Obit: Laatch, Jean Ruth #2 (1926 - 2006)

Contact: Crystal Wendt
Email: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Laatch, Rayment, Romero, Brown, Eliason, Klug

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) March 7, 2006

Laatch, Jean Ruth (11 April 1926 - 4 March 2006)

Jean R. Laatch

NEILLSVILLE -- Jean Ruth Laatch, 79, of Black River Falls, died Saturday, March 4, 2006.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Neillsville, Wis. Interment will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Neillsville, Wis.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until service time March 15 at the church.

Gesche Funeral Home of Neillsville is assisting Jean's family with arrangements.

She was born April 11, 1926, in Owen, the daughter of Agnes and Harry Rayment. She married Francis Laatch on July 27, 1944, in Menomonie. Jean and Francis owned and operated Clark Trophy in Neillsville for some years. Francis preceded her in death.

She is survived by her three children, Jim Laatch (Ray Romero) of Bloomington, Minn., Judy (Wayne) Brown of Afton, Minn., and Jerry (Lisa Jenni) Laatch of Black River Falls; two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and by two sisters, Hazel Eliason and Betty Klug.