Betty Strand
Feb 23, 2004
Betty Cooper Strand, 80, Eau Claire died Monday, February 23, 2004, in Eau Claire. \r\nBetty was born November 28, 1923, in Edina, Minnesota. She attended West High School in Minneapolis and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in History. Serving in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, she was stationed at...
Maye Clem
Feb 20, 2004
Maye Wright Clem died on Friday, February 20, 2004 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin at Luther Hospital of complications from a stroke suffered in October of 2003. She moved to Wisconsin after having spent forty-nine years in California, thirty-one of which in North County, San Diego.\r\nBorn in Linton, Indiana on May 30, 1917, Maye was raised outside of Pittsburgh, PA and...
Emmeline Gray
Feb 19, 2004
EMMELINE L. GRAY, 83, of Altoona died Thursday, February 19, 2004, at Sacred Heart Hospital. She was born on June 13, 1920 in Whitehall, Wisconsin, the daughter of Theodore and Edna (Smith) Thompson.\r\nEmmeline married Gerald V. Gray on August 27, 1938, in Whitehall, WI.\r\nShe was a volunteer for the Salvation Army, Bethesda Thrift Store and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Ladies...
Lydia Roberts
Feb 17, 2004
Lydia Byrne Roberts, 92, died Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at her residence at Oak Gardens, Altoona. She was born in Savannah, Georgia on April 18, 1911, the daughter of Frank M. and Sophie (Finckel) Byrne. She moved to Jackson Heights, NY with her family where she met her future husband, Elliott R. Roberts the first day of high school. They...
Bernard Faanes
Feb 12, 2004
Bernard "Bernie" W. Faanes, 71, of Eau Claire, died Thursday, February 12, 2004 at Luther Hospital. He was born in Barron, Wisconsin on April 23, 1932, the son of Oscar and Helen (Hanson) Faanes. Bernard married Beverly Heimstadt-Schmaltz at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Eau Claire in 1964. He attended two years at Barron High School and graduated from Eau...
Richard Degrood
Feb 8, 2004
Richard J. deGrood, 68, of Eau Claire died peacefully of cancer at his home on Sunday, February 8, 2004. He was born in Austin, Minnesota on July 4, 1935, the son of Lambert and Anne (Derks) deGrood. \r\nA 1948 graduate from Cotter High School in Winona, MN, Richard went on to receive his BS at St. Mary's College. He then...
Olga I. Macknight
Feb 7, 2004
Olga I. MacKnight, 93, formerly of Elk Mound died Saturday, February 7, 2004 at Oakwood Villa Nursing Home in Altoona. She was born on September 9, 1910 in Black River Falls, the youngest daughter of George and Emilie (Hortum) Gilbertson. She graduated from Racine High School.\r\nOlga married William R. MacKnight in Racine on November 8, 1930.\r\nSurvivors include her children, Elaine...
Kenneth E. Mayer
Feb 6, 2004
KENNETH E. MAYER, 83, of Eau Claire died Friday, February 6, 2004 at Sacred Heart Hospital. He was born in the town of Washington, Eau Claire County on October 4, 1920, the son of George and Ina (Barron) Mayer. \r\nHe entered the U.S. Navy during World War II in April 1944 and served in the Pacific Theater until his honorably...
Frances J. Wegrzyn
Feb 5, 2004
Frances J. Wegrzyn (nee Szceczniak) 85, of Eau Claire and formerly of Chicago died at home on Thursday, February 5, 2004 surrounded by her family. She was born June 3, 1918 in Chicago, the daughter of Albert and Rosalie (Kozak) Szczesniak. Frances married Casey Wegrzyn on August 3, 1946 in Chicago.\r\nAs well as being a homemaker most of her life,...
Adeline V. Rossman
Feb 3, 2004
Adeline V. Rossman, 102, of Eau Claire died Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at Clairemont Nursing Home. She was born April 6, 1901 in Dunville, Wisconsin, the daughter of August and Jennie (Brostrom) Johnson. Adeline married Robert E. Rossman on March 23, 1932 in Bloomer. They farmed in the Town of Seymour until Robert's death in 1968.\r\nShe was a charter member...
