Obituaries
Donald "Don" W. Steinbeck
Feb 18, 2025
Donald “Don” Wayne Steinbeck, age 70, of Gleason, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at his home. He was born on September 13, 1954 to the late Norbert and Delores (Anderson) Steinbeck in Madison, WI. Don attended and graduated from Merrill High School. He met Kathleen “Kathy” Guite, and the two were united in marriage on November 13, 1976,...
Dennis W. Pike
Feb 18, 2025
Dennis Pike, 70, of Merriweather, MI formerly of Merrill, passed away February 18, 2025, at the Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau.
Dennis was born September 21, 1954, in Merrill, son of Rudolph and Ione (Marshall) Pike. He married Roxane ‘Roxy’ Hockett on March 3, 2001, in Merrill. Dennis had worked at the former Ward Paper Mill in Merrill. When the mill...
Nancy L. Muschinske
Feb 17, 2025
Nancy L. Muschinske, age 91, passed away on February 17, 2025. She was born on September 1, 1933, in Merrill, WI, the younger daughter of Lynn and Edna (Hollsted) Higgs. Her life was marked by joy, faith, and devotion to family and friends.
Nancy was a graduate of Merrill High School. She married Ronald Muschinske in Wausau, WI on June 10,...
Randy D. Schwartz
Feb 16, 2025
Randy D. Schwartz, 72, of Merrill, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2025 at his home under the care of his family and Interim Hospice.
Randy was born April 22, 1952, in Rantoul, Illinois, son of Raymond Sr. and Verna (Edmund) Schwartz. After high school graduation, he attended UW-Stevens Point and UW-Madison. Randy worked as a Director of Food Service – Category...
Evelyn Schmidt
Feb 15, 2025
Evelyn Frances Schmidt, age 88, of Athens, Wisconsin, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill, Wisconsin. She was born on July 14, 1936 in Marathon City, Wisconsin to the late William and Laura (Vetter) Jansen.
Evelyn met her husband, William “Bill” Schmidt while working at Marathon Cheese Factory. They were married on May 20,...
Edith Slater
Feb 13, 2025
Edith Slater, age 74, of Merrill, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025, while in the hospital in Madison, WI. She was born on July 4, 1950 to the late James and Edith (Thomas) Willis.
Barbara A. Zoellner
Feb 13, 2025
Barbara A. ‘Barb’ Zoellner, 87, of Rhinelander, formerly of Merrill and Minocqua, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2025, at Friendly Village Nursing & Rehab in Rhinelander.
Barbara was born February 5, 1938, in Merrill, daughter of Angelo and Alida (Saar) Johnson. She married Arthur ‘Art’ Zoellner on March 23, 1957, in Merrill. He survives. Barb worked as a secretary at Weinbrenner...
Andrew D. Chartier II
Feb 10, 2025
The family of Andrew D. Chartier II, age 30, are deeply saddened to share that he has passed away on Monday, February 10, 2025, due to an accident, but they rejoice that he is now safe and sound with his Lord. Andrew was born on April 9, 1994, to Andrew Chartier and Amy (Gremler) Drehmel in Wausau, WI. He graduated...
Carol J. Kopplin
Feb 10, 2025
Carol June Kopplin, age 87, of Merrill, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 10, 2025 at her home, while surrounded by her loving family and under the care of Interim Hospice. She was born on April 3, 1937 to the late Harvey and Eldora (Harder) Woller in Wausau, WI. Carol attended and graduated from Merrill High School. She met her...
Selma A. Weber
Feb 7, 2025
Selma A. Weber, 97, of Merrill, suddenly yet peacefully passed away Friday, February 7, 2025, with her son by her side at Pine Crest Nursing Home, Merrill, under the care of “Team Selma” which was her devoted family, Pine Crest Staff, and Aspirus Hospice.
Selma was born on June 27, 1927, in Marathon County to Emil and Erna (Butt) Schuster. She...
