Obituaries

Alyce Foote

Alyce Foote

Jan 21, 2009

Alyce Ione Foote went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on January 21, 2009. She was surrounded by her family who loved her deeply. Alyce was born December 14, 1929 to Charles and Carrie (Craig) Booth in Crosby, Minnesota. She graduated from Crosby-Ironton High School in 1946. Alyce was united in marriage to Billy Keith Foote...

Gladys Mansfield

Gladys Mansfield

Jan 19, 2009

Gladys L. Mansfield, age 78 of Siren died Monday, January 19, 2009 at Frederic Nursing and Rehab, Frederic, WI. Gladys was born May 28, 1930 in Lorain Township to Lucette and William Knechtel. Gladys married Leonard Mansfield on December 9, 1978 at Lorain United Methodist Church. She was an active member of the Women of the Moose. Gladys was preceded...

Neal Erickson

Neal Erickson

Jan 15, 2009

Neal Erickson, age 57, a resident of Siren, WI died peacefully at his home on January 15, 2009. Neal was born in Minneapolis, MN to Clarence and June Erickson. Neal grew up in Richfield, MN and graduated from the Richfield High School. After high school Neal attended UW Stout at Rice Lake studying Industrial Arts. Neal worked for Erickson Quality...

Goldie Carlson

Goldie Carlson

Jan 13, 2009

Goldie Vernice Carlson of Blaine Township passed from the arms of her loving family to the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 13, 2009 after a short illness at the Wyoming Fairview Hospital. She was 89 years, 9 months and 4 days old. At the time of her death she was a resident of Comforts of...

Robert Spafford

Robert Spafford

Jan 1, 2009

Robert "Bob" Oscar Reynold Spafford, age 77 died peacefully, surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 1, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bob was born on November 20, 1931 in Meenon Township, Wisconsin to William and Evelyn Spafford along with 6 other siblings. Bob joined the Marine Corp at age 21 and was honorably discharged in 1954. Later that year he...

Lyle Monty

Lyle Monty

Jan 1, 2009

Lyle E. Monty, age 79 of Siren, died Friday, January 1, 2009 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Lyle was born January 14, 1929 in Stillwater, Minnesota to Effie (Lundon) and Edward Monty. Lyle served with the Navy during World War II from 1946 - 1948. Lyle married Gretchen on July 29, 1950 in Northwood, Iowa. He worked for Anderson Windows as a...

Emmett O'Connor

Emmett O'Connor

Dec 31, 2008

Emmett (Bud) O’Connor, 89, died December 31, 2008. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Emmett Leo and Dorothy O’Connor. As a youngster, Emmett spent countless hours visiting the family’s cabins at Devil’s Lake near Webster, Wisconsin. Emmett attended school in St. Paul, and worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He served with the Army’s tank destroyers unit during...

Ruth Stuart

Ruth Stuart

Dec 29, 2008

Ruth M. Stuart, age 91 of Superior, WI (formerly of Frederic) died December 29, 2008. Ruth was born October 17, 1917 to Bessie (Motley) and Emile Peterson in Hamblin, Montana, their 3rd child. She graduated from Cloverton, MN High School in 1935. Ruth married William "Bill" Stuart on September 2, 1936 and they lived in Kingsdale, MN until 1941 when...

Edward Baker

Edward Baker

Dec 28, 2008

Edward "Eddie" S. Baker, age 83 of Siren, died December 28, 2008 at home. Eddie was born October 28, 1925 to Lena (Rockaway) and Charles W. Baker in Lorain Township, Polk County, Wisconsin. Eddie married Avis Hillman on November 15, 1952 in Lincoln Township, Burnett County, Wisconsin. He farmed when they were first married and later worked at the Plymouth...

Douglas Fouks

Douglas Fouks

Dec 26, 2008

Douglas I. Fouks, 78, of Danbury, WI died suddenly on December 26, 2008 at his home. Douglas was born on January 11, 1930 in Deer Park, WI to Irwin and Freida Fouks. Douglas was a machinist for 31 years and retired to Minerva Lake in 1994. He was an avid Burnett County deer hunter and salmon fisherman on Lake Michigan....

