Surnames: Schwantes, Geisler, Haslow

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Sun, Jan 23, 2005

Schwantes, Dorothy (3 Jan. 1931 - 21 Jan. 2005)

Dorothy *Schwanter

SPENCER - Dorothy *Schwanter, 73, of Spencer, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Saint Joseph's Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at St. John's Lutheran Church.

Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until the time of service at the church.

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Mon, Jan 24, 2005

Dorothy Schwantes

SPENCER - Dorothy Schwantes, 73, of Spencer died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Saint Joseph's Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery in the town of Brighton. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until time of service at the church on Tuesday.

Schwantes was born Jan. 3, 1931, to Alvin and Ida (Geisler) Haslow. She graduated from Loyal High School. She married Gerald Schwantes in Loyal on June 23, 1951. She was a farm wife with her husband in Brighton until his death. She then moved into the village of Spencer, where she resided until having to move to the Colonial Center in Colby. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church.

Schwantes is survived by one brother, Harvey (Darline) Haslow of Colby.

*Note the spelling of Schwantes. This is the way it was in the original obituary.