Surnames: Polster, Dahlke, Guden, Doyle

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Polster, LaVerne J. (5 July 1924 - 20 Jan. 2008)

Verne J. Polster

COLBY -- Verne J. Polster, 83, of Colby, died at his home, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday Jan. 24, 2008, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Colby, Wis.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. A Rosary service will begin at 11 a.m. at the church.

Burial will be at Southern Wisconsin's Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Union Grove.

Full military rites will be conducted by the Colby VFW, of which he was a member.

Maurina Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

La Verne was born July 5, 1924 to Peter and Marie (Dahlke) Polster in Stratford. La Verne served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1946. La Verne later married Jane Guden on May 28, 1949. He worked for Northern States Power for 20 years, he then became a salesman for Catholic Family Insurance.

La Verne is survived by his wife, Jane Polster, Colby; sons, Greg (Cathy) Polster, Madison, Jim (Cindy) Polster, Colby, and Mike (Deb) Polster, Madison; daughter, Mary (Eric) Doyle, Seattle, Wash.; one brother, Peter Jr. (Virgine) Polster, Oconomowoc; and seven grandchildren.