Obit: Berlick, David Ross Sr. (1941 - 1988)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Berlick, Genteman, Langreck, Lucas, Johnson, Snelling, Carlson  
 

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., WI.) May 21, 1988 
 

Berlick, David Ross Sr. (17 March 1941 - 20 May 1988) With Flag  
 

David Ross Berlick Sr. 47, of 1111 N. Peach Ave. died of a heart ailment at about 1 a.m. Friday at his home. 
 

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Hansen Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Steven W. Carlson of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church officiating.  Music will be provided by Carol Snelling organist. 
 

Burial will be in the Windfall Cemetery, Granton.  Pallbearers will be Bill, Larry and Vern Genteman, Francis Langreck, Bill Lucas and Morris Johnson. 
 

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Monday at the funeral home. 
 

He was born March 17, 1941, in Milwaukee, a son of Mrs. Ruth Berlick of Neillsville and the late Norbert Berlick.  He attended Neillsville schools and graduated in 1959. 
 

He married Betty Genteman Sept. 17, 1960, in Neillsville.  She survives. 
 

He served in the U. S. Army for a number of years and was stationed in Germany. The couple later moved to Milwaukee, where they lived for five years.  He worked at A. C. Spark Plug, Milwaukee.  In 1968, he moved to Marshfield and worked at Felker Brothers Corp.  In 1971, he purchased the Chili IGA Market and later Ross Products, Marshfield. 
 

He was a member of Good Shepherd Church. 
 

Surviving, besides his wife and mother, are two daughters, Sandy K. Berlick of Sacramento, Calif., and Deborah L. Berlick of 1617 N. Fig Ave.; one son, David R. Berlick Jr. of 1111 N. Peach Ave. and one granddaughter.  
 

Note: Date of death gotten from Cemetery records.