie was born April 11, 1919 in Tomahawk, the daughter of Rex and Bessie (Belle) Brown. She moved to Marseilles, Illinois at the age of 18, and married Arlie Prentice Lough on June 4, 1942; he passed away March 3, 1981....
Norbert Adams
May 27, 2011
Norbert "Norbie" Adams, 94, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 at Golden Living-Golden Age in Tomahawk. Norbie was born on June 30, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois to Matthias and Helen (Sokolowski) Adams. He was married to Lorraine Holzkamp 1941 also in Chicago. She passed away in 1998. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving during WW II. He...
Lorraine Duranceau-Anderson
May 27, 2011
Lorraine R. Duranceau-Anderson, age 76, of N9916 Virgin Timber Lane, Tomahawk, passed away peacefully Friday, May 27, 2011 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Tomahawk. Lorraine was born on December 14, 1934 in Brokaw, Wisconsin to Norman and Beatrice (Kolpitke) Duranceau. She married Walter Anderson on September 14, 1953 in Pine City, Minnesota. Lorraine was a former employee of Employers Insurance...
Delores Dobson
May 26, 2011
Delores 'Dee' Dobson, age 78, Tomahawk, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Golden Living Center - Golden Age in Tomahawk. Dee was born April 29, 1933 in Merrill, the daughter of Reinhardt and Erna (Beltz) Barz. She married Donald Dobson on February 27, 1954 in Merrill; he passed away in November 1991. She was a waitress for many years...
LeRoy Smith
May 26, 2011
LeRoy 'Todd' Smith, age 84, 215 W. Mohawk Drive, Apt. 112, Tomahawk, passed away under hospice care Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Golden Living Center - Golden Age in Tomahawk. Todd was born August 17, 1926 in Tomahawk, the son of Reginald and Arville (Crass) Smith. He married Barbara Renn on April 23, 1949 in Harrison. Todd worked for 37...
