Surnames: Dehne, Olson, Nielson, Shields, Wendt, Ortmeier, Leino, Veurink

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wisconsin) Wednesday, 18 Feb. 2009

Dehne, Arnold E. (13 Dec. 1919 - 16 Feb. 2009)

GREENWOOD -- Arnold E. Dehne, 89, of Greenwood, formerly of Colby, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Church of Christ in Colby, Wis. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery in Withee.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at Cuddie Funeral Home in Greenwood, and on Friday at the church from 10 a.m. until time of service.

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wisconsin) Thursday, 19 Feb. 2009

GREENWOOD -- Arnold E. "Arnie" Dehne, 89, of Greenwood, formerly of Colby, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Church of Christ in Colby, Wis. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery in Withee.

Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Cuddie Funeral Home in Greenwood; and at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until time of service.

Arnold Edward Dehne was born Dec. 13, 1919, in Colby, to Edward and Lydia (Ortmeier) Dehne. He was united in marriage to Tyrni (Leino) Veurink of June 20, 1964, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Withee. Tyrni preceded him in death in 1991.

Arnie worked for Abbyland Meats as a meat cutter for seven years, and then opened up his own butchering and meat cutting business in Withee. He spent 25 years as a meat cutter before retiring in the late 1980s.

Arnie married Alice (Wendt) Olson on June 11, 1994. They lived in Greenwood until the time of his death.

He is survived by his wife, Alice, of Greenwood; five stepchildren, Jerry Olson of Burnsville, Minn., Duane (Donna) Olson of Greenwood, Dick (Margie) Olson of Holmen, Diane (Wayne) Nielsen of Greenwood and Sandy (Kenneth) Shields of Rockwall, Texas; 15 stepgrandchildren, 22 stepgreat-grandchildren; and one brother, Ray (Lois) Dehne of Owen.