Obit: Lynn, Sheldon (1899 - 1989)

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Surnames: LYNN AULT EWERT GOETZ KHOLBECK MERKEL

----Sources: Marshfield News Hearld, (Marshfield, Wood Co. Wis.) 12/05/1989

Lynn, Sheldon (20 Oct. 1899 - 4 Dec. 1989)

Sheldon Lynn, 90, formerly of Unity, died at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Continental Manor Nursing Home, Abbotsford, Wis.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Rux Funeral Home, Colby, with the Rev. David Ault officiating. Burial will be in the town of Brighton Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be from 4-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

He was born Oct. 20, 1899, in Chippewa Falls, to William and Mary Lynn. He attended schools in Chippewa Falls.

He married Irene Ewert Nov. 29, 1922, in Unity. He married Margaret Goetz Oct. 23, 1950, in Milwaukee.

He farmed in the town of Brighton where he operated a road grader for 20 years. He also did woodworking for many years.

He is survived by one son, Rudy of Phillips; three stepsons, Roger Kholbeck of Ohio, Joe Kholbeck of Hazelhurst and George Kholbeck of Schiller Park, Ill.; one stepdaughter, Bernice Merkel of Marshfield; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his parents, both wives, one daughter, four brothers, and one sister.