Obit: Wehrman, Wilred "Willie" Wilbur (1932 - 2006)
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Surnames: Wehrman, Lemke, Swim, Castner, Thorson, Zinen, Hoops, Wahl, Strebe, Gungor, Stabnow, Miles, Kobiski, LaBarge, Gabrovic

----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald, Oct 27, 2006

Wehrman, Wilfred "Willie" (7 May 1932 - 24 Oct. 2006)

Wilfred 'Willie' Wehrman

LOYAL -- Wilfred "Willie" Wilbur Wehrman, 74, of Loyal died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, at his home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Loyal. Burial will follow in the Loyal Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. today at Cuddie Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

He was born May 7, 1932, in the town of Beaver to William and Martha (Lemke) Wehrman. Willie served during the Korean conflict from Dec. 12, 1952, until his honorable discharge on Dec. 11, 1954. He married Beverly Swim in 1953 and they later divorced. He married Marcella Castner in Neillsville on Oct. 7, 1960. She preceded him in death on Nov. 26, 1988. He then married Beverly Thorson at Trinity Lutheran Church on April 30, 1994. He retired from Colby Packaging and Northside Elevator in 1997.

Survivors include his wife, Beverly of Loyal; seven children, Janet (Frank) Zingen, Homer Glen, Ill., Charlotte Hoops, Rockford, Ill., Leonard (Rhonda) Wehrman, Loyal, Mary (Doug) Wahl, Madison, Susan (Timothy) Strebe, Marshfield, Tom (Sharlene) Wehrman, Spencer, Steve (Kris) Wehrman, Chili; five stepchildren, Debbie (Mark) Gungor, Stevens Point, Randy (Lynn) Stabnow, Greenwood, Galen Thorson (Avis Miles) Arcadia, Valeria Lake, West Allis, Mark (Yvette) Thorson, Stanley; 12 grandchildren, 11 stepgrandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren; two brothers, Victor (Mary) Wehrman, Jamestown, Tenn., and Dale (Joan) Wehrman, Greenfield; and three sisters, Alice (Gerald) Kobiske, Loyal, Agnes LaBarge, Arpin, and Elaine Gabrovic, Conrath.