Evelyn Victotia Olson
Jul 17, 2010
Evelyn Violet Olson, age 91 of Amery, Wisconsin died on July 17, 2010 at the Golden Age Manor in Amery. She was born on March 11, 1919 to Bill and Olga Germanson. She was then adopted as an infant by August and Clara Route of Arland, Wisconsin, and later the family moved to Deronda, WI. Evelyn attended her school years...
Kathleen Kennedy
Jul 8, 2010
Kathleen Kennedy was born on November 23, 1908, one of eight children born to Samuel and Theresa (Hackett) Vassau. They were raised on a dairy farm near Amery, Wisconsin. At a young age she contracted spinal meningitis and her parents were told by her doctor she was the sickest child he had ever seen. She survived and at the age...
Edna Banks
Jul 7, 2010
Edna Banks died at Golden Age Manor in Amery on Wednesday July 7, 2010 at the age of 98 years. Funeral services will be Friday July 9, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. from Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Amery with Pastor Keith Ruehlow officiating. Organist will be Becky Sunde. Burial will be at the Amery Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior...
Elmer Nels Nielsen
Jul 2, 2010
Elmer Nels Nielsen was born on October 16, 1925 in Luck Township, Wisconsin; the son of Nels J.W. and Ellen (Hansen) Nielsen. He was baptized and confirmed at the Milltown Lutheran Church. On August 7, 1948 he was united in marriage to Lavone Omacht, and to this union three children were born. Elmer's employment started with local trucking in Milltown,...
Rodney Littlefield
Jun 23, 2010
Rodney Ray Littlefield was born July 23, 1940 in Beaver Township of Polk County, Wisconsin, the son of Ray and Mathilda (Peterson) Littlefield. He was baptized and confirmed at the Elim Lutheran Church in Range, where he was a lifetime member. At the age of 10, his family moved to the farm where he grew up and was still residing....
Joyce Williamson
Jun 21, 2010
Joyce Elaine Williamson was born on July 19, 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the daughter of Conrad and Selma (Johnson) Garness. She lived in Minneapolis until the age of 6 when her family moved to Georgetown Township in Polk County, Wisconsin. When she was thirteen her family moved to Apple River Township of Polk County, Wisconsin. She attended the Bunyan School...
Joseph Foster
Jun 21, 2010
Joseph Francis Foster was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 26, 1923 the son of John and Stella (Warburton) Foster. He grew up in St. Paul and attended school there. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942 and served until 1946. He was a Shipfitter and served in the Great Lakes Navy Base spending time on the...
Harry Bottolfson
Jun 21, 2010
Harry Bottolfson died on Monday June 21, 2010 at the Amery Regional Medical Center. He was 84 years of age. Funeral services will be Friday at 3:00 p.m. at the Deronda Lutheran Church. Burial will be at the Deronda Cemetery. Visitation will be for the hour prior to the service at the church. A full obituary will be posted when...
Mabel A. Blanchard
Jun 17, 2010
Mabel Blanchard, age 97 of Amery, Wisconsin passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Amery Regional Medical Center. Mabel was born on December 13, 1912 in Dora Township, Minnesota to William and Minnie Diller. She attended school and graduated from high school in Perham, Minnesota. Mabel then moved to the Twin Cities where she met her husband Homer....
Leroy Anderson
Jun 8, 2010
LeRoy Carl Anderson was born August 31, 1950 in Siren, WI to Adolph and Edith (Moline) Anderson. He attended West Sweden country school and graduated from Frederic High School. In 1973 he graduated from UW-River Falls with a bachelors degree in farm management. LeRoy farmed with his parents and on January 29, 1977 married Raylene Dodge in Bloomer, WI. LeRoy...
Dorla Davies
May 30, 2010
Dorla Elaine Davies, age 77 of Amery, Wisconsin passed away at the Golden Age Manor in Amery on May 30, 2010. She was born on July 22, 1932 to Claude and Ethel (Gooding) Johnson in Laona, Wisconsin. She attended school in Waukesha, Wisconsin and worked as a secretary for the International Association of Machinist Union. On February 10, 1951 Dorla...
Lois Weaks
May 30, 2010
Lois Aline Weaks was born on February 21, 1917 in Robert, Louisiana the daughter of Allen and Letitia Masters. She graduated from high School in Dothan, Alabama in 1935. On April 11, 1942 Lois was united in marriage to a soldier, Thurman Weaks. Together they had three children. Her husband spent 31 years in the Army and a an Army...
Willie Olson
May 25, 2010
Willie L. Olson was born on April 6, 1918 in Garfield Township of Polk County, Wisconsin. He was the son of Lewy and Mollie Olson. He grew up in Garfield and attended the Wanderoos School through the eighth grade. He went on to attend Osceola High School graduating in 1936. He was united in marriage to Martha Lockwood and together...
Byron Robert Bird
May 24, 2010
Byron Robert Bird Sr., age 84 of Amery, passed away on May 24, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Croix Falls after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Byron was born January 23, 1926 to John and Olga (Aase/Palmberg) Bird in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Byron's childhood years were spent growing up on a couple farms in Clayton, Wisconsin. Byron enjoyed...
Edward Emerson Cahill
May 23, 2010
Edward Emerson Cahill was born on August 13, 1916 in Jackson County, Iowa. He graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis, MN and then worked in Minneapolis at various jobs. He married Lorraine Swanson in 1941 and joined the Army in 1942. To this union two sons were born; Paul in 1942 and Pat in 1956. After being discharged from...
Katherine Lee Hanson
May 13, 2010
Katherine Lee Hanson passed away at her home in rural Clayton on Thursday May 13, 2010 at the age of 55 years. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at the Williamson-White Funeral Home in Amery, WI. There will be a visitation from 1 to 3 preceding the service. Burial of her cremains will...
Mary Grace Clark
May 5, 2010
Mary Grace Clark was born April 25, 1936 to her parents Arthur and Sylvia Kyser in Gorman, Maryland. She grew up in and attended school in West Virginia and later moved to Germany where she met Forrest Clark. Mary Grace and Forrest Clark were married in Baum Holder, Germany on May 3, 1955, and to this union two daughters were...
Russell Scott
Apr 27, 2010
Russell Edwin Scott, formerly of Clear Lake and Centuria Wisconsin, died on April 27th at the Willow Ridge Nursing Home at the age of 95. The Black Brook native was born on June 16, 1914 to William Joseph and Anna Hall Scott. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings: Howard Scott, Merton Scott, Mildred Scott Felland, Evalyn...
Wilfred Wenberg
Apr 27, 2010
Wilfred Oscar Wenberg was born on August 24, 1918 at his family home in Black Brook Township of Polk County, Wisconsin. He was the son of Eden and Alice (Hougdahl) Wenberg. He attended the Northview School near his family home. Wilfred worked in the CCC camp for a period of time before he served in the United States Army during...
Roy Roger Pogue
Apr 22, 2010
Roy Roger Pogue passed away at the Amery Regional Medical Center on April 22, 2010. Roy was born on May 21, 1933 to Everett and Beulah (Roberts) Pogue at home on a farm they called the "Rock Garden" in Columbia County, WI. He started school a short distance from the farm. Since his dad was a farmer that rented, they...
