Obituaries

Bruce A. Graveen

Bruce A. Graveen

Mar 16, 2024

Bruce Graveen, 69, of Schofield, passed away suddenly on Saturday, March 16, 2024.Bruce was born January 12, 1955, in Wausau to parents Martin and Carol (Schultz) Graveen. He married Jill Kaetterhenry on November 15, 1986, in Wausau. He enjoyed being outside while cleaning his car, cooking and grilling while having a beer. He loved his family, especially his grandchildren. They...

Terry Jacobson

Terry Jacobson

Mar 8, 2024

Terry Allen Jacobson, "Jake", died peacefully at home in Wausau, Wisconsin, on March 8, 2024. Born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on May 14, 1943, to the late Orlando "Red" and Eunice (Zitzner)Jacobson. A passionate sales professional in the clothing industry, radio advertising and auto sales and brought joy and laughter and a joke, both good and bad to those around him.  He was...

Virginia Grasse

Virginia Grasse

Mar 1, 2024

Virginia A. Grasse, 82, of Wausau, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024.She was born in Wausau, WI, on March 30, 1941, to the late Walter and Alice (Thompson) Kroeplin.She retired from Northcentral Technical College at 62 years old. During her retirement, she was president of the Shriners and spent a lot of free time at various nursing homes playing...

David L. Nimz

David L. Nimz

Mar 1, 2024

David Nimz, age 83, passed away surrounded by his family on March 1, 2024 at his home. David was born in Wausau, WI to George and Alice (Disbrow) Nimz. David married Judith Severt of Wausau, Wisconsin on June 15, 1962 in Wausau WI at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. He worked at the Wausau Fire Department for 29 years and 1 day....

Celia "Dolly" Lindsay

Celia "Dolly" Lindsay

Feb 24, 2024

Celia "Dolly" Miller was born on April 18, 1936, to Leigh and Mable Miller on their farm in Perrinton, Michigan. She was a middle child between two brothers, Richard and Donald. She met Howard Lindsay at church where his bother was pastor. They were married June 12, 1954, and started their grand adventure together. Howard became a pastor in the...

Cody James Berens

Cody James Berens

Feb 24, 2024

Cody Berens, 32, of Rib Mountain, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024.

He was born on September 22, 1991, to Mike and Diane Berens in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Cody was many things in his lifetime. He loved sports. He played little league, football, and Gus Macker's basketball events. Not only was he a player of sports but he could rattle off names...

James A. Jones

James A. Jones

Feb 24, 2024

Jim Jones of Wausau, Wisconsin died peacefully at home on February 24 at the age of 81.

Jim was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin to Hylas and Dorothy Jones on October 29, 1942.  He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.   He married Marilyn Janczak (deceased) in 1966 and had a daughter Alissa.  In 1985 Jim married Mary Lou Prange and they were...

William H Lonsdorf

William H Lonsdorf

Feb 23, 2024

Wausau-William H. Lonsdorf, age 96, passed away on February 23, 2024 due to complications of cancer.

Bill was born and grew up on his family's dairy farm in Athens and lived a majority of his life in Wausau. He and his wife, Nola, made their home in the Town of Maine and lived there for over 29 years. After retiring from...

Barbara "Barb" Olsen

Barbara "Barb" Olsen

Feb 21, 2024

Barbara Ann Olsen, age 84, of Rothschild, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at her home on February 21, 2024. She was born on July 8, 1939, to Irving and Janice Weik in Wausau, Wisconsin but spent most of her life in Southern Florida.

Barb was an accomplished artist. Having won many awards for her paintings of wildlife, focusing primarily...

Ruth Marie Bessette

Ruth Marie Bessette

Feb 20, 2024

Ruth (Schara) Bessette, 68, of Wausau passed away February 20, 2024 after a long battle with MS. She was born April 12, 1955 to the late Aloysius and Lorraine (Sodke) Schara. She graduated from Athens High School in 1973 and was married to Brad Bessette in 1974, they later divorced. Ruth worked at several facilities until she was unable to...

