Area Obituaries

     Elsie June was born on June 28, 1929 to Adolph and Lydia (Schoenborn) Miller in Flint, Michigan. She was baptized on August 9, 1930 and confirmed on April 18, 1943. She grew up amidst Guernsey cows grazing timothy meadows on the Miller farm near Medford, Wisconsin. She died on June 29, 2021 at 92.      Elsie…

     Gerald Keith Hardina passed away Monday July 5th at his home. He was born on December 1, 1945 to Emil and Francis ‘Bernice’ (Armstrong)Hardina. Jerry, or Butch, as his friends called him, graduated from Turtle Lake High School. Jerry was a conference champion wrestler and made several life long friends. He attended Polk County Teachers…

     Scott Stary, 68, of Turtle Lake passed away at home with his family on July 1, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. Scott was born on March 11, 1953 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to Stanley and Jean (Cornwall) Stary.      Scott graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 1971. He married Margie Gall in 1973…

    Patrick Donald Duffee, 62, of Turtle Lake passed away June 26, 2021 at home after a five year battle with cancer. Patrick was born November 8, 1958 in Northeast Minneapolis, MN to Gordon and Dolores (Juleen) Duffee. He married Rosanne Fearing in St. Anthony, MN on November 4, 1977.      After working for the University of…

     Luella Lenore Eggert, 88, of Clayton, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully in the early morning of June 17th. She spent the past six months of her life as a resident of Pioneer Health And Rehab in Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. She is survived by four sons: John (Jeanette) of Portland, Oregon, Henry (Penny), Mark (Sara), and Albert…

     Ronald ‘Ron’ Howard Greschner, 74, of rural Turtle Lake passed away unexpectedly at home on June 20, 2021. Ron was born on October 4,1946 in Rice Lake to Joseph and Bertha (Scheps) Greschner.      Ron attended DeVry technical college in Chicago, IL for electronics after graduating from high school in 1965. He served in the Army…

     Joseph (Joe) James Franzen, 87, of rural Barron, formerly of Johnstown Township, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021. He was born October 19, 1933 in Joel WI to Peter and Eline (Hanson) Franzen. He married Carol Pederson on April 24, 1971 in Clear Lake, WI and they made their home in the country until…

     Viola “Vi” R. Kirk, age 92 of Clear Lake, WI who died on October 23, 2020 will have a Celebration of Her Life at 2:00 pm on Thursday, June 17, 2021 at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church with a visitation an hour before.      Strawberry Shortcake/ Coffee will be served after the service.      Interment will…

     A Celebration of Life will be held in honor of Carl Henry Molls, March 3, 1935 – May 24, 2020 at Spare Time Bowl Party Room, Saturday, August 21, 2021, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Spare Time Bowl is located at 440 Industrial Avenue, Turtle Lake, WI, behind the Holiday gas station.

    There will be a Celebration of Life for longtime owner of A&M Sugarbush, Allen West, who passed away December 30, 2020.      The Celebration of Life will be held June 19, 2021 from 12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m. at 649 US Hwy. 8, Amery, WI. Military Honors will be held at 1:00 p.m.      Friends, customers, neighbors…