Obit: Northup, Olga Amelia (1913 - 2007)

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Surnames: Northup, Riedel, Krause, Hainz, Grottke

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) May 2, 2007

Northup, Olga Amelia (14 Oct. 1913 - 1 May 2007)

Olga Northup

NEILLSVILLE -- Olga Amelia Louise Northup, age 93, of Neillsville, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at the Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville, Wis.

Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 4, 2007, at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville, Wis. Interment will be in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Friday at the church.

Gesche Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Olga was born Oct. 14, 1913, in the town of Pine Valley, Clark County, the daughter of Herman and Amelia (Riedel) Krause. She was united in marriage to Elmer Northup on Dec. 23, 1936, in Neillsville, Wis. Elmer preceded her in death.

After their marriage, they lived up north for a short time. Later, they lived and farmed in the Christie area. In 1950, they moved to Neillsville, Wis.

She is survived by her children, Gloria (Ron) Hainz and Ronnie (Kathy) Northup, all of Neillsville; 14 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She also is survived by one sister, Eva Grottke of Schofield.