Todd Noel Reetz

Todd Noel Reetz

Feb 13, 2024

Todd Noel Reetz, age 69, of Schofield, Wisconsin, passed away at Aspirus Wausau Hospital on February 13, 2024. He was born on December 25, 1954, to Lois and Mark Reetz and grew up in Schofield, Wisconsin, the first of five siblings.

Todd married the love of his life, Christine (Kell) De Vore, on September 18, 2021. He enjoyed camping, traveling, flying,...

Mary Ann Kunz

Mary Ann Kunz

Feb 9, 2024

Mary Ann Kunz, age 84, of Weston, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on February 9, 2024. She was born on October 6, 1939, to Edmund and Carol (Brazelton) Crowe and grew up in Antigo, Wisconsin, the third of five siblings.

Mary married the love of her life, Walter 'Wally' Kunz, on September 28, 1957. They enjoyed...

Carol J. Kuether

Carol J. Kuether

Feb 8, 2024

Carol J. Kuether, 83, of Wausau, beloved wife of the late James A. Kuether, passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. 

Carol was born on February 27, 1940 in Wausau, daughter of the late John and Frieda (Freiberg) Messing. She was a graduate of Wausau High School. She began her career at Wausau Insurance and then later...

Delores Ruth Anderson

Delores Ruth Anderson

Feb 6, 2024

Delores Ruth Anderson, 95, entered into eternal rest on February 6th, 2024. Delores was born at home in the Town of Texas, Marathon County, to Charles and Mayme (Kittel) Schwede on June 11th, 1928. Delores married Eugene (Andy) Nailus Anderson on August 17, 1946 at Mission Evangelical Church, where she was a member all her life. She served as Treasurer...

Carolyn Radunz

Carolyn Radunz

Feb 5, 2024

Carolyn H. Radunz, age 91, of Wausau, passed into the waiting arms of her Savior on Monday, February 5, 2024, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

Carolyn was born on July 4, 1932, in Mattoon, WI, the daughter of Lawrence and Magdalena (Waidelich) Jahnke.  She was a graduate of Mattoon High School, class of 1950.

On January  31, 1953, she was united in marriage...

Ralph Tarras

Ralph Tarras

Feb 4, 2024

Ralph Edward Tarras passed away on February 4, 2024, at the age of 81. He was born on March 2, 1942, in Gary, Indiana. Ralph took his last breath at his home in Weston, Wisconsin, with his devoted wife of 58 years, Mary, at his side.

Ralph had a remarkable journey through life. His passion for law led him into law...

Forrest James Ryan

Forrest James Ryan

Feb 3, 2024

Forrest James Ryan passed away on February 3, 2024, at Rennes Hospice in Weston.

He was born on August 27, 1958, in Wausau, Wisconsin, to the late James and Sandra M. Ryan.

Forrest is survived by his brother, Barry (Linda Maly) Ryan; and sister, Kelly (Nick) Erickson; niece, Jen (Matt) Folz; nephews, Lee (Terri) Ryan, and Nickolas (Nichole Sullivan) Erickson.

Per his wishes,...

Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott

Jan 31, 2024

Thomas C. Scott, passed away on January 31, 2024, after a five-year battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia which included a bone marrow transplant, three and a half years of morphological remission, and two relapses within that time. Tom was born on January 11, 1973, in Wausau. Tom touched and inspired the lives of all who knew him with his loving...

Jeffrey Francin

Jeffrey Francin

Jan 31, 2024

Jeffrey Francin peacefully passed away on January 31, 2024, at the age of 71, after a difficult battle with leukemia. Born on May 7, 1952, in Fond du Lac, WI, he was the cherished son of the late Roland and Celayne Francin.

Jeff's unwavering love and devotion to his family, along with his infectious laughter and kind-hearted spirit, will be deeply...

Rosemary Brasch

Rosemary Brasch

Jan 30, 2024

Rosemary Brasch age 93, of Wausau passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at Wellington Place in Rib Mountain.



She was born December 3, 1930, in Polar, Wisconsin to the late Elmer and Mabel (Tews) Fischer. After graduating from Antigo High School Rosemary moved to Wausau to seek employment. On July 1, 1950, she married fellow Antigo High School classmate, Eldren...

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