Obit: Kuehmichel, Lena (1891-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Kuehmichel, Jensema, Helgerson, Behling, Haback, Struck, Wichman Dix, Bruchhauser, Sutor

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (16 July 1983)

Kuehmichel, Lena (30 July 1891-15 July 1983)

Services will be Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church for Mrs. Lena Kuehmichel, 91 who died Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital. She had been residing at the Marshfield Convalescent Center the past 3 1/2 years.

The Rev. Robert C. Reinhardt will officiate and burial will be in Hillside Cemetery. Soloists will be Bruce A. Jensema and Duane S. Helgerson. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Visitations will be at Hansen Funeral Home.

The former Lena Behling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick (Minnie Haback) Behling, was born July 30, 1891 in the Town of Seif, Clark County. She attended Globe School in Clark County was raised in that area.

She and Charles Kuehmichel were married May 6, 1909 in Neillsville. After their marriage, they located in Marshfield and lived here since. She worked for Central Cheese for 17 years, retiring in 1958 Her husband died November 7, 1937.

A member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mrs Kuehmichel is survived by nine children, Karl Kuehmichel, Mosinee; Mrs. Harvey (Norma) Struck, Merrill; Mrs. Marvin (Dorothy) Wichman, Hillsboro, Oregon; Elmer Kuehmichel, Merrill; Arthur Kuehmichel, Gresham, Oregon; Mrs. Alfred (Lorraine) Dix, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Donald (Esther) Bruchhauser, Milwaukee; Mrs. Myron (Doris) Sutor, Marshfield; and Richard Kuehmichel, Portland, Oregon. There are 55 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased bu four sons, four grandchildren and several brothers and sisters.