Obit: Krei, Beverly Jane (1937 - 2005)

Contact:  Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Krei, Rasmussen, Sonnentag, Hennig, Helland, Brovan, Ottinger, Boyer, Pezall, Roberts, Stephens

----Sources: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, WI,) August 31, 2005

Krei, Beverly Jane (July 6, 1937 - August 26, 2005)

Beverly J. Krei, age 68, of Thorp, died on Friday, August 26, 2005 at Our Lady of Victory Hospital, in Stanley, WI.

Funeral services were held on Monday, August 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Thorp Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor George Olinske officiating. Visitation was held on Sunday, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Thorp Funeral Home, and on Monday, one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

Beverly Jane Sonnentag was born on July 6, 1937, in the Town of Edson, rural Boyd, to Albert and Frances (Rasmussen) Sonnentag and received her education at area schools. She graduated from Cadott High School in 1955. Beverly married George Hennig in 1959 and they later divorced. She was united in marriage to Theodore W. Krei on August 7, 1981 in Cadott, WI. They later moved to the Town of Worden, rural Thorp, where they raised their family. Beverly worked as a general laborer for over 28 years at Amoco Foam Products, in Chippewa Falls, and later worked at the Dairy Bar Café, in Thorp for six years, until her retirement.

She is survived by her husband, Theodore of Thorp; four daughters: Barbara (Jeff) Helland of Augusta; Karen Brovan of Chippewa Falls; Kimberley (Robert) Ottinger of Thorp and Lisa (Jamie) Boyer of Neillsville; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers: Calvin Rasmussen of Reedsburg, WI and Albert Sonnentag of Augusta; and one sister Josephine Pezall of Cazenovia, WI.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter Lori Roberts, one brother Eli Sonnentag and one sister Elaine Stephens.

Thorp Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.