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...
Lillian Joyce Harshman
Nov 15, 2011
On November 15, 2011, our sweet mother, Lillian Joyce Harshman, joined her beloved husband, Wayne Harshman in Heaven. Lillian Joyce Vanderpoel was one of five children born to the late James and Grace Vanderpoel, on April 12, 1939 in Onamia, Minnesota. She graduated from Amery High School in 1957 and was married to Wayne Harshman on July 19, 1958. Together...
Arlyn Jay Lee
Nov 12, 2011
Arlyn J. Lee (AJ) age 76, of Balsam Lake, WI passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, MN. He was born on October 10, 1935 in Amery, Wisconsin, to Tinus and Faye (Simmons) Lee. Arlyn entered the Navy at age 17 and served for three years. He dated Loretta Bibeau in 1956 and on...
Lily Agnes Setter
Nov 11, 2011
Lily Agnes Setter was born on July 22, 1916 in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin to C.W. and Alice Brace. After graduating valedictorian from Osceola High School, Lily attended River Falls College and graduated from Polk County Normal Teacher's College with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught at Beaver Brook from 1940-1941 and at Lakeside Elementary in 1939, near Deer Park,...
Walter Klopotek
Nov 5, 2011
Walter Klopotek died on November 5, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. from St. Paul's Lutheran Church in rural Cumberland. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Skinner Funeral Home in Cumberland and for the hour prior to the service at the church
Jean Delores Brekke
Oct 30, 2011
Jean Delores Brekke was born on August 5, 1927 in Almena, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of John Adolph and Alexandra Lucille (Elden) Dietrich. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. In 1944 Jean was united in marriage to Victor Schaffer and to this union four children were born. They lived in rural Clayton, Wisconsin where they farmed....
Griffin Isaac Randall
Oct 25, 2011
Griffin I. Randall, of Clayton, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at the Amery Regional Medical Center in Amery. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. from the Clayton School in Clayton, Wisconsin. There will be a visiting time for the hour prior to the service at the school. Griffin Isaac Randall was...
Cynthia Ellen Schalley
Oct 23, 2011
Cynthia Schalley was born on July 23, 1940 in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin the daughter of George and Christina (Zilke) Schalley. She was baptized at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in rural Clayton, Wisconsin. She grew up on the family farm near Moon Lake and after graduating from high school she took courses at WITC for supervisor management. She worked for...
Aaron Leonard Lutz
Oct 22, 2011
Aaron was born in Cameron, WI on November 24, 1918. He was the eldest son of Frank and Hulda Lutz. When he was about three, his dad bought a farm west of Almena. He talked about walking two miles to a one-room school. They farmed until he was 11 years old when his Dad got hurt and could no longer...
Kailey Rose Zmuda
Oct 21, 2011
On October 21st our Precious Little Angel earned her wings to fly up to heaven. Kailey Rose Zmuda was born August 28, 1999 to Tracy and Tammy Zmuda, at Amery. She was baptized on November 14, 1999 at Little Falls Lutheran Church. Kailey was a sixth grader at Amery Middle School where she had many friends. Even though she had...
