Obit: Meske, Albert E. (1919 - 2006)

Contact: Crystal Wendt
Email: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Meske, Brandt, Albert, Allen, Huless, Heimbruch, Jaeger, Grottke, Wendt, Revling, Finder Bloch, Holtz

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) March 11, 2006

Meske, Albert E. (19 Dec. 1919 – 9 March 2006)

Albert E. Meske

Albert E. Meske, 86, of 8399 Highway Y, died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at Three Oaks at Marshfield.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 13, 2006, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Rev. Robert A. Brandt will officiate and Jolene Albert will be the organist for William A. Allen as soloist.

Burial will take place in Hillside Cemetery and serving as pallbearers will be Mike Hurless, Scott Heimbruch, Scott Jaeger, Roger Grottke, John Wendt and Lester Revling.

The visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of service Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Rembs/Kundinger Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Albert was born Dec. 19, 1919, in Neillsville to Herman and Minnie (Finder) Meske. He attended Neillsville schools. He married Vada E. Kutsche on Dec. 14, 1941, in Winona, Minn. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1991 and observed 64 years of marriage last December. In his early years, Albert was employed at Neillsville Condensery until 1943, when he moved to Marshfield. He then was employed at Weinbrenner Shoe Factory for 42 years until his retirement.

Albert was an avid outdoorsman and loved hunting and fishing with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The Meskes enjoyed many weekends at their cottage in Hatfield. After his retirement, he enjoyed repairing small engines, maintaining his home and traveling and camping throughout the United States.

He is survived by his wife, Vada, Marshfield, and two daughters, Diane (Terry) Bloch, Manawa, and Karen (Scott) Hurless, Marshfield. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Karmin (Scott) Heimbruch, Mike (Karen) Hurless, Tanya (Scott) Jaeger and Laeiad Hurless; his great-grandchildren, Jestin and Kyler Heimbruch, Dylan and Kaleb Hurless, Joanna Leigh Hurless and Kelsey and Makenna Jaeger.

He is further survived by three sisters, Ella Holtz, Bertha Grottke, and Mable Meske, all of Neillsville, Wis.

He was predeceased by his parents and a grandson, Sgt. Jody Leigh Hurless.

Memorials may be designated in his name to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Marshfield.

Condolences may be sent online to www.rembsfh.com

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