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Dorothy W. Heidner, 84
Dorothy W. Heidner, nee Zerbel, 84, of West Bend, formerly of Madison, died Monday, May 29, 2000, at Cedar Bay of West Bend.
She was born Jan. 3, 1916, in Madison, to the late Lewis and Doretta (Holzwarth) Zerbel, attended Madison West High School and later attended Madison Business College.
After her marriage to Charles E. Steward on Aug. 31, 1940, the couple lived in Madison.
She was employed as a clerk at Oscar Mayer's, where she was also an "Oscarette."
Charles passed away on May 16, 1962.
After her marriage to Richard Heidner on May 23, 1964, the couple lived in Galesburg, Ill., settling in West Bend in 1968.
Survivors include her husband, Richard; two children, Gerald (Sandra) Steward and Susan Gould, both of Madison; three stepchildren, Marty Heidner of Wausau, Charles (Judith) Heidner of Adams and William (Melba) Heidner of Anacoco, La.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Maxine (Everett) Hermanson of Madison; two brothers, Roland (Ann) and Allen (Mary), both of Madison; a sister-in-law, Sada Zerbel of Madison; nieces; nephews; other relatives and friends.
Preceding her in death was a brother, Harold in 1985.
She was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church of West Bend, the Oscarettes and past member of the West Bend Women's Club.
Funeral services will be Thursday, June 1, at 11 a.m. at the Phillip Funeral Home of West Bend. Pastor Oscar Kraft will officiate, and interment will be Friday at 10 a.m. in the chapel at Roselawn Cemetery, Madison.
Visitation at the funeral home will be Thursday from 9 a.m. until the time of services.
Memorials to the Wisconsin Osteoporosis Foundation are appreciated.
Marcella 'Sally' Strassburg, 81
Marcella G. "Sally" Strassburg, nee Veenendall, of West Bend, died Tuesday, May 30, 2000, at the Cedar Lake Health Care Center, at the age of 81.
She was born Dec. 31, 1918, in Hammond, to the late Joseph and Jenny (nee Schouten) Veenendall, and married Stanley Strassburg on June 8, 1940, in Alto.
After moving to West Bend she became employed at The Amity Leather Co., retiring in 1981. She was a member of the Amity 25-Year Club.
Her husband passed away in 1987.
Survivors include three children, Stanley (Kathy) of Stockton, Calif., Beverly (Donald) May of West Bend and Dale (Rhonda) of Oostburg; six grandchildren, Terrie Deickmann of Taylor, Texas, Randy (Karen) May of West Bend, Tim (Lucy) Strassburg of San Diego, Calif., Tracey (Stanley) Steinert of Fillmore, Beth Strassburg of Milwaukee and Steve (Becky) May of West Bend; eight great-grandchildren, Heather, Dylan, Becky, Chelsea, Kayla, Courtney, Christe and Rylen Lee; three brothers, Gordon and Edward (Gloria) both of Baldwin, and Lester (Eloise) of Woodville; two sisters-in-law, Irene (Bob) Sanders of West Bend and Katherine Strassburg of Campbellsport; a brother-in-law, Roy Moulton of Baldwin; other relatives and friends.
Preceding her in death were three sisters, Evelyn Reilley, Angeline Heideman and Arlene Moulton.
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 2, at 3 p.m. at the Myrhum-Patten Funeral Home, West Bend.
Rev. Paul Mittermaier of St. John's Lutheran Church, Jackson, will officiate, and burial will follow in Washington County Memorial Park, West Bend.
Visitation at the funeral home will be Friday from 1 p.m. until the time of services.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the American Diabetes Association.
Marion R. Stern, 72
Visitation will be today from 4-7 p.m. at Mueller Funeral Home in Grafton, followed by a 7:30 p.m. funeral Mass at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Grafton for retired Grafton businesswoman Marion R. Stern (nee Mohr), 72, who died May 28, 2000. Private burial will be held on Friday. Fr. Michael Barrett will officiate.
Mrs. Stern was born Jan. 13, 1928 in Fond du Lac. She married Erwin A. Stern on May 30, 1963, and moved to Grafton where they raised their family.
She was a member of the Stern family that operated IGA and Sentry food stores in Grafton for over 60 years. The stores were noted for their pioneering use of advancing technology in the grocery business. They were among the first in the state to use refrigeration and water misting of fresh produce; selling frozen foods, self-service meat and hot deli items; and the use of electronic price scanning and electronic discount cards. Marion and Erwin Stern were honored by the Wisconsin Grocers Association for innovative merchandising.