Karan K. Pfingsten
Feb 7, 2025
Karan K. Pfingsten, 82 of Gleason, passed away Friday February 7, 2025, at Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital.
Karan was born January 20, 1943, in Oklahoma, daughter of Asa Byron and Edna (Gennrich) Couse. She married Ray A. Pfingsten on October 29, 1960 at the former Emmanuel Lutheran Church in the Town of Schley. Ray passed away July 12, 2021. Karan had worked...
Duane R. Isaacson
Feb 6, 2025
Duane R. Isaacson, 94, of New London, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025, at Kindred Heart Senior Living under the care of Compassus Hospice.
Duane was born January 20, 1931, in Merrill, son of Oscar and Frieda (Hartwig) Isaacson. After high school, Duane enlisted in the United States Air Force. He served his country for four years and was honorably discharged....
VerJean M. Schmidt
Feb 5, 2025
VerJean M. Schmidt, 76, of Merrill, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
VerJean was born January 23, 1949, in Merrill, daughter of Lawrence and Carmelita (Ament) Kleinschmidt, Sr. She married the love of her life, Dennis Schmidt, on April 26, 1969. He preceded her in death on January 26, 2024. After graduating...
Susan "Sue" A. Domka
Feb 3, 2025
The family of Susan “Sue” A. Domka, age 69, of Wausau, are saddened to announce her death on Monday, February 3, 2025. She was born on January 29, 1956 to the late John and Alice (Kauch) Bouvat in Wausau, WI. Sue attended and graduated from Wausau East High School. She met her soul mate and love of her life, Thomas...
Dale C. Plamann
Feb 3, 2025
Dale Clifford Plamann, age 86, of Merrill, WI (formerly of Baraboo, WI), passed away peacefully on Monday, February 3rd, at Woodland Court Elder Care in Merrill.
Dale was born on March 29, 1938, to Arthur and Rose (Ahlert) Plamann, the youngest of six children. He grew up cherishing his family and carried that love throughout his life. He enjoyed spending time...
Wilhelm "Bill" Jensen
Feb 1, 2025
Wilhelm “Bill” Jensen, formally of Irma, passed away February 1, 2025, at Evergreen Retirement Community in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Born in Chicago April 16, 1930, the only child of Paul Christian Wilhelm Jensen and Catherine (Brenner) Jensen. Bill was truly a depression era child. He stated he knew no other meat other than venison until he was 13 years old. Music...
Thomas G. Sazama
Jan 30, 2025
Thomas George Sazama, age 93, passed peacefully into eternal life on January 30, 2025, surrounded by his loving children.
Tom was born on November 21, 1931, to Francis and Josephine (Rosenthal) Sazama in Watertown, WI. After graduating from high school in 1949, he attended Northwestern College in Watertown from 1949-50 and Marquette University from 1950-51. As a true patriot, Tom enlisted...
Richard "Rick" C. Steckel
Jan 29, 2025
Richard Charles Steckel, age 89, of Merrill, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 peacefully at his home.
Richard was born October 30, 1935, in Hankinson, North Dakota to Frank and Anna (Maas) Steckel. He graduated from Ladysmith High School, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin and later earned a B. S. degree in Industrial Arts Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He began...
Danny 'Dan' L. Woller
Jan 28, 2025
Danny ‘Dan’ Woller passed away peacefully at Pine Crest Nursing Home on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on October 30, 1944, in Wausau, WI, son of Melvin & Amyra (Theilig) Woller. Dan was a graduate of Merrill High School, class of 1962. He married his high school sweetheart Patricia J. Heath on June 12,...
Viljo "Will" Piikkila
Jan 26, 2025
Dr. Viljo (Will) Piikkila, 91, of Merrill passed away of natural causes on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Aspirus Hospital Wausau, WI.
He was born April 14, 1933 in Chicago to Solomon A. and Lempi Lydia (Joki) Piikkila.
He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1951 and attended Wright Junior College for two years. He was drafted in 1953 and served in...
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