Obit: Lavin, Frank N.  (1916 - 2009)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Babcock, Beegle, Bjerke-Ulliman, Bose, Brulport, Emmerich, Halverson, Homalka, Kohl, Lavin, Neibacher  
 

----Source: The Star News (Medford, Taylor Co., WI), Thursday, June 11, 2009, Online Edition 
 

Lavin, Frank N. (December 21, 1916  - June 8, 2009) 
 

Frank N. Lavin, 92, Medford, died Monday, June 8 at Memorial Nursing Home in Medford, where he had resided the past seven months.  
 

Funeral services will be held Friday, June 12 at noon at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in the Town of Holway, with Pastor Kris Bjerke-Ulliman officiating. Burial will be at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in the Town of Holway.  
 

Honorary pallbearers are Floyd Neibacher, Howard Lavin and Harvey and Richard Halverson. Active pallbearers are Mark Bose, Clarence "Buddy" and David Beegle, Mike Emmerich, Mike and Marvin Lavin and Randy and Andy Kohl.

 
Visitation will be held at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. 
Frank Lavin was born December 21, 1916 in the Town of Holway to the late Thomas and Ida (Neitzel) Lavin. He attended Lincoln Elementary School in the Town of Holway.

 
On June 28, 1969 in Racine, he married Arlyne W. Watson-Kohl, who preceded him in death on January 21, 1982. In his early years, he worked as a farm hand in the area and in the Dakotas for periods of time. He then worked in the CCC Camps of northern Wisconsin, and returned to the area and farmed in the Town of Holway for many years until retirement. He entered the nursing home in October 2008.

 
He was a member of Our Saviours Lutheran Church where he was a past council member and cemetery association member. He enjoyed helping people, doing church work, cooking and baking.

 
Survivors include two stepdaughters, Nancy Ann Brulport of Racine and Ruth Margaret "Cookie" Bose of Sturtevant; a sister-in-law, Eleanor Lavin of Butternut; 18 step grandchildren; and numerous step-great-grandchildren.

 
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by six brothers, Edward, Clarence, Arnold, William and two in infancy; and two sisters, Edna Homalka and Helen Babcock.

 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Our Saviours Lutheran Cemetery.

 
Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com 
 

Hemer Funeral Service of Medford assisted the family with arrangements.