George William Duschl
George William Duschl of Three Lakes died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005, at Eagle River Memorial Hospital. He was 87.
Mr. Duschl was born July 4, 1918, in Chicago, Ill., the son of George and Louise (nee Shema) Duschl.
He was raised and attended schools in Chicago, Ill., graduating from St. Patrick's Academy.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater.
He married Maria Janikas March 4, 1944, at the Port of Embarcation in Boston, Mass.
Until he retired in 1981, he was employed as an executive chauffeur for the Chicago Parks District for more than 30 years.
A visitor to Three Lakes since age 6, he moved there permanently in 1982.
He was founder and past president of the C5 Parents Association at the Read Mental Health Center in Chicago, Ill., a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Three Lakes and was active in pro-life activities.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mildred Ware, and one grandson.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, George (Marilyn) of Three Lakes and Michael of Kankakee, Ill.; two daughters, Marie (Jim) Evans of Hampton, N.J., and Judith ( Sam) Leto of Chicago, Ill.; and two grandsons.
A funeral service will be held Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at 11 a.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Three Lakes with the Rev. William Horath officiating. Visitation will precede the service from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church.
Burial will be in Three Lakes Cemetery in Three Lakes.
Marian Clarice Farrell
Marian Clarice Farrell of Conover died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005, at her home. She was 78.
Mrs. Farrell was born Aug. 26, 1927, in Conover, the daughter of Edward and Clara (nee Reed) Osterberg.
She was a lifelong member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie, April 4, 1998.
Survivors include two sons, Reed (Lucy) of Conover and Ken (Lisa) of Frankfort; her mother, Clara Reed Anderson of Phelps; two brothers, Ed (Shirley) Osterberg of New Berlin and Russ (Jean) Osterberg of Little Chute; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She is further survived by nieces, nephews and other relatives. .
A funeral service was held Sept. 23 at Gaffney-Busha Funeral Home in Eagle River with the Rev. Douglas Silsby officiating.
Burial was in Eagle River Cemetery in Eagle River.
Dan Caskey
A memorial service will be held for Dan Caskey, a former resident of Phelps, Saturday, Oct. 8, at Twin Lakes Bible Church in Phelps. The Rev. Gary Spurgeon will officiate.
Visitation will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. and the memorial service will begin at 11 a.m.
Mr. Caskey, age 62, died Sept. 13, 2005, at Holy Cross Hospital in Lake Hughes, Calif.
Interment
will be in Phelps Cemetery.
Charles Martin Hanke
Charles Martin Hanke, formerly of the Eagle River area, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at Seasons of Life Hospice House in Woodruff. He was 79.
Mr. Hanke was born May 28, 1926, in Eagle River, the son of Charles H. and Caroline Hanke.
He attended St. Peter's Catholic School and graduated from Eagle River High School.
He was employed at the family coal, dray and locker plant business and also was a bartender at Banow's, A's Tap and B's Tap for many years.
He originated the first ice palace at the family business site and later designed many of the ice palaces constructed in Eagle River.
His hobbies included cooking, deer and grouse hunting and spending time at his hunting shack on Brazill Lake.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Myron (Georgia) and Raymond “Moe” (Ann).
Survivors include a sister, Dora (Rollie) Thomas of Eagle River; and a brother, Leon, of Yuma, Ariz.
He is further survived by four nephews, three nieces, special friends Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sawicke and other friends.
At his request, there will be no funeral service.
Interment
will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Ministry Home Care/Hospice or St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church in Eagle River.
Erlyne M. Howard
Erlyne M. Howard of Wausau died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at her home. She was 68.
Mrs. Howard was born Oct. 4, 1936, in Wausau, the daughter of Earl and Mary (nee Lamont) Schmidt.
She was raised in Little Chicago, Ill., and graduated from Luther School of Nursing in Eau Claire.
She married David Howard June 5, 1958, in Delafield.
For more than 30 years, she worked as a nurse at Eagle River Memorial Hospital in Eagle River.
She was preceded in death by her mother; her son, John; and a daughter-in-law, Julia.
Survivors include her husband; one son, Jeffrey of Wausau; one daughter, Susan (Randy) Hahn of Wausau; her father, Earl (Gertrude) Schmidt of Wausau; a sister, Judy Schmidt; and one grandson.
She is further survived by an aunt, Elvera Krueger of Wausau.
A funeral service will be held Thursday, Oct. 6, at 11 a.m. at Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home in Wausau with the Rev. Thomas Hoelter officiating. Visitation will precede the service beginning at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery in Hamburg.
A memorial has been established in her name. Online condolences may be made at www.petersonkraemer.com.
Raeburn Rhode
Raeburn Rhode of Rhinelander died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at Friendly Village Nursing Home in Rhinelander. She was 68.
Mrs. Rhode was born July 24, 1937, in Rhinelander, the daughter of Raymond and Mildred (nee Swedberg) Bretl.
She attended grade school at St. Mary's in Rhinelander and graduated from Rhinelander High School.
She married Bruce Rhode and moved to Sugar Camp where she was a member of St. Kunegunda Catholic Church. She later moved back to Rhinelander where she was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Her hobbies included reading, music, snowmobiling and working in her yard.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Joyce, June and Mary; and a brother, John.
Survivors include three daughters, Renae Maney of Three Lakes and Sherry (Thomas) Dobbins and Jill (Larry) Bauknecht, both of Sugar Camp; two sons, John of Beaver Dam and Christopher (Anna) of Sugar Camp; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. at Hildebrand-Darton-Russ Funeral Home in Rhinelander. Visitation will precede the service from 4 to 7 p.m.
Private graveside services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Rhinelander.
Dominic A. 'Nick' Santogade
Dominic A. “Nick” Santogade of Three Lakes and Greensboro, N.C., died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, in Greensboro, N.C. He was 89.
Mr. Santogade was born Sept. 27, 1906, in New York, N.Y., to Concetta and Dominic Santagata, Italian immigrants.
He met his wife, Florence, during World War II at Truax Field in Madison where they both taught Morse code in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
After their military service, they moved to Three Lakes. He was the former owner of Volkswagon Oneida in Rhinelander.
He was a member of the Three Lakes Lions Club, the American Legion and Faith Lutheran Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Peter Santogade (Dr. Carolyn Riehl); a daughter, Connie (John) Lyons; a sister, Fannie Caso; and five grandchildren.
A funeral service was held Oct. 1 in Three Lakes.
Dr. Richard Jay Brown
Dr. Richard Jay Brown, founding president of Nicolet College in Rhinelander, Wis., died at the age of 83 on Sept. 21, 2005, at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rhinelander.
He was born on Jan. 2, 1922, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of John and Josephine (Decker) Brown.
He is survived by his wife, Carol, of Sugar Camp, Wis., and Tucson, Ariz.; daughters, Marcia (James) Staum of Wauwatosa, Wis. and Karen Brown of Chicago, Ill.; stepchildren, Jan Marie (Clay) Jamieson of Eugene, Ore., Robert (Sheri) Shoberg of Jacksonville, Fla., Mark Shoberg of Madison, Wis., Cary (Mary) Shoberg of Green Bay, Wis., and Paul (Suzie) Shoberg of Larson, Wis.; sister, Doris (Hugh) Polson of Council Bluffs; and brother, Howard (Kathy) Brown of Aurora, Colo. He is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Rosemary Brown of Bowling Green, Ohio, and Fern Brown of Davenport, Iowa.
Preceding him in death were his parents; first wife, Barbara (Franklin) Brown; two brothers, Gordon Brown and Dr. Merrill Brown; sister, Vivian Markiewicz; and son-in-law, Dr. Wayne Hamilton.
Dr. Brown's career began in Monticello, Iowa, in 1948, teaching history in the high school. He then became vice president and professor of History and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In 1965, he took a leave of absence and became executive director with the U.S. Fulbright Program in Iran. He remained there for two years before being chosen to found a community college in northern Wisconsin. As founding president, he developed an award-winning campus named Nicolet College, with a curriculum of twenty-five vocational-technical programs, a liberal arts program and adult education offerings.
Dr. Brown served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II, on active duty in the Pacific from 1942-'46. He received his BA, MA and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He had additional study at the University of Teheran, Iran, and was an independent scholar and humanist until his death.
In 1969, Dr. Brown was selected to lecture on American Higher Education in six Middle East countries. From 1973-'78, he was appointed to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO by the U.S. Secretary of State. He was the recipient of the Wisconsin Legislative Citation for Educational Leadership in 1975.
Dr. Brown was president of the Rhinelander Rotary Club, member of the Rhinelander Tennis Club, on the Saint Mary's Hospital board, a member of the Congregational Church and the Northern Arts Council.
During his retirement years, he divided his time between the family cottage in Sugar Camp, Wis., and his Tucson home. After learning that he had Parkinson's, he became active in the American Parkinson's Disease Association, becoming president of the Southern Arizona Chapter of APDA. He was also president of the Retired Teachers Association in Tucson.
Dr. Brown was thought of as “cool” by his grandchildren. He inspired Chris and Andrea Staum, Vanessa Hamilton, Chris and Tracy Shoberg, Olivia Boatner, Riley and Caroline Shoberg, Jacob and Alicia Shoberg, and Braden and Aubrey Jamieson. He never tired of showing them the Nicolet Campus.
A celebration of life for Dr. Brown will be held in the Northwoods Center at Nicolet College with a wine and cheese reception on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Richard Brown Library or Nicolet College Foundation, P.O. Box 518, Rhinelander, WI 54501, or the Tucson Chapter of APDA, 2033 E. Speedway Blvd., Ste. 203, Tucson, AZ 85719.
Herbert Hewett Gaustad
Herbert Hewett Gaustad of Neenah and Three Lakes died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, at the Valley VNA facility in Neenah. He was 87.
Mr. Gaustad was born April 18, 1918, in Soudan, Minn., the eldest son of Leonard Gaustad and Anne Hewett. He graduated from Marshall High School in Minneapolis, Minn., and the University of Minnesota with degrees in engineering and business.
He married Doris Johnson Aug. 23, 1941, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minn., and moved to Neenah where he was employed by Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
From 1944 to 1946, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, then returned to work for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He retired in 1982.
In 1981, he and his wife built a home in Three Lakes, spending part of each year there.
A former member of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Appleton, he was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Neenah and attended Chapel in the Pines and Union Congregational Church in Three Lakes.
Club memberships included Rotary International, Norse Valley Lodge in Fox Valley, Sons of Norway and Ridgeway Country Club.
An avid outdoorsman, his hobbies included camping, hiking, cross-country skiing and boating as well as classical music.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1995; a brother, Leonard of San Rafael, Calf.; and a sister, Ethel Martin of Phoenix, Ariz.
Survivors include two daughters, Ann Marie Schempf of Colorado and Joan (Roy Torley) Gaustad of Springfield, Ore.; two brothers, Richard of Ocala, Fla., and John of Northampton, Mass.; one granddaughter; and four great-grandchildren.
He is further survived by several brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews and numerous cousins.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Westgor Funeral Home in Neenah. A funeral service will be held later that day at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Neenah, with the Rev. Richard Moore officiating.
Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Theda Care Hospice, First Presbyterian Church, Neenah, or Chapel in the Pines, Three Lakes.
Howard Roerdink
Howard Roerdink of Eagle River died Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, at his home.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Gaffney-Busha Funeral Home in Eagle River.
Marguerite E. 'Maggie' Thompson
Marguerite E. “Maggie” Thompson of Sun City Center, Fla., formerly of Harvard, Ill., and Eagle River, died at Life Path Hospice Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005.
She was born in Aurora, Ill., to John and Mary Bagge, the youngest of 13 children.
After graduating from high school, she was a professional dancer before attending college.
A graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Medical College, she completed residencies in pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colo., and Children's Memorial in Chicago, Ill.
She was in private practice for many years in Evanston, Ill., and Harvard, Ill.
Later in life, she traveled extensively. Her hobbies included golf and bridge.
Survivors include her husband, Dana; a daughter, Nancy Spicuzza of Eagle River; a son, James of San Francisco, Calif.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A private service will be held in Eagle River.
Memorials may be made to Life Path Hospice, 908 American Eagle Blvd., Sun City Center, FL 33573.
