Obit: Kath, Arlyle (1930 - 2007)

Contact: Crystal Wendt
Email: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Kath, Hunsicker, Vitort, Hafermann, Harder, Schultz, Card, Pieper, Kowalk, Gunderson

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Thursday, November 8, 2007

Kath, Arlyle (1930 - 7 Nov. 2007)

Arlyle Kath

LOYAL -- Arlyle Kath, Loyal, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, at Saint. Joseph's Hospital Palliative Care Unit.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, North Green Grove.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Maurina/Community Funeral Home, Abbotsford, Wis., and from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

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----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Friday, November 9, 2007

Arlyle Kath

LOYAL -- Arlyle Kath, Loyal, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, at Saint Joseph's Hospital Palliative Care Unit.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, North Green Grove. Burial will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Paul C. Hunsicker will officiate. Pallbearers will be Paul Vitort, Dean Hafermann, Jeremiah Harder, Martin Schultz, Joshua Card and Dan Pieper.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Maurina/Community Funeral Home, Abbotsford, Wis., and from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

Maurina/Community Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Arlyle was born Jan. 15, 1930, in Cherokee (Colby area) to William and Lena (Kowalk) Sachse. Arlyle was married to Donald Schultz who preceded her in death March 21, 1961. She then married Otis Kath on Jan. 12, 1963. They farmed in the town of Beaver.

She had a love of music and dancing and was hospitable to all. She enjoyed playing cards with family and friends. Arlyle was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and then St. Paul's Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aid. She was also a member of the Unity American Legion Auxiliary where she served as president.

Arlyle is survived by her husband, Otis, of Loyal; her children, Dennis Schultz of Dixon, Ill., Diane (Rick) Harder of Babcock, Donna (Barry) Gunderson of Osseo and Todd Kath of South Elgin, Ill.; six grandchildren, Misty Vitort, Jeremiah Harder, Dezeray Hafermann, Angela Card, Martin Schultz and Amber Gunderson and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband, Donald.