Coupled with this use of technology was the solid "mom and pop" service to customers, a tradition long established by Marion's mother-in-law, Marie Stern. In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Marion was the personification of that service tradition. After her retirement in 1993, family members noted she often said that she did not miss the day-to-day operation of the store, but she did miss her contact with customers. She used the terms customers and friends interchangeably.
Her working career started in Fond du Lac where she was employed as telephone operator while still in high school. She worked in various capacities for Wisconsin Bell for almost 20 years, up to the time of the birth of her first child.
She was a long-time Green Bay Packer fan. She had season tickets and saw hundreds of games including the "Ice Bowl" and world championship games, but none was more important to her than the one in 1959 when she met her future husband, Erwin Stern.
After her retirement, she became interested in genealogy. She was able to trace some of her ancestors through Canada and back to France during the time of Joan of Arc. Much of her last years was spent doing this research, which included travel to research centers and homelands of ancestors.
Survivors include: husband Erwin; sons James (Margaret) Stern of Grafton and Brian (Amy) Stern of Rochester, Minn.; daughters Carla of Chicago and Julie (Patrick) Jankowski of Grafton; three granddaughters Ashley, Heather and Leanna; sisters Helen Swantz and Jeanette Burnett, both of Fond du Lac; brother David (Lori) Mohr of Fond du Lac; and brothers-in-law Joseph (Betty) Stern of Cedarburg and Lou (Louise) Stern of Detroit; and sisters-in-law Alice Dickmann of Grafton and Marilyn (James) Gardener of Bloomington, Ind.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Hazel Mohr of Fond du Lac, her parents-in-law, Peter and Marie Stern of Grafton, and her brothers-in-law Howard Burnett, Addison Swantz and Jerome Dickmann.
In lieu of Flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to St. Joseph's School, Grafton or the American Cancer Society.
Erna M. Bartell, 99
A funeral service was held Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedarburg for Erna M. Bartell, 99, who died on May 28, 2000. Rev. Charles Turbin officiated at the ceremony, with arrangements handled by Mueller Funeral Home, Cedarburg. Burial was at Zur Ruhe Cemetery in Cedarburg.
Mrs. Bartell was born Sept. 25, 1900, daughter of Herman and Caroline Tews. She married Erwin A. Bartell and worked as a homemaker. She attended Trinity Lutheran Church.
Survivors include: sons Fred (Marion) Bartell and Clifford (Marion) Bartell, both of Cedarburg; daughter Lois Laabs of Viroqua; grandchildren Marilynn (Larry) Gueller of Keshena, Robert (Linda) Bartell of Muskego, Richard (Colleen) Bartell of Grafton, John Bartell of Cedarburg, James (Mona) Bartell of Cedarburg, Jean (Scott) Leppert of Cedarburg, Keith (Claudia) Laabs of Hartford, Karen Laabs of Viroqua, Barbara Laabs of Saukville, Brian (Debbie) Laabs of Westby, James Laabs of Viroqua and Jerry (Lucy) Laabs of Thiensville; 15 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Erwin and daughter Dorothy.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to the charity of the donor’s choice are appreciated.
Roland H. Rate, 86
Roland H. Rate of West Bend died Friday, June 2, 2000 at St. Joseph’s Community Hospital. He was 86 years old.
He was born June 6, 1913 to Edward and Rose (nee Buddenhagen) Rate in Kewaskum, and married Mary J. Kejwan June 14, 1980 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Kewaskum.
He was born and raised in the town of Addison and was a farmer in the towns of Addison and Wayne. He married his first wife, Marie Behlke on May 10, 1939 at Holy Trinity. She preceded him in death on May 30, 1979. He was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of West Bend and an honorary member of the Kohlsville Fire Department. He will be remembered for his young-at-heart attitude.
He is survived by his second wife, Mary; two sons, Gerald (Mary Kay) Rate of the town of Addison and Frederick (Marie) Rate of Slinger; nine step-children, Diane (Jerome) Spaeth of West Bend, Richard (Mary) Czaja of Pittsville, Wis., Sister Mary Ann Czaja of Tarboro, N.C., Edward (Charmain) Czaja of Ogdensburg, Wis., Joanne (Perry) Koth of Kewaskum, Susan (Peter) Checki of Oshkosh, Luann (Dr. Kevin) Dunn of Brookfield and Roseann Czaja of Eau Claire; Sister Erna (Otto) Kohl of Kohlsville; sister-in-law Grace Rate of Addison; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, 23 step-grandchildren, nine, step-great grandchildren, nieces nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, a brother, Marvin and one step-daughter-in-law, Lisa.
