----Sources: TRIBUNE-RECORD-GLEANER (Loyal, Clark County, Wis.) 03/23/2005

Neustedt, Mary Ann (30 Augl 1945 - 21 Mar 2005)

Mary Ann Neustedt, 59, Loyal, died Monday, March 21, 2005, at Memorial Medical Center, Neillsville. Following a 9 a.m. visitation, funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 26, at Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal. The Rev. Daniel Zimmerman will officiate.

Mary Ann Hammond was born on Aug. 30, 1945, in West Allis, to George and Adeline (nee Gall) Hammond. She moved to Loyal as a young girl and attended St. Anthony’s Catholic School and the Loyal High School. She married Richard D. Hebert on Nov. 6, 1961, in Hernando, Miss. They had three sons and later divorced. She married Gary Neustedt on Jan. 7, 1978, and had one son. They later divorced. She worked part-time jobs and farmed until the purchasing the "Old Stein Haus" in 1995. She named the tavern "Bottom’s Up" and ran it until January 2003, when it burned to the ground. She lived in the mobile home park following the fire. She greatly enjoyed talking to people. Reading and going to the casino. She enjoyed cards and get-togethers and she loved her family and was very proud of her sons. She was a very intelligent, determined and hard-working woman who will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Survivors include her sons, Dan (Deb) Hebert, Dennis (Patty) Hebert, Robert Hebert, and Steve (Betty) Neustedt, all of Loyal; her grandchildren, Kaleigh, Nicole, Wade, Ashley, Samantha and Dylan; one sister, Rose Dussow, Menomonie; and one brother, William (Donna) Hammond, Loyal.

Preceding her in death were her parents; two brothers, Jerome Hammond and James Hammond; and her ex-husband, Gary Neustedt.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal, is assisting the family with arrangements.