Leonard A. Stepan (Stephan)
Feb 13, 2012
Leonard A. Stepan (Stephan) was born on June 9, 1924 in Willow River, MN. He died at the age of 87 on February 13, 2012 at the Amery Regional Medical Center with his family at his side. He married Marcella Busse on May 1, 1943 in Askov, MN. At the time of his death, they were married 68 years and...
Nancy Johnson
Feb 4, 2012
Nancy C. Johnson, age 77 of Amery died on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2012 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Amery. A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the funeral home as well as for the...
Bonnie Rose Delawyer
Jan 29, 2012
Bonnie Rose DeLawyer was born on February 23, 1919 in their rural farmhouse near Coomer, Wisconsin to Joe and Nellie (Grant) Skidmore. She attended elementary school in Coomer, and high school in Frederic. Bonnie went on to attend teacher's college at the University of Wisconsin in Superior. After graduating, her first job was at a one room schoolhouse in Bashaw....
Clarabelle Dorothy Wagner
Jan 22, 2012
Clarabelle Dorothy Wagner was born on April 17, 1917 in Joel, Polk County, Wisconsin to Frank and Effie (Secoy) Marlow. She grew up in the Joel area and attended Grandview Country School through the eighth grade. After completing school she lived at home and worked on the family farm with her parents. Clarabelle later married Raymond Ofelt and together they...
Pauline A Wichelmann
Jan 12, 2012
Pauline Wichelmann, age 83 of Amery, Wisconsin died on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the Amery Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 27, 1928 in St. Croix Falls, WI to Celia and Walter Carlson. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Garfield, and attended school in Wanderoos, WI. She was united in marriage to Edwin Wichelmann and...
Berdean Rosella Shinnan
Jan 7, 2012
Berdean Rosella (Peper) Shinnan was born on April 21, 1935 in Eagle River, Wisconsin the daughter of Russell and Charlotte (Haug) Peper. Their family moved to the Amery area and she graduated from Amery High School in 1953. She was united in marriage to John Shinnan. They lived in Seattle, Washington, Toronto and later Kirchner Ontario. John was a Kirby...
Joann Swanson
Jan 7, 2012
JoAnn Swanson was born on November 1, 1940 at her family's home near Marshfield, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Richard and Janet (Ably) Graff. She attended Mannville Country School and graduated from Marshfield High School. She continued her education and was a registered X-ray technician. She was married to Gary Ericson and together they had four children. JoAnn was...
Russell Henry Viebrock
Dec 29, 2011
Russell H. Viebrock was born on March 26, 1923 in Farmington, Wisconsin, the son of John and Jeanette Viebrock. He attended school in Osceola, WI. Russell married Luella (Johnson) Viebrock on July 1, 1944 in Farmington, WI. To this union three sons were born. Russell served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1947 as a medic and received two...
Mary Lou Spencer
Dec 18, 2011
Mary Lou Spencer was born in Estherville, Iowa on February 20, 1927 the daughter of Lucian and Esther Thomas. She grew up in Iowa and graduated from high school. She was united in marriage to Elden Spencer on April 29, 1950, and together they raised four children. They moved to Emerald, Wisconsin on December 17, 1957 and operated a dairy...
George Dennis
Dec 13, 2011
George Dennis was born on June 26, 1922 to Peter and Elena Dennis, in Vance Creek Township of Barron County, Wisconsin. He attended Jones Creek School. He took a job in Minneapolis before enlisting in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He served as an electrician's mate on the USS Harveson. After being honorably discharged he returned...
Ethel Marie Belisle
Dec 13, 2011
Ethel Marie Belisle was born in Garfield Township of Polk County, Wisconsin on December 21, 1919 the daughter of Frank and Edna (Sund) Petersen. She was baptized in Milltown, Wisconsin and later Confirmed at the Balsam Lutheran Church in rural Amery. She grew up in Volga. For a number of years she did housekeeping work for the Brevold family. On...
Lucy Lillian Gullickson
Dec 6, 2011
Lucy L. Gullickson Of Wyoming, MN, formerly of Forest Lake, 84, passed away December 6, 2011. Preceded in death by husband Norman, siblings George, Walter, Lorraine, Edward, and Edith. Survived by daughters Joyce Gullickson of Forest Lake, MN and Joanne (Bob) Hodges of Eau Claire, WI, grandchildren Tim (Judi) Fitcha, Kelly Fitcha, Kara (Eduardo) Jaramillo, and Greg Kittelson, great-grandchildren Erik,...
Elijah James Krueger
Dec 6, 2011
Elijah "Eli" James Krueger, 17 son of James A. Krueger and Mary Jo Webber, Deer Park, WI, went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Eli was born on March 26, 1994 at SCRMC in St. Croix Falls, WI. Eli was a senior at Amery High School. He helped the special needs children and...
Stan D. Petersen
Dec 3, 2011
Stanley Dean Petersen, age 56 of Amery, WI passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at his home in Amery. He was born on August 21, 1955 to Leslie and Priscilla (Strenge) Petersen in Estherville, Iowa. As a child the family moved to Amery where Stan attended school. While in school he was on the basketball team and graduated from...
Jeffrey "Nellie" Paul Nelson
Nov 30, 2011
Jeffrey "Nellie" Nelson, age 41 of Clear Lake, WI died unexpectedly on November 30, 2011 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. He was born on October 6, 1970 in St. Croix Falls, WI and graduated from Amery High School in 1989. He was a butcher at Hagberg's Country Market in Lake Elmo, MN and was an avid sportsman and...
Julius Carl Selle
Nov 26, 2011
Julius Selle, age 79 of Hudson, WI passed away on November 26, 2011 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Julius was born on February 7, 1932 in Clayton, WI to Henry and Susanna (Kitzmann) Selle. He went to school in Clayton and after school he joined the Army for 2 years. When he returned home he went to work...
Margaret Vivian Carlson
Nov 25, 2011
Margaret Vivian Carlson was born on February 9, 1917, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Ingrid (Sandberg) and Axel Carlson. At the age of two, the family moved to the rural Amery area. She was baptized and confirmed at Balsam Lutheran Church. After graduating from Amery High School, she completed the two years at River Falls Teachers College. She taught in one-room...
Margaret Olga Winchell
Nov 21, 2011
Margaret Olga Winchell was born on July 2, 1924 in Black Brook Township of Polk County, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Melvin Thorvald and Olga Amelia (Jorgenson) Munson. She was baptized and confirmed at East Immanuel Lutheran Church. Margaret attended Amery High School graduating with the class of 1942. On August 8, 1945 she was united in marriage to...
Elizabeth Sue Esther
Nov 20, 2011
Elizabeth Sue Esther, 63, Author, died Sunday, November 20, 2011 with her family by her side. She was born in Indianapolis, IN and moved to Washington, IN at the age of two. She moved again with her family to Atlanta, GA at the age of 10 where she graduated from Georgia State University with a BA degree. Liz taught school...
Howard Irvin Bottolfson
Nov 16, 2011
Howard Irvin Bottolfson was born at home in Alden Township of Polk County, Wisconsin the son of Oscar and Florence (Gibson) Bottolfson. He was baptized and confirmed at the West Immanuel Lutheran Church and was a lifetime member there. He served in the United States Army during World War II being discharged on December 31 of 1945. He returned home...
