Olive Schuster
(1926-2003)
Olive L. "Micki" Schuster, 76, Stetsonville, died Saturday, Oct. 25 at Memorial Health Center in Medford. Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 28 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stetsonville, with Rev. James Babler officiating. Burial was in Medford Evergreen Cemetery II. Family members served as pallbearers.Hemer Funeral Service of Medford assisted the family with arrangements.

Ester Stanke
(1945-2003)
Ester Ann Stanke, 58, Phillips, died Friday, Oct. 17 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Phillips. A memorial service was held Friday, Oct. 24 at Our Lady of the North in Phillips, with Rev. Gerald Hagen officiating. Burial was in Emery Cemetery in the Town of Emery.The Heindl Funeral Home of Phillips assisted the family with arrangements.

Robert Bruegl
(1935-2003)
Robert Bruegl, 68, Prescott, died Saturday, Oct. 18 at his home. Funeral services were Wednesday, Oct. 22 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Prescott. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Myron Denning, Brian Patterson, Tom Grezek, Troy Sabean, Amanda, Christopher and Melissa Bruegl. Honorary pallbearers were Ralph Murphy, John Kullman, Michael Ptacek, Gene Chaplin, Harold Meier and Pat Loutsch. Hill Funeral Home of Prescott assisted the family with arrangements.

Howard Leiby
(1920-2003)
Howard Robert Leiby, 83, Town of Hoard, Clark County, died Tuesday, Oct. 14 at his home. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Curtiss Alliance Church, with Rev. Carl Swarr officiating. Burial was in Pine Hill Cemetery in Curtiss. Pallbearers were Scott Kramer; Brian, Benjamin and Andrew Leiby; LaVerne and Larry Swarr. Maurina Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Peter Parker
(1909-2003)
Peter Parker, 93, Gilman, died Tuesday, Oct. 14. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 18 at Zwaska Funeral Home in Milwaukee. Burial was Monday, Oct. 20 in Oakland Cemetery in Stanley.

Pearl Balciar
(1928-2003)
Pearl L. Balciar, 75, Town of Medford, died Sunday, Oct. 12 at her home under hospice care. Funeral services are Thursday, Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Medford, with Rev. John Melke officiating. Burial will be in Medford Evergreen Cemetery II. Pallbearers are Scott, Shawn and Rodney Balciar; Bruce Brunner; and Mark and Perry Emmerich. Visitation is Thursday at the church, beginning at 10 a.m. Hemer Funeral Service of Medford is assisting the family with arrangements.

Esther Dernovsek
(1912-2003)
Esther Lena Dernovsek, 91, Sheldon, died Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Rusk County Memorial Nursing Home in Ladysmith. Funeral services were Monday, Oct. 13 at St. John's Catholic Church in Sheldon, with Rev. Philip Juza officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in Sheldon. Nash-Jackan Funeral Home in Ladysmith assisted the family with arrangements.

Connie Fischer
(1944-2003)
Connie Fischer, 59, Colby, died Wednesday, Oct. 8 at her home. After cremation, the family will have a private ceremony at the Colby Memorial Cemetery. Community Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Richard Herman
(1933-2003)
Richard Herman, 70, Gilman, died Sunday, Oct. 12 at Zastrow Care Center in Gilman. Graveside services were Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Meadowbrook Cemetery in Gilman. Plombon Funeral Home of Gilman assisted the family with arrangements.

Joseph Judnic
(1951-2003)
Taylor County native Joseph W. Judnic, 52, Kewaskum, died Wednesday, Oct. 8 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Schmidt Funeral Home and at St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Church in West Bend. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Oscar Koffarnus Jr.
(1939-2003)
Oscar William Koffarnus Jr., 64, Dorchester, died Sunday, Oct. 12 at his home. Funeral services are Thursday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Abbotsford, with Rev. Keith Jones officiating. Burial will be in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery North. Cousins will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be Thursday at the church, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Maurina Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements.

Gertrude Masiewicz
(1916-2003)
Gertrude M. Masiewicz, 87, Colby, died Sunday, Oct. 12 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. Funeral services will be Thursday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. at First United Church of Christ in Colby, with Rev. Kenneth Dix officiating. Burial will be in Colby Memorial Cemetery, in the Town of Colby. Pallbearers are Norman Reineking, Richard and Glenn Herrmann, Leonard Kademan, George Weller, and Ken Emmerich. Maurina Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements.

Robert Meyers
(1953-2003)
Robert Arlan Meyers, 50, Town of Colby, died Saturday, Oct. 11 at home from injuries sustained in a farm accident. Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the First United Church of Christ in Colby, with Rev. Kenneth Dix officiating. Burial was in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Town of Colby. Maurina Funeral Home of Abbotsford assisted the family with arrangements.

Gerhart Rau
(1913-2003)
Gerhart J. Rau, 89, Town of Chelsea, died Thursday, Oct. 9 at Memorial Nursing & Rehab Center in Medford. Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 14 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Whittlesey, with Rev. Randal Jeppesen officiating. Burial was in Chelsea Community Cemetery with full military rites. Pallbearers were Royce Vlach, Milan Czarnezki, Ron Lindow, Neal Mueller, Quintin, Gene and Clayton Denzine. Hemer Funeral Service of Medford assisted the family with arrangements.

