Surnames: Glamann, Meyer, Dallman, Gumz, Spletter, Berg, Behling, Franklin, Underwood

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Friday, 27 Mar. 2009

Glamann, Violet Marie (10 June 1922 - 25 Mar. 2009)

DORCHESTER -- Violet Meyer Glamann, 86, of Dorchester, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau.

Funeral services are pending. A complete obituary will be published in the Saturday edition of the News-Herald.

The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Dorchester is assisting the family with arrangements.

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Saturday, 28 Mar. 2009

DORCHESTER -- Violet M. Glamann, 86, of Dorchester, Wisconsin died peacefully with her family by her side at Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau on March 25, 2009.

Visitation will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 31 at Saint Louis Catholic Church, Dorchester, Wis. A Mass of Christian burial will follow at 11 a.m., with Father Benjamin Franklin and Father Donald Berg presiding. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Mark Underwood, Steve Meyer, Troy Meyer, Scott Meyer, Justin Meyer, Chad Meyer, Jeff Meyer, Mitchell Underwood, Zach Meyer and Trevor Meyer.

Inurnment will take place in the Dorchester Cemetery at a later date. The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home of Abbotsford assisted the family with her arrangements.

Violet Marie Gumz was born June 10, 1922, in Athens. She attended the Athens and Wausau area schools. On Sept. 10, 1940, she married Alvin Meyer at Saint Louis Catholic Church in Dorchester, Wis. Together, they had five children. She and her husband were involved in four Meyer businesses in Dorchester, Wis. Alvin died March 5, 1975, at the age of 55.

She was a member of Saint Louis Parish and the Ladies' Altar Society. She was also a charter member of the Lady Foresters, as well as belonging to the Green Acres Homemakers' Club.

On Oct. 21, 1988, she was married to Harvey Glamann at Saint Louis Catholic Church in Dorchester by the Rev. Father Donald Berg and the Rev. Warren Behling. She then became a member of the Ladies' VFW of Medford and the American Legion Leach and Paulson Post of Dorchester, Wis. They belonged to the Po.L.K.of A Club and were crowned prince and princess in 1989-90. She loved to dance (especially to polka music), play cards, cook and bake. She also loved gardening, ceramics and traveling. Her family meant the world to her and was her main priority in life.

Violet will be dearly missed by her husband, Harvey Glamann; her five children, a daughter, Judy Meyer (Ed Spletter), and four sons, Donald (Jane) Meyer, Larry (Jackie) Meyer, Dale (Dora) Meyer, and Tim Meyer M.D.; six stepsons, Michael (Peggy) Glamann, Wayne (Sandy) Glamann, Mark (Diane) Glamann, Gary Glamann, Duane Glamann and Ronald (Rochelle) Glamann. She is further survived by 14 grandchildren, 11 stepgrandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and five stepgreat-grandchildren.

Violet was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Alvin Meyer; one sister, Clara Dallman; and five brothers, Martin, Eldred, Raymond, Clarence and Frank Gumz.

In lieu of flowers, anyone who wishes may make a contribution payable to the Violet Glamann Memorial Fund.