All Obituaries

Jeanette H. Herman, age 91, a resident of Spooner, died on Sunday, February 17, 2019, at the Villas at Maple Ridge in Spooner.  Jeanette, a widow of Luther Herman, had moved with her husband to Spooner to be nearer family.  Luther was a veteran of WWII, serving in the US Navy. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 1:00 pm, at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery with Pastor Bill Schroeder officiating.   Please return later for a...

Ruth M. Trettin, age 98, of Hayward, WI passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at Country Terrace Assisted Living in Hayward, WI. Ruth Marjorie was born October 31, 1920 in Spooner, WI the daughter of Melford (Bay) and Karen (Hanson) Norton.  She was raised in Spooner and graduated from high school there.  During World War II Ruth went to work in an ammunitions plant in St. Paul.  After the war she moved back to Spooner where she worked and married Mervin Nelson. ...

Sandra K. Pederson, age 75, formerly of Eau Claire, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at her home in Barnes, WI.  She was born July 21, 1943 in Eleva, WI the daughter of Phillip and Marjorie (Semingson) Tollefson.  On October 14, 1961, Sandra married the love of her life David Larry Pederson at the Eleva Lutheran Church in Eleva, WI. Sandra was positive, energetic, and a gifted conversationalist which made her the life of the party and won the hearts of those...

Joyce A. Hanson (Kommerstad), 88, of Spooner passed away on February 12, 2019. Visitation will be 4-6pm on Monday, February 18th, 2019 at Spooner Funeral Home and again at 10am on February 19th, 2019 at the United Methodist Church (312 Elm St, Spooner, WI). Funeral services will be held at 11am on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 at United Methodist Church in Spooner with Pastor Ferdinand Serra presiding. Burial will follow at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Hwy 53 in...

June C. Jerome, age 84, of Drummond, WI passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 surrounded by her loving family at Hayward Health Center nursing home in Hayward, WI.  June Carol was born May 31, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Alfred & Edith (Knudson) Pedersen.  June moved from Chicago to Cable, WI in 1947. There she attended grade & high school in Cable and graduated in 1953.  She attended Superior State College from 1953-1957, graduating with a Bachelor...

Cheryl Louise (Erickson) Peterson, age 65, passed away on Saturday, February 9th at home, after a courageous battle with cancer. Cheri was born on April 8, 1953, in Beloit, WI, the daughter of the late Gus E. Erickson and Dorothy J.  Polaski Erickson Grass. She graduated from Cassville High School in 1971. She is survived by her husband, Larry D. Peterson, her children Jennifer (George II) Urban, Ryan Ley and Valerie Ley. She is also survived by Larry’s sons Marty (Lisa)...

     Tom E. DeWitt, age 75, passed away on February 7, 2019 at Maple Ridge Care Center in Spooner, WI.  Tom was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and his family moved to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin when he was at an early age.  Tom received a civil engineering degree with honors from Marquette University-Milwaukee and a master of science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He served as a commissioned officer during the Vietnam...

Audrey Larsen, age 92, of Solon Springs, WI passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 in hospice care at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN.  Audrey Jean was born April 25, 1926 in Superior, WI the daughter of Ira and Blanche (Sauers) Anderson.  During World War II Audrey went to work at Globe Ship Yard as a welder.  After her work with the ship yard, she went to work for Amundson Archery in Superior for ten years; after which she worked for the Police Department in...

Kathy Clark, age 70, left this world after a very courageous battle with breast cancer and its complications.  Throughout, she remained positive, upbeat and never complained and chose to go when faced with unbeatable obstacles that provided no quality to life. Kathy had a simple life that she loved dearly and was a dedicated wife and mother.  Her family and friends meant everything to her.  She had a great love for nature, animals and enjoyed feeding the deer, turkeys, bear,...

Betty Collins of Spooner passed into the hands of our Lord on February 4th at St Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, MN with her loving husband of 55 years by her side. Born in Spooner, WI to Raymond and Olive (Satter) Bray. Betty married William Collins on November 30th 1963 in her home town. In 1987, due to health challenges they sold their home, downsizing to a more manageable life style. Despite these challenges faced throughout the remainder of her life Betty focused on moving forward....