Surnames: Linster, Beyer, Silkey, Mohr, Wagner, Lawrence

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) April 30, 2008

Linster, Theodore "Ted" Nick (6 October 1911 - 24 April 2008)

THEODORE "TED" NICK LINSTER

Theodore "Ted" Linster, 96, Neillsville, passed over Thursday, April 24, 2008, in the Palliative Care Unit of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.

Theodore Nick Linster was born October 6, 1911, in The Town of Weston, Clark County, the son of Theodore and Bertha (Beyer) Linster. He attended school in Pine Valley Township and then farmed on the family farm. He was united in marriage November 18, 1939, to Marian Silkey in Eau Claire. After marriage, they continued to farm until he retired in 1973. Through 68 years of marriage, Ted and Marian continued to lovingly care for each other.

Ted was a member of the Pine Valley Zion Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife, Marian; a sister-in-law, Sally (George) Mohr of Eau Claire; a nephew, Shane Mohr of Eau Claire; a niece, Heather (Christ) Wagner of Eau Claire; great-niece and nephew, Serena and Destyn Wagner of Eau Claire; and two half sisters-in-law, Ruth Lawrence of Milwaukee and Evelyn Silkey of Marshfield.

He was preceded in death by three sisters, Norma, Edna and Leona.

No funeral services are planned.

The Gesche Funeral Home assisted Ted’s family.