Obit: Mengel, Kenneth Dale (1945 - 2007)

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Surnames: Mengel, Anderson, Santala, Palmer, Clarkson

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Mengel, Kenneth Dale (13 Oct. 1945 - 3 Dec. 2007)

Kenneth D. Mengel

WITHEE -- Kenneth Dale Mengel, 62, of Withee died after complications from a previous stroke on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Maurina Funeral Home in Owen, Wis.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

He was born Oct. 13, 1945, in Withee, the son of Rudolph and Agnes (Anderson) Mengel. He married Patricia "Pat" Santala on Aug. 21, 1965. Ken was employed with various businesses in the area including the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen and Kramer's County Market in Abbotsford, retiring due to health disabilities. He had served in the Wisconsin Army National Guard for 10 years.

Surviving are his wife, Pat Mengel of Withee; daughter, Kristin (Wesley) Palmer of Milwaukee; son, Keith (Lisa) Mengel of Athens; five grandchildren; sister, Lois (Lloyd) Clarkson of Dorchester; and brother, Robert (Sheryl) Mengel of Lakewood.