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Tammy Jean Zmuda

Tammy Jean Zmuda

Dec 14, 2021

Family and friends are invited to celebrate the life of our beautiful daughter, loving wife, and adoring mother, Tammy Jean Zmuda (Larson). At age 52, she won the battle against cancer and was welcomed into Heaven on December 14, 2021. Our greatest loss is Heaven's gain and we look forward to being reunited with her through our faith, knowing God...

Ronald Wayne Wilson

Ronald Wayne Wilson

Dec 14, 2021

Ronald Wayne Wilson, age 77, of Balsam Lake Wisconsin, passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at St. Croix Regional Medical Center.

Ron was born on February 19, 1944, to Laurence and Muriel (Nelson) Wilson in Lincoln Township Wisconsin and was raised on a small family farm in Balsam Lake. He graduated in 1962 as the first graduating class from Unity...

Joan Joyce Melendez

Joan Joyce Melendez

Dec 13, 2021

Joan Joyce Melendez, age 65 of Deer Park, Wisconsin passed away peacefully on Monday, December 13, 2021 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN.  

Joan was born on April 26, 1956 to her parents, Gerald Pettis and Beverly Hagedorn Pettis of rural Augusta, where she attended Augusta School graduating in 1974. She furthered her education at the CVTC attending Culinary...

Tavis Riley Bader

Tavis Riley Bader

Dec 4, 2021

Tavis Riley Bader of Amery/Deer Park, Wisconsin passed away unexpectedly in his home on December 4th, 2021 in Deer Park, Wisconsin. 

Tavis was born on April 10th, 2002 in Amery, Wisconsin to his parents Tricia and Mike Fickbohm. Tavis spent his early years in Wausau, Wisconsin until his family moved back to Amery where he graduated in 2020. Tavis had big...

Dodie Elaine Scholz

Dodie Elaine Scholz

Dec 1, 2021

Dolores Elaine Scholz (Dodo) of Amery, Wisconsin passed peacefully on Wednesday December 1st  , 2021 at the age of 92. Dodo was born on March 25th  , 1929 in New Richmond, Wisconsin to Roy and Adeline Moe. She was the eldest of four children and had a wonderful, loving childhood and many fond memories of growing up on a farm...

Sierra Amelia Gale Osborne

Sierra Amelia Gale Osborne

Nov 21, 2021

Sierra Amelia Gale Osborne of Deer Park, WI passed away on November 21, 2021 at 16 years old. 

She was a sweet, silly, sassy, beautiful young lady who saw the best in people and wanted to share her light with others. Sierra was excited to become a mother to her unborn baby with Tyler. She was always willing to help out...

Colleen Emaline Moravec

Colleen Emaline Moravec

Nov 20, 2021

Colleen Emaline Waltenburg Moravec, age 84, of Clear Lake, WI passed away on November 20, 2021 in Amery Hospital after a brief battle with Covid pneumonia. Colleen was born on August 29, 1937 to the late Lennie & Edna (Wilson) Waltenburg in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

She is survived by daughters Collette (Mark) Swanson; Corrine Moe; Linda (Bill) McIntire; and son Ken...

Elsie May Johnson

Elsie May Johnson

Nov 18, 2021

Elsie May Johnson, age 100, of Johnstown, Wisconsin died on November 18, 2021 at her son's home in rural Edgerton, WI. She was born on January 25, 1921 in Beaver Township, Polk County, WI, the daughter of Lars Peter Peterson and Helga Seraphia (Anderson) Peterson. She attended Beaver School in Polk County where she grew up. Elsie taught Sunday School...

Sharon G Peters

Sharon G Peters

Nov 18, 2021

Sharon G Peters, 77, passed away at Shell Lake Health Care Center on Thursday, November 18, 2021 under the care of St. Croix Hospice. She was born on April 5, 1944 to the late Allen & Violet (Hallgren) Peters in Luck, WI. 

Surviving family members include her nieces & nephews, Dawnette (Ken) Peterson of South Range, Joe (Katie) Penard of Turtle...

Daniel Ramsey Patterson

Daniel Ramsey Patterson

Nov 16, 2021

Daniel Ramsey Patterson, age 71, of Amery, Wisconsin (formerly of South St. Paul) died suddenly on November 16, 2021. He is survived by his daughter, Sarah (Brian) Borgestad and granddaughters Brooklynn and Gabby; his life-long partner, Sue Koel and her daughters, Laura (Steve-deceased) Violet, Lisa Lawrence, Julie (Rick) Peterson, Amy (Joe) Karpenske, and their children; mother, AnnaMae Patterson, siblings: Linda...