Thomas Shorey
(1978-2003)
Thomas Patrick Shorey, 25, Town of Holton, Marathon County, died Thursday, Oct. 9 in an auto accident north of Dorchester. Memorial services were Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Maurina Funeral Home in Abbotsford, with Rev. Mark Neumann officiating.

Rose Tilch
(1904-2003)
Rose Tilch, 99, Medford, died Monday, Oct. 13 at her home under hospice care. Funeral services are Friday, Oct. 17 at 11 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Medford, with Rev. Michael Hayden and Deacon Joe Stefancin officiating. Burial will be in Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery in Medford. Pallbearers are Mark and Randy Tilch; Jeff Hraby; John Kenney; Paul Szomi; and David, Joe and Alvin Klemm. Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Home in Medford and on Friday at the church, beginning at 10:30 a.m. There will be a Parish Prayer Service on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the funeral home, with Rev. Hayden officiating.

Hilda Williams
(1910-2003)
Hilda J. Williams, 93, Marshfield, died Sunday, Oct. 12 at her home. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Rev. Anthony J. Wolf officiating. Burial will be in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as the pallbearers.

Darlene A. Zuleger
(1938-2003)
Darlene A. Zuleger, 65, Medford, died Thursday, Oct. 9 at Memorial Nursing & Rehab Center under hospice and palliative care. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 11 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Whittlesey, with Rev. Randal Jeppesen officiating. Burial was in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery in Whittlesey. Nieces and nephews served as pallbearers. Hemer Funeral Service of Medford assisted the family with arrangements.

Patricia Antil
(1935-2003)
Medford native Patricia M. Antil, 68, St. Louis, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 27. Funeral services were Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Hoffmeister Colonial Mortuary chapel, with Rev. Telphorst officiating. Burial was at the St. Paul Churchyard in the St. Louis area.

Edward Bentson
(1919-2003)
Edward M. Bentson, 83, Town of Little Black, died Saturday, Oct. 4 at Wausau Hospital. Funeral services are Thursday, Oct. 9 at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Medford, with Rev. John Melke officiating. Burial will be in Medford Evergreen Cemetery II. Pallbearers are grandsons Tony Shilt and Arik Tischendorf, and sons-in-law James Shilt and Russell Tischendorf. Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Hemer Funeral Service of Medford is assisting the family with arrangements.

David Clausnitzer
(1931-2003)
David G. Clausnitzer, 71, Town of Medford, died Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Memorial Health Center emergency room. Funeral services were Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Medford, with Rev. John Melke officiating. Pallbearers were Lyle Schwarz, Glenn Emmerich, Alex Butkus, Al Lietzke, Les Toehler, and Bob Schmeiser. Cremainal interment at Medford Evergreen Cemetery II will take place at a later date. Hemer Funeral Service of Medford assisted the family with arrangements.

Roselind Didier
(1912-2003)
Former Dorchester resident Roselind Didier, 91, Colby, died Thursday, Oct. 2 at Colonial Center in Colby. Funeral services were Monday, Oct. 6 at St. Louis Catholic Church in Dorchester, with Rev. James Schaefer officiating. Burial was in St. MaryÕs Catholic Cemetery in the Town of Colby, Clark County. Pallbearers were Pat, Scott and James Decker; Scott Maurina; Jerome Zylka; and Danny Didier. Maurina Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Fred Freiboth
(1912-2003)
Fred Carl 'Fritz' Freiboth, 91, Rib Lake, died Wednesday, Oct. 1 at the Rib Lake Health Care Center. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 4 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, with Rev. Roger Sloan officiating. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery in Rib Lake. Pallbearers were Robert Eisner, Herb Schubert, Robbie and Robert Freiboth, Brian Kubichek and Mark Thompson. Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Home of Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

Peter Kauer
(1907-2003)
Peter Bernard 'Pete' Kauer, 96, Town of Rib Lake, died Saturday, Oct. 4 at his home under hospice care. Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 7 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Rib Lake, with Revs. Ron Kowalski, and Jack Regh, and Deacons Paul Ochodnicky and Michael Cullen. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery in Rib Lake. Pallbearers were Neil, Marijane, James Jr., Matthew, Jack and, Peter C. Kauer; Stephen Schlosser; Mike Froehlich; Karl Klemann; and Dick Olson. Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Home of Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

Kenneth Marcott
(1924-2003)
Kenneth Marcott, 78, Dorchester, died Thursday, Oct. 2 at St. JosephÕs Hospital in Marshfield. Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 7 at St. Louis Catholic Church in Dorchester, with Rev. James Schaefer officiating. Pallbearers were Scott, Jason, Mike, Chris, Jennifer and Art Marcott. Maurina Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

James Paul
(1927-2003)
James H. Paul, 76, Town of Little Black, died Saturday, Oct. 4 at Memorial Health Center under hospice and palliative care. Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in the Town of Holway, with Rev. Lauren Ley officiating. Burial was in Our Saviours Lutheran Cemetery in the Town of Holway. Pallbearers were Steve, Ryan Jason, Andy, and Tracy Paul; Jim and Jesse Nehls; and Chris McCurdy. Hemer Funeral Service of Medford assisted the family with arrangements.

Allen Westrich
(1939-2003)
Perkinstown native Allen Phillip Westrich, 64, Monett, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 1 at his home. A memorial service was held Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett. Graveside services are Saturday, Oct. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Perkinstown Cemetery.