Obit: Frese, Nathale Mildred (1915 - 2006)
Contact:  Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Frese, Herrick, Clark, Martin, York

----Sources: The Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, WI.) October 4, 2006

Frese, Nathale M. (1915 - October 3, 2006)

Nathale M. Frese, age 91, of Thorp, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at Our Lady of Victory Hospital in Stanley.

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. at the Thorp Funeral Home Chapel in Thorp. Burial will follow at the Hannibal Cemetery in Hannibal, WI.

Visitation will be on Thursday, October 5, 2006 from 9 a.m. until time of service at the Thorp Funeral Home.

Thorp funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

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----Sources: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, WI.) October 11, 2006

Frese, Nathale Mildred (January 13, 1915 - October 3, 2006)

Nathale M. Frese, age 91, of Thorp, WI, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at Our Lady of Victory Hospital in Stanley, WI.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. at the Thorp Funeral Home Chapel in Thorp with Rev. Dennis Govier officiating. Burial followed in the Hannibal Cemetery in Hannibal, WI. Visitation was held on Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until time of service at the Thorp Funeral Home.

Nathale Mildred Clark was born on January 13, 1915 to Sidney and Francis (Herrick) Clark in the Town of Polley, rural Gilman. She attended area schools and graduated from Gilman High School. After graduation, she attended Teachers College in Stevens Point, WI earning her certification in elementary education. She then taught school for over 40 years at Gilman Public Schools, Willard School in Willard, WI, the dodge School in Stanley, WI, Goff School in the Town of Reseburg, rural Thorp, Garfield School and Pioneer School (both in the Town of Worden, rural Thorp), and finally at Oxford, WI where she taught school from 1961 until her retirement in the early 1990’s.

She was an avid participant and supporter of Republican politics throughout her lifetime.

Nathale is survived by three sons: Terry (Sharman) Frese of Thorp, WI, Jerry (Rebecca) Frese of Tomahawk, WI, and Vernon (Diane) York of Spring Hill, FL; seven grandchildren: Ashley, Cole, Derrick, Jeremy, Lisa, Scott, and Mark; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Shirley Martin of California and one brother, Audrey Clark also of California.

She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers.

Thorp Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.