Obituaries

May 22, 2023

Matthew E. Semling, 65, of Merrill, passed away Monday, May 22, 2023, at Aspirus Merrill Hospital.

Matt was born March 29, 1958, in Merrill, son of the late Donald and June (Germain) Semling. He graduated from Merrill High School with the class of 1976. Matt married Sarah Wold on October 31, 2003, in Merrill. She survives. Matt...

May 17, 2023

Shirley C. Hinz, 69, of the Town of Scott, Lincoln County, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

Shirley was born March 31, 1954, in Merrill, daughter of the late Norman and Rita (Gano) Benson. She married Earl ‘Butch’ Hinz, Jr. on October 25, 1980, in Merrill. He survives. Shirley ran an in-home daycare...

May 15, 2023

 

Walter "Dan" Zimmerman of Madison, Wisconsin, aged 89, passed away on May 15, 2023, at the VA Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.  Dan was born in Merrill, Wisconsin to Walter and Velma (Kell) Zimmerman in August of 1933.    He is survived by his children Mary Lyn, Richard (Suzanne) and Randall, his Aunt Phyllis (Monty) Kell, his sisters Darlene (Rueben) Puphal...

May 10, 2023

Geraldine A. ‘Gerry’ Dotter, 94, of Merrill, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Bell Tower Residence, Merrill.

Geraldine was born November 18, 1928, in Merrill, daughter of the late Ray Turbin and Delores (Egan) Cotter. She graduated from Merrill High School and then attended beauty school in Eau Claire. She married Gordon Dotter on...

May 10, 2023

 

Alissa “Aly” Grace Sosnovske, an adventurous and kind soul passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, as a result of a car accident. She was the daughter of Marty and Mary (Bloch) Sosnovske, born on July 28, 2000 in Merrill, Wisconsin. She attended and graduated Merrill High School in 2018 and was attending UW River Falls working towards a...

May 10, 2023

Sammy “Pete” Lee Burge, age 86 of Merrill, Wisconsin passed away peacefully at home on May 10, 2023. He was born on November 5, 1936 to the late Donnal and Vera (Brasher) Burge in Bruce, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Pete married the love of his life on May 19, 1962 at Mater Christi Church in North Riverside, Illinois.

Pete was honorably...

May 9, 2023

Gloria A. Bondioli, age 80, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, while being hospitalized at U.W.-Madison Hospital, with her loving family by her side.

Gloria was born on January 31, 1943, in Merrill, and was the daughter to the late Arnt and Gudrun (Johnson) Nelson.  She attended and graduated from Merrill High School with the Class of 1961.  On...

May 8, 2023

Robert “Bob” John Schotz passed away on May 8, 2023. Bob was born on September 21, 1958, the son of Kenneth and Pauline (Tracy) Schotz. In 1977 he joined the Air Force where he was a jet engine mechanic. He married Linda Woellner in 1977. They were stationed in Charleston, South Carolina and Grand Forks, North Dakota. After being discharged...

May 6, 2023

Lloyd H. Buck, Jr., 65, of Merrill, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

Lloyd was born June 23, 1957, in Merrill, son of Ruth (Schulz) Buck and the late Lloyd H. Buck, Sr. He graduated from Merrill High School and furthered his education at UW – Madison in the Farm & Industry Short...

May 5, 2023

Allen F. Buch, 80, of Merrill, passed away Friday, May 5, 2023, at his home under the care of his family and Aspirus Comfort Care & Hospice Services.

Allen was born June 24, 1942, in Merrill, son of the late William and Ella (Moeck) Buch. He married Phyllis Arlie Nass on September 28, 1961, at...

May 1, 2023

Sally B. Leistikow, 87, of Merrill, passed away Monday, May 1, 2023, at Bell Tower Residence, Merrill.

Sally was born July 23, 1935, in Merrill, daughter of the late Marvin and Mildred (Speas) Ingersoll. She married Gerald ‘Jerry’ Leistikow on January 7, 1956, at St. John Lutheran Church, Merrill. Sally was a lifelong member of...

May 1, 2023

August "Augie" H. Stark, age 82, of the town of Rock Falls, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2023 at his home.  He was born on August 9, 1940 to the late August H. and Edna (Borchardt) Stark in Milwaukee, WI.  

Augie was know at "The CASE tractor man" and loved restoring tractors and collected a variety of CASE...

Apr 30, 2023

Bonita McClure, 76, of Merrill, passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2023, at her home, under the care of Compassus Hospice and her family.

Bonita was born June 20, 1946, in Greenville, South Carolina, daughter of the late Samuel and Ruth (Johnson) Harvell Greene.

After graduating from Bradley Central High School,...

Apr 24, 2023

John L. ‘Jack’ Pagels, 81, of Merrill, passed away Monday, April 24, 2023, at his home under hospice care, surrounded by his family.

Jack was born June 25, 1941, in Milwaukee, son of the late Ernest and Margaret (Otto) Pagels. He was an entrepreneur and a jack of all trades. Jack was a people person...

Apr 23, 2023

Gay E. Oberg, 87, of Merrill, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023, at Aspirus Merrill Hospital surrounded by his family.

Gay was born November 14, 1935, son of the late Ernest and Gladys (Thompson) Oberg. Gay was born in Lincoln County at the old County Home on Highway 17. He married Sally Lenore Krueger on October 5,...

Apr 23, 2023

Marland G. Gennrich, 87, of Gleason, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

Marland was born July 15, 1935, in Lincoln County, son of the late August and Irene (Marshall) Gennrich. He married Shirley Bloechl on August 24, 1957, at St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Merrill. Marland was a dairy farmer for...

Apr 23, 2023

 

Audrey M. (Johnson) Janik-Germic, age 86, of Merrill, passed away at her home on Sunday, April 23, 2023, while in the company of her loving family and under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care & Hospice Services.  She was born in Merrill, WI on February 3, 1937, to the late Gust and Alma (Farmen) Johnson.  Audrey was a life-long...

Apr 20, 2023

 

Joann Eugenia Anderson, age 82, of Merrill, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 20, 2023, on the “Patio of Paradise” in North Miami, Florida.  Joann was born March 18, 1941, in Chicago, the oldest of five children (baby brother passed away at 2 years old). She graduated from Good Counsel High School in Chicago, in 1959, and attended Wright...

Apr 17, 2023

Dakota Grace Brown, 16, of Merrill, passed away Monday, April 17, 2023.

Dakota was born October 10, 2006, in Stevens Point, daughter of Lynnea Brown and Chad Brown. Dakota was a sophomore at Merrill High School. She recently started working as a dietary aide at Pine Crest Nursing Home, Merrill. Her goal after high school was to...

Apr 17, 2023

Aiden David Paul Grefe, a sweet and gentle soul known by many names; son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and friend passed away on April 17, 2023. He was born on February 10, 2006 to Rachel Lynn (Graham) Grefe and Jeffrey Paul Grefe at St. Claire’s Hospital in Weston, Wisconsin. Aiden attended Merrill High School as an 11th grade student.

Aiden...