John Anderson
Feb 2, 2004
John Marshall Anderson, 41, of Ellsworth and formerly of Eau Claire died Monday, February 2, 2004, as the result of a car accident near Hudson, Wisconsin. John was born in Eau Claire on September 22, 1962, to Arthur and Irene (Scovazzo) Anderson. He attended Eau Claire Schools and received a Culinary Arts degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College. John was...
John Haugen
Jan 27, 2004
John O. Haugen, 45, of Eau Claire died Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at his residence.He was born on June 6, 1958, the son of Owen and Myrt (Larson) Haugen. He graduated from Eau Claire Memorial High School with the class of 1976 and attended Chippewa Valley Technical College where he received his degree in Police Science. He served as a...
Agnes S. Jacobs
Jan 25, 2004
Agnes S. Jacobs, 86, of Eau Claire and formerly of Stevens Point died Sunday, January 25, 2004 at her home. She was born in Minneapolis, MN on July 27, 1917, the daughter of Rudolph and Anne (Mohler) Johnson. Agnes married Clayton A. Jacobs on August 14, 1940 in Minneapolis, MN.\r\nShe was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Stevens Point...
Sylvia "Lee" Harnstrom
Jan 25, 2004
Sylvia "Lee" Harnstrom, of Eau Claire died Sunday morning, January 25, 2004, at her home. She was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the daughter of Helmer and Mathia (Unjum) Lee.\r\nShe married Skip Harnstrom at Grace Lutheran Chapel in Eau Claire on July 6, 1974, marking almost 30 years of marriage. Lee was a beautician in the Eau Claire area for...
John Gerber
Jan 21, 2004
John E. Gerber, Sr., 77, of Eau Claire died Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at his home. He was born in Eau Claire on March 28, 1926, the son of James and Mary (Eschler) Gerber. He graduated from Eau Claire Senior High School with the class of 1944.\r\nHe was stationed in Hawaii with the U.S. Navy during WWII.\r\nJohn married Arlene M....
Harland L. Luren
Jan 21, 2004
Harland L. Luren, 81, of Eau Claire died, January 21, 2004 at his home. He was born in Decorah, Iowa on March 7, 1922, the son of Lloyd and Cora (Lewis) Luren. He graduated from Eau Claire Senior High School with the class of 1942.\r\nHarland married Jessie A. Julson on October 4, 1947 in Eau Claire.\r\nHe served his country as...
Hattie Amble
Jan 20, 2004
Hattie O. Amble, 95, formerly of 1013 E. Grand Ave., Eau Claire died Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at Dove Healthcare. She was born in Sand Creek, Dunn County, Wisconsin on October 23, 1908, the daughter of Henry O. and Clara (Peterson) Anderson. Hattie married Richard I. Amble in Colfax on June 1, 1932. \r\nHattie and Richard farmed in Colfax until...
Athene Dale
Jan 15, 2004
Athene D. Dale, 78, of Eau Claire died Thursday, January 15, 2004 at Augusta Nursing Home. She was born August 7, 1925 in Phoenix, AZ, the daughter of Clarence and Lois (Jacobs) Davis. Athene married David E. Dale in 1947 in Alton, IL.\r\nShe graduated from St. Luke's Nursing School in Kansas City, MO and furthered her nursing studies at Kansas...
Myra "Kay" Benjamin
Jan 13, 2004
Myra "Kay" Benjamin, 77, of Eau Claire died Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at Sacred Heart Hospital. She was born October 12, 1926 in Perkinston, MS, the daughter of Robert and Lois (Davis) Lyons.\r\nKay married Robert D. Benjamin on March 31, 1945, in Wiggins, Mississippi. They later moved to Eau Claire until their retirement and then moved to Cable, WI.\r\nShe worked...
Alice M. Thur
Jan 13, 2004
Alice M. Thur, 96, of Eau Claire, died Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at Luther Hospital. She was born October 14, 1907in Fairchild, Wisconsin, the daughter of Frederick and Amanda (Neumann) Thur. Alice moved to Eau Claire in 1926, where she was employed at Eau Claire Pad Co., Uniroyal Tire Co., and retired as an account with Bertelson Company in 1975...
