Obit: Sternitzky, Delmar #2 (1928 - 2010)
 
Contact: Audrey Roedl
Email: audrey@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
 
Surnames: Sternitzky, Burdick, Luchterhand, Wolf
 
----Source: The Loyal TRG (Loyal, Clark County, Wis. 26 May 2010)
 
Sternitzky, Delmar  #2 (!5 MAY 1928 - 21 MAY 2010)
 
Delmar E. Sternitzky, 82, Spencer, enter eternal life on Friday morning, May 21, 2010, at the Colonial Center Nursing Home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, May 26, at Zion Lutheran Church, Granton The Rev. John Trewyn officiated. Burial was in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery.
 
Delmar Sternitzky was born on May 15, 1928, in Granton, to Alvin and Edna (nee Burdick) Sternitzky. He graduated from Maple Grove Country Grade School and Granton High School, class of 1947. He lived on a farm near Granton until 1948, at which time he moved to Spencer and bought a farm. On May 31, 1952, at Grace Lutheran Church, Nasonville, he married Margie Luchterhand.
 
They owned and operated the dairy farm in the town of Spencer where they raised four children. The family resided on the farm until retiring in 1977. After selling the farm, the couple moved to town. He also worked at Roddis Wood Products, Figi’s Panther’s Cranberry Marsh, Clover Cream and South Dakota wheat fields at various times in his life.
 
He enjoyed playing sheepshead, and visiting relatives and friends. He will always be remembered for his research and documentation of the Sternitzky family history. He was also an avid reader and storyteller. One story that was sure to be told was how he almost drowned in a gravel pit at the age of 9, but was saved by his cousin, Leslie (David) Sternitzky. He was an active member of the Zion Lutheran Church.
 
He is lovingly survived by his wife, Margie Sternitzky, Colby; four children, Jerry (Kathy) Sternitzky, Green Bay, Terry (Lyn) Sternitzky, Spencer, Diane (Tony) Wolf, Chili, and Larry (Tammy) Sternitzky, Stratford; his grandchildren, Angela (Brian) Ness, Nick, Eric, Ryan (Cassie), Meg and Isaac, Samantha, Ben and Evan Sternitzky, Dustin Wolf and Tonja (Steven) Bores; one brother, Wallace (Laura) Sternitzky; and many other relatives and friends. He will truly be missed.
 
Preceding him in death were his parents, Alvin and Edna; one sister, Dorothy; and three brothers, Ben, Richard, and Paul.
 
Online condolences may be made at www.hansenschillingfuneralhome.com.
 
Hansen-Schilling Funeral Home, Spencer, assisted the family with arrangements.