Stanley Smith

Stanley Smith

Dec 20, 2008

Stanley W. Smith, age 82, died December 20, 2008 at Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center. Stanley was born March 12, 1926 in Webster to Leonard and Jeanette Smith. Stanley served in the United States Army during World War II where he received a back injury during a jump as a paratrooper in the Phillipine Islands. Stanley was preceded in death...

Faye Russ

Faye Russ

Dec 20, 2008

Faye V. Russ, age 72, a resident of Webster died December 20, 2008. Faye was born on April 21, 1936 in Branford, Florida to William and Thelma Shealey. Faye was an active member and past president of the Siren Lioness and was a recipient of the Melvin Jones Award. She was also active with the Burnett County Humane Society, the...

Irene Gluheisen

Irene Gluheisen

Dec 16, 2008

Irene E. Gluheisen, age 71, a resident of Webster died December 16, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Irene was born on February 11, 1937 in Oakland Township to August and Esther Holmberg. Irene married Jerry on August 16, 1958 at Grace United Methodist Church in Webster. Irene worked at Nelson's Store in Siren and Door Electric. She...

Genevieve Shostedt

Genevieve Shostedt

Dec 13, 2008

Genevieve Marie Shostedt, age 80, a resident of Margaret S. Parmly Residence in Chisago City, Minnesota died Saturday, December 13, 2008. Genevieve “Gen” was born August 22, 1928 in Siren, Wisconsin to William and Esther Burnikel. In 1947 she married Freddy Shostedt, and to this union was born son Gary. They lived in Stillwater, Minnesota all their married life; Fred...

Celia Leehe

Celia Leehe

Dec 12, 2008

Celia M. Leehe, age 54, of Danbury, Wisconsin died Friday, December 12, 2008 at home, following her courageous battle with cancer. Celia was born May 17, 1954, daughter of Clinton and Lila Furuholmen in Manhatten, Montana, where she lived throughout her childhood. Celia and Lyle A. (Bud) Leehe were married on September 27, 1986 at Wilson Lutheran Church and lived...

Mavis Klucas

Mavis Klucas

Dec 3, 2008

Mavis E. Klucas, age 75, a resident of Grantsburg died December 3, 2008 at Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg. Mavis was born on June 10, 1933 in Superior to Oscar and Dora Olson. In 1952 she married Eldon L. Klucas from Waverly, MN. They moved to Minneapolis where they raised their five children until they moved to the Frederic area...

Donald Deering

Donald Deering

Nov 21, 2008

Donald (Don) A. Deering, Sr., age 76, a resident of Siren died November 21, 2008 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Don was born on September 29, 1932 in St. Paul to Frank and Lillian Deering. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Don enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing. He also enjoyed traveling to Branson with his...

Donna Wimer

Donna Wimer

Nov 16, 2008

Donna J. Wimer, age 72, a resident of Danbury died November 16, 2008 at Fairview Lakes Hospital in Wyoming, Minnesota. Donna was born March 22, 1936 in Brainerd to Rynard and Olga Shofner. Donna loved to sing, play the guitar, and yodel. She enjoyed going to garage sales and camping with her family. Donna loved her "babies" her grandchildren and...

Nora Schmidt

Nora Schmidt

Nov 8, 2008

Nora B. Schmidt, beloved Ggma, grandmother, mother, sister, and friend, has been reunited with those loved ones whom are bless now to have her with them. Nora passed on November 8, 2008 in the early hours at her home in Chisago City. She was born in Burnett County, near Hertel, Wisconsin, as Nora Belle Hotchkiss on July 5, 1924. She...

Lonny Glover

Lonny Glover

Nov 7, 2008

Lonny G. Glover, age 67 of Webster, Wisconsin, died peacefully on November 7, 2008 at Spooner Health Systems in Spooner, Wisconsin. Lonny was born January 15, 1941 in Fairmont, Minnesota to Grace (Bassett) and James K. Glover. Lonny moved to the Webster area as a young boy and grew up farming on the Glover farm. Lonny attended Siren school and...