Mark Leroy Hull

Mark Leroy Hull

Nov 16, 2021

Mark Leroy Hull, age 75, passed away on November 16, 2021 at Willow Ridge Healthcare.  

He was born on August 22, 1946 to Wilbert & Dorothy (Allstrom) Hull in St. Paul, MN.  

David Wayne Mertz

David Wayne Mertz

Nov 14, 2021

David (Dave) Wayne Mertz, 69, of Deer Park, Wisconsin, passed away from his battle with cancer on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at Westfields Hospital in New Richmond, Wisconsin. 

Dave was born October 30, 1952 to John and Hazel Mertz in Sioux Falls, SD. He lived in Sioux Falls and Salem, SD, then moved back to Sioux Falls before moving to Amery...

June Valoris Penard

June Valoris Penard

Nov 13, 2021

June Valoris Penard was born on June 26, 1937 in Minneapolis, MN.   Until the age of 4 she lived with her mother Violet and her brother Dennis.  Her mother was married to her step-father  Allen Peters and they moved to the family farm in Georgetown Township.  She attended first grade in Luck, Wisconsin and then transferred to A.P....

John L Dodds

John L Dodds

Nov 10, 2021

John "Jack" Leslie Dodds, 76 of Frederic, WI passed away unexpectedly on November 10, 2021 at the Cumberland Memorial Hospital in Cumberland WI.

John was born July 28, 1945 to Walter and Ethel Dodds of Osseo, MN.  John grew up on the family's dairy farm on Weaver Lake alongside his brothers Darryl, Bob, Jim,...

Kim L. Braman

Kim L. Braman

Nov 7, 2021

Kim Leslie Braman, 59, of Amery, Wisconsin passed away peacefully Sunday, November 7 th , 2021 at her home with her loved ones after a long, valiant three-year battle with cancer.

Born in Superior, Wisconsin but later moved to the Polk County area. She attended and graduated from Unity School district. She attended WITC...

Jerelyn "Jeri" Jean Skoug

Jerelyn "Jeri" Jean Skoug

Nov 5, 2021

Jerelyn (Jeri) Jean Skoug, age 66, born April 24, 1955, passed away on the morning of November 5, 2021 after an extended illness with kidney cancer. Jeri lived in Amery nearly her entire life. After graduation from Amery High School in 1973, she worked in Housekeeping in several area Nursing Homes until her retirement. Jeri was a long-time member...

Wendell Kay Howell

Wendell Kay Howell

Nov 3, 2021

Wendell (Wendy) K. Howell, 96, of Amery, Wisconsin and Tavares, Florida, died peacefully on November 3, 2021, at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis. Wendell was born March 15, 1925, in Boca Grande, Florida to Violet (Grandy) Howell and Samuel Howell. He was predeceased by his wife Jean Carol (Carson) Howell and children Wendell Howell, Jr., Michael James Howell,...

Richard 'Dick' Lee Hawley

Richard 'Dick' Lee Hawley

Nov 3, 2021

Richard (Dick) Hawley passed away peacefully November 3, 2021, after a brief illness. The days prior were filled with pontoon rides with his wife and two of his kids and enjoying the home he built on the Apple River nearly 60 years ago. Dick was a born adventurer, scholar, and poet. His second grade teacher noted, "Dick is...

Phyllis Joan Wiita

Phyllis Joan Wiita

Oct 31, 2021

Phyllis Wiita, 90, died October 31, 2021 at the Care and Rehab in Cumberland, WI.  She was born the eldest daughter of Harry & Helen (Housky) Grossman in Passaic, New Jersey.  She was raised in New Jersey and graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1948 where she had served as a majorette for the band.  Phyllis continued her...

Michael Todd Peterson

Michael Todd Peterson

Oct 24, 2021

Michael Todd Peterson was born in Amery, Wisconsin on January 21, 1958 to Lyle and Margaret Peterson.  He was born the third of six children.  He attended school in Amery and graduated from Amery High School in 1976 and farmed with his parents on the Sons of Peterson Dairy Farm.  He married Donna (Lahners) on September 19, 1992 at...

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