Obit: Brossow, Carolyn (1914-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Brossow, Pribbernow, Glenzer, Riemer

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (11 October 1983)

Brossow, Carolyn (30 January 1914 - 11 October 1983)

WITHEE -- Mrs. Frank (Carolyn) Brossow, 69, Route 1, Withee, died today at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. She had been a patient there since October 2, and had been a resident of the Colonial House of Colby the past three years.

Services will be Thursday at the Maurina Funeral Home, Owen. The Rev. Samuel Kochel of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Longwood, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Withee.

The former Carolyn Pribbernow was born January 30, 1914 in Curtiss, to the late Mr. and Mrs. August (Matilda Glenzer) Pribbernow. She was married to Frank Brossow July 8, 1944 in Withee. He died February 29, 1980. The couple farmed in the Town of Hixton.

Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Brossow of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Michael (Susan) Riemer of Withee; three sons, Ronald of Colby, James of Huntsville, Alabama and Randall with the U.S. Navy in San Diego, California; nine grandchildren; and a brother, Fritz Pribbernow of Clear Water, Florida.

She was also predeceased by a grandson, one brother and two sisters.