Area Obituaries

     Delores Marjorie Potvin, 90, of Cumberland died, February 16, 2021 at Care and Rehab-Cumberland. She was born September 25, 1930 in River Falls, WI to John and Theresa (Johnson) Barr. While Ed Levy may not have been her biological father, he was ‘Pa’ to her.      She was married to Douglas Potvin on September 9, 1950…

     Wayne Clifford Mishler, 83, of Cumberland passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at the home of his daughter, Barb with both of his daughters by his side. He was born March 16, 1937, in St. Paul, MN, to Joseph and Lydia (Feury) Mishler. Wayne graduated from Sandstone High School, then served his country…

     Sally A. (Morfitt) Peterson, age 76 of Clear Lake, WI, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN.      Sally Ann (Morfitt) Peterson was born on September 7, 1944 in Amery, WI, the daughter of Merlin & Maude (Harkness) Morfitt. She grew up in the rural Amery, WI area, attended…

     Joe J. Palas, SMSgt, USAF, Ret., age 70, of Trenton, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2021, at Belleville Memorial Hospital.      Joe was born on August 5, 1950, in Cumberland, Wisconsin, the son of the late Joseph and Margaret, nee Thrun, Palas and on July 3, 1981, he married his wife, Diane Perkes, in Austin, Texas.…

     Mardel Eileen Barnette, the former Mardel Eileen Catlin passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at the age of 76 years, at the Golden Age Manor Nursing Home in Amery, Wisconsin. Which she called home for the past five years. She passed away from Pneumonia as a result of COVID-19. She was born January 16, 1945,…

     Robert F. “Bob” Koser, 88, went to be with the Lord peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning, January 24th, 2021 at his home in Moon Lake Estates in Rice Lake. Bob was born February 20, 1932 at the height of the depression in Almena to Herman and Millie (Kunkel) Koser. The youngest of three…

     John Harold (Jack) Feidt, 65, passed away at his home on Sunday, January 17, 2021.  He was born September 20, 1955, as the youngest of three children of Harold and Eleanor (Blechinger) Feidt.      His early years were spent in the Wisconsin towns of New Auburn, Madison, and Turtle Lake. Following high school, Jack spent many…

     Marlene Dorothy Finney, 80, of Turtle Lake died, on January 26, 2021, at Golden Age Manor in Amery, WI after a courageous battle with Leukemia.. She was born February 22, 1940, in Rice Lake, WI to LaVerne and Geraldine (Livingston) Hubbard. She graduated from Turtle Lake High School in May of 1958.      She was married…

     Barbara S. “Bobbie” Etlicher, 81 years old of Kenosha, WI passed away Friday, January 22, 2021.      She was born in Almena, WI on March 27, 1939, the daughter of the late Herman and Elizabeth (Becker) Blechinger. She graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 1957 and went on to work at Northwestern Bank in Minneapolis,…

     JoAnn A. Orn, 79, of Cumberland died Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Care and Rehab-Cumberland. She was born July 11, 1941 in MN to Helmer and Selma (Hagen) Trandem. She was married to Dean Orn for forty-seven wonderful years.      JoAnn was a jack of all trades, who loved Betty Boop, loved to crochet, and knit…