Obit: Denk, Mary L. (1912 - 2011)

 

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Surnames: Denk, Scherer, Ducey, Schoonover, Anderegg, Dragon, Hutchinson, Newcomer

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 01/06/2011

Denk, Mary L. (2 JUL 1912 - 3 JAN 2011)

 

LOYAL -- Mary L. Denk, 98, of Loyal died at the Guiding Hand home, in Marshfield, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Loyal. Burial will follow in St. Anthony's Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Cuddie Funeral Home in Loyal, with a 7 p.m. rosary service. Visitation also will be at the church Friday, from 10 a.m. until time of service.

Mary Lauretta Scherer was born July 2, 1912, in Jonesdale, the daughter of George Sr. and Anna (Ducey) Scherer. She was united in marriage to Leonard F. Denk on Nov. 23, 1935, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenwood.

They lived in the Clark County area until purchasing their own farm just north of Loyal in 1946. In 1958, they bought the A&W Root Beer stand in Loyal, which they owned until 1972. In 2003, they moved into Loyal.

She is survived by her children, Sharon (Allen) Schoonover of Loyal, Diane (Gerald) Anderegg of Loyal, LaVonne (Charles) Dragon of Hamilton