Funeral services will take place on Monday, June 5 at 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Bend with Pastor James Ziesemer and Pastor John Paustian officiating.
Visitation will be at the Phillip Funeral Home of West Bend on Sunday, June 4 from 4 to 8 p.m. and again on Monday, June 5 at the church from noon until 2 p.m.
Interment will take place at St. Anthony Cemetery, town of Addison following the service.
Memorials to Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church will be appreciated.
The Phillip Funeral Home of West Bend is assisting the family.
Arlene I. Siegman, 67
Arlene I. Siegman (nee Nevsimal) of West Bend passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at the Samaritan Health Center in West Bend at the age of 67.
She was born December 18, 1932 in Vernon County to the late Joseph and Martha (nee Zinke) Nevsimal and married Donald F. Siegman on July 3, 1952 in Crown Point, Ind.
She was a long-time member of St. James’ Episcopal Church where she sung in the choir and had many friends. She loved gardening and traveling. Arlene and Donald operated Siegman’s Strawberry Farm as well as Siegman’s Nursery and Garden Center from 1966 to 1976. She then worked at the Samaritan Health Center as a nurses’ aide for 19 years before working at Hope Nursing Home in Lomira for several years until retiring due to her illness.
Survivors include her husband, Donald; three children, Sue Hills of West Bend, Scott (Sharon) of Poplar Grove, Ill. and Jim of Mile City, Mont.; three grandchildren Jessie Brunhart of West Bend, Cody Siegman and Brittany Gaulke, both of Poplar Grove, Ill. Arlene is further survived by one sister, Shirley (Bill) Turnipseed of Baraboo; four brothers, Fred (Ruby) of Sparta, Louis (Frieda) of Kendall, Richard (Bernice) of Woodstock, Ill. and Jim (Judy) of Wonder Lake, Ill.; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many wonderful life-time friends.
She was preceded in death by an infant son, Gregory James.
A Mass of the Resurrection will be held Tuesday, June 6 at 5 p.m. at St. James’ Episcopal Church, West Bend with Rev. Martha Berger officiating. The committal will follow in St. James’ Columbarium. Visitation will be Tuesday at the church from 3 p.m. until the time of services.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. James’ Episcopal Church or the American Cancer Society are appreciated.
The Schmidt Funeral Home, West Bend is serving the family.
Russell J. Grinwald, 70
Russell J. Grinwald of Rubicon passed away on Monday, May 29, 2000, at his home. He was 70 years old.
He was born in Rubicon on April 20, 1930 to the late Edward and Rosella (nee Schield) Grinwald, and married Grace Griesmer on April 28, 1951, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Thompson.
He was employed in maintenance at Aunt Nellie's, Clyman.
Russell was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Rubicon and the Holy Name Society at St. John's Church.
Survivors include his wife, Grace; eight sons, David (Barbara) of Campbellsport, John (May) and Edward (Roberta), both of Slinger, Joseph (JoAnn) of Hartford, Michael (Alicia) of Pewaukee, Tony (Diane), Peter (Cindy) and Tom (Lori), all of Rubicon; eight daughters, Sharon (Dan) Lecher of Kewaskum, Mary (John) Mathieu of West Bend, Carol Breitenbach of Iron Ridge, Shirley (John) Schaefer, Nancy (Jim) Genz and Joanne (Jeff) Komp, all of Hartford, Diane (Brian) Glynn of Slinger and Jane (Mike) Faust of Hubertus; 34 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Shirley (Harvey) Maher and Rosemarie Schroeder, both of Florida; two brothers, Lawrence (Rose) of Slinger and Edward Grinwald of Florida; brothers-in-law, Wilfred Lisko of Slinger and Bernard Day of Hartford; and sister-in-law, Rosemary Grinwald of Rubicon.
He is further survived by nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, other relatives and friends.
Preceding him in death were a brother, Glen Grinwald, and sisters, Isabel Lisko and June Day.
A Memorial Mass was held on Friday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Rubicon. Inurnment was in St. John's Catholic Cemetery.
Memorials to the charity of one's choice appreciated.
