OBITUARIES
Leslie Dean Chapman
Dec 22, 2022
Leslie Dean Chapman, 84, of Sandwich, Illinois was called home on December 22, 2022. He was born on June 12, 1938, to Archie and Eleanor Chapman in Bloomer, Wisconsin. He married Janet Voss on February 1, 1958, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Early in their marriage, Les helped build their first house on Chapman Road in Chippewa Falls, a street...
David W. Slayton
Dec 20, 2022
David W. Slayton, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Pine View Care Center in Black River Falls, WI.
David was born on October 20, 1949, in Chippewa Falls to Frederick and Irene (Prill) Slayton. He attended Bloomer High School and graduated with the Class of 1967. He was married to Bonnie Paulson and together...
Marvin L. Weber
Dec 16, 2022
Marvin L. Weber, age 94, passed away at home on December 16, 2022. He was born August 21, 1928 in Stacyville, Iowa to Clement and Myrtle (Ziegler) Weber. He served in the US Navy during WWII and the Korean Conflict (1945 – 1953) He married Betty Caron on June 29, 1957 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Bloomer. Marvin...
Roger Lee Butterfield
Dec 14, 2022
Roger L. Butterfield, age 83, passed away peacefully at his home on December 14, 2022. He was born in Illinois on July 10, 1939 to William and Alice (Kjellesvik) Butterfield. Roger was a farmer for most of his life. He loved working the land. He was a John Deere enthusiast and his pulling tractor, “The Chippewa County Queen,” was his pride and joy competing...
Emma E. Prill
Dec 12, 2022
Emma E. Prill, age 79, passed away on December 12, 2022 at Dove Healthcare in Bloomer, exactly 10 years to the day that her husband Leo passed away, who she married on August, 31 1963 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bloomer. Emma was born on July 26, 1943 in the Town of Big Bend Wisconsin to Thomas and Luella...
Vernell I. Witt
Dec 5, 2022
Vernell I. Witt, age 86, passed away on December 5, 2022, at Our House Memory Care in Chippewa Falls.. She was born on August 31, 1936, in Waseca, MN to Leonard and Frieda (Kranz) Casper. She married Oliver “Dean” Witt on March 25, 1974 in South Dakota. Vernell worked as a school bus driver and a Home Health Aide for...
Maurietta "Mert" A. Burgess
Dec 3, 2022
Maurietta A. “Mert” Burgess, age 91, passed away at Mayo Clinic in Eau Claire, WI on Saturday, December 3, 2022. She was born on March 6, 1931 in Bloomer to Edmund and Esther (Ruff) Anderl. She was united in marriage to Verlyn Petschow on October 7, 1950. He preceded her in death on June 14, 1968. Mert was always busy...
Karen K. Klinyk
Dec 1, 2022
Karen K Klinyk, age 75, passed away on December 1, 2022 at Heatherwood Assisted Living in Eau Claire. She was born on June 17, 1947 to John and Lorena (Gust) Klinyk in Milwaukee. She attended schools in Milwaukee and graduated from Pulaski High School in 1966. She worked in Milwaukee until she moved to Las Vegas in 1977 to enjoy...
Dr. John Eberle
Dec 1, 2022
Dr. John Eberle OD, age 97, passed away at his home in Bloomer on December 1, 2022. He was born June 20, 1925 in Hague ND to Joseph and Magdalene (Wolf) Eberle. He married Frances Scholastica Buechler on December 27, 1950. John served as a Medic in the US Army during WWII and was a Lieutenant Colonel in the US...
Kathleen B. Stanford (Wilcox)
Nov 27, 2022
Kathleen B. Stanford, age 79, passed away at her home in New Auburn on November 27, 2022. She was born June 28, 1943 in Rice Lake to Clifford and Lorraine (Hall) Wilcox. She is survived by her children: Dawn (Darrell) Jerome, Clinton Switzer and DuWayne Stanford, Jr; sisters: Marie (Harlow) Zellmer, Bernadette (Bill) Block, Joy (Paul) Siewert and Bonnie (Randy)...
John J. Schwartz Jr.
Nov 26, 2022
John J. Schwartz, Jr., age 81, passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2022 in his deer stand in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He was born October 11, 1941 in Bloomer to John and Agnes (Zwiefelhofer) Schwartz. He married Vernetta Harings on December 2, 1961 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Tilden. John loved to work and always kept busy. Throughout his...
Benjamin Durch
Nov 22, 2022
Benjamin “Ben, Benny” James Durch, age 47, passed away November 22, 2022 in Palm Springs, Calif. due to a massive stroke with family by his side. He was born October 1, 1975, in Minneapolis Minn. to Dennis and Carla Durch.
He lived in Bloomer until moving with his family to Palm Springs, Calif. There he spent the rest of...
Catherine A. Gesler
Nov 21, 2022
Catherine A. Gesler, age 73, passed away unexpectedly at Marshfield Medical Center in Rice Lake on November 21, 2022. She was born August 13, 1949 in Rice Lake to William and Nancy (Lewis) Beckstrom. She worked at Wright’s Products in Rice Lake for many years and enjoyed gardening (especially flowers) deer hunting, fishing, crocheting, taking care of her grandkids and...
Patrick L. Klatt
Nov 20, 2022
Patrick Lynn Klatt, age 73, passed away November 20, 2022, at Cornell Health Services Assisted Living after a long respiratory illness due to Agent Orange.
Patrick was born in Chippewa Falls, WI on September 22, 1949. He graduated from New Auburn High School in 1967 and was drafted into the United States Army in 1968 and served in...
Neil C. Taylor
Nov 19, 2022
Neil C. Taylor, age 88, passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Cornell Area Nursing Home. Neil was born on September 21, 1934, in Holcombe, Wisconsin to Charles and Edith (Meider) Taylor. On July 22, 1961, Neil married Gwendolyn Lloyd in Truman, Minnesota. He was a farmer and drove school bus for the Holcombe School District for 41 years....
Charlene Winona Polanski (Gonsolin)
Nov 12, 2022
Charlene W. Polanski, age 88, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems Eau Claire Hospital. Charlene was born on July 31, 1934 in Cornell, WI to Martin Gonsolin and Enda Smith. On April 18, 1953, Charlene married Raymond L. Polanski in Cornell. In 1960, they moved to their current residence on Lake Como in Bloomer....
Sara Dawn Caron (Verkuilen)
Nov 11, 2022
Sara D. Caron, age 59, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022 at MCHS in Bloomer after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born December 2, 1962 in Bloomer to Vern and Yvonne (Rammer) Verkuilen. She was a graduate of Bloomer High School and UW Stout. Sara married John Caron on March 10, 1984 in Bloomer. She worked as a...
Grant O. Cutting
Nov 6, 2022
Grant O. Cutting, age 93, passed away on November 6, 2022, at home on the farm. He was born on December 2, 1928, to Hiram and Tilla (Tweed) Cutting in the Town of Grant, Dunn County, WI where he was raised and attended the Popple Creek Country School. Grant served his country with the US Army in Korea and was...
Magdalen Hedwig Olson (Frie)
Oct 31, 2022
Magdalen H. Olson “Maggie”, age 99, passed away at Dove Healthcare in Bloomer on October 31, 2022. She was born on March 31, 1923 in Fountain City to Leonard and Ida (Ziegeweid) Frie. She graduated from Arcadia High School and St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Milwaukee. She married Herman Olson on May 18, 1946, in Chicago. They lived in...
Lelah C. Veum
Oct 24, 2022
Lelah C. Veum, 94, of Bloomer, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022, at VitaCare Living in Bloomer. Lelah was born on April 3, 1928, in Downing, WI to Roy and Lelah (Beresford) Veum. She worked for a lumber company in the mail room and was a general “gopher” for anything that needed to be done. Lelah was a very...
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