Carol Schmudlach
(1938-2006)
Carol Ann Schmudlach, 67, of Rib Lake, died Friday, Jan. 13 at her home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rib Lake, with Rev. Roger Sloan officiating. Inurnment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in the Town of Spirit at a later date. Pallbearers will be Dick Ninaus, Carl Ninaus, Bruno Ninaus, Fred Hengst, Joe Schmidfranz Sr., Dustin Schmudlach, Jason Schmudlach and Jerry Kolpacki. Visitation will be on Thursday, Jan. 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Home in Rib Lake, and at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

David Weiler
David James Weiler, infant son of Darrell Weiler and Lisa Sodoma, was stillborn Tuesday, Jan. 17 [2006] at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. at Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home in Athens. Visitation will be on Sunday at the funeral home from 2 p.m. until the time of service.

Pearl Albiniak
(1915-2005)
Pearl Albiniak, 90, Gilman area, died Thursday, Dec. 29 at Zastrow Care Center while under the care of Hope Hospice of Rib Lake. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 2 at the Gilman Funeral Home, with Pastor Jim Leschensky officiating. Burial was at Meadowbrook Cemetery in Gilman. Plombon Funeral Service assisted the family with arrangements.

Gwendyth Barrett
(1918-2005)
Gwendyth 'Gwen' E. Barrett, 87, Tomah, died Sunday, Dec. 25 at Memorial Hospital in Medford. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 30 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Tomah, with Father John E. Ambelang officiating. Burial was at Warrens-Mills Cemetery in Warrens. Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home of Tomah assisted the family with arrangements.

Frances Callies
(1913-2006)
Former Edgar resident Frances E. Callies, 92, Abbotsford, died Sunday, Jan. 1 at House of the Dove in Marshfield. A memorial service was held Wednesday, Jan. 4 at St. John's Lutheran Church, High Steeple, in the Town of Wein, with Reverend Matthew Christians officiating. Burial will be at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery at a later date. Maurina/Community Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Thomas Carroll
(1919-2006)
Thomas A. Carroll, 86, Oshkosh, died Sunday, Jan. 1 at Mercy Medical Center. A mass of Christian burial will be held on Friday, Jan 6 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Oshkosh. Burial will follow. Visitation will be on Thursday, Jan. 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Konrad-Behlman Funeral Home in Oshkosh, and on Friday at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.

Douglas Dassow
(1965-2006)
Douglas E. Dassow, 40, Medford, died Tuesday, Jan. 3 at the House of Dove Hospice Home in Marshfield. Funeral services will be on Friday, Jan. 6 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Whittlesey, with Pastor Randal Jeppesen officiating. Burial will be at Chelsea Community Cemetery in the Town of Chelsea. Pallbearers will be Ken Wegerer, Mike and Monte Loertscher, Wayne Malchow, Tim Brandner, Todd Lindau and Lorin and Tommy Dassow. Honorary pallbearers are the Bucktail Lodge Hunting Crew and The Pot Belly 35 and Older Softball Team. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5 at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford, and also at the church on Friday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.

John Fredrickson
(1936-2005)
John J. Fredrickson, 69, Jump River area, died Thursday, Dec. 29 at his home while under the care of Hope Hospice of Rib Lake. A graveside service with military graveside rites will be held during the summer of 2006 at Mount Nebo Cemetery in Jump River. Plombon Funeral Service of Gilman assisted the family with arrangements.

Samantha Fuchs
(1987-2005)
Samantha Jo 'Sam' 'Josie' Fuchs, 18, Medford, died Friday, Dec. 20 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. A mass of Christian burial was held Monday, Jan. 2 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Whittlesey, with Father Gerard Willger and Deacon Joe Stefancin officiating. Interment was at St. Ann's Cemetery in the Town of Greenwood. Pallbearers were Dustin Bartelt, Devin Bartelt, Damin Bartelt, Sara Fuchs, Becky Fuchs, Andrea Fuchs, Kayla Roiger and Katie Adams. Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

Robert Krueger
(1927-2005)
Medford native Robert F. Krueger, 78, Iola, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 surrounded by all his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and others at Appleton Medical Center, in peace 23 minutes after the reading of the 23rd Psalm.

Edward Mravik
Former Lublin resident Edward E. Mravik, 88, Skokie, Ill. died Thursday, Dec. 15 [2005]. Funeral services were held at St. Peter Church in Skokie.

Regina Mravik
Regina (Virginia) S. (Lewandowski) Mravik, 84, Skokie, Ill. died Tuesday, Dec. 20 [2005]. Funeral services were held at St. Peter Church in Skokie. Entombment was at All Saints Cemetery Mausoleum in Des Plaines, Ill.

Herman Nibbelink
(1937-2005)
Herman Willard Nibbelink, 68, Lee's Summit, Mo., died Wednesday, Dec. 21. A memorial service is planned for spring in Manitowoc.

Frances Obert
(1938-2005)
Frances Ann Obert, 67, Ogema, died Wednesday, Dec. 28 at her home. A memorial service was held Saturday, Dec. 31 at Ogema Baptist Church, with Pastor David Elleman officiating. Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

Florence Peterson
(1913-2006)
Florence A. Peterson, 92, Medford, died Tuesday, Jan. 3 at Memorial Nursing Home in Medford, where she had resided for the past month, while under Hope Hospice care. Prior to that she was residing at Our House Assisted Living in Medford for three years. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 11 a.m. at The United Church Of Christ in Medford, with Rev. James Briney officiating. Burial will be at Medford Evergreen Cemetery in Medford. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Tim, Tom, Scott, Jeff and Terek Peterson, and granddaughters, Angie Peterson and Carly Tebbetts. Visitation will be on Friday, Jan. 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford, and at the church on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.

Clara Sauer
(1907-2006)
Clara Sauer, 98, of 606 South Walnut Avenue, Marshfield, died on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 at the Palliative Care Unit at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2006 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Marshfield, with Rev. Peter Manickam officiating. Suzanne Golden will be the organist along with John F. Binder and James W. Eckes as the vocalist. Burial will be in Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery in Medford with grandsons serving as the pallbearers and Matt as a honorary pallbearer. Visitations will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday at Rembs/Kundinger Funeral Home and on Saturday at the church from 9:30 a.m. until time of the services. There will be a Parish Council of Catholic Women Society rosary service at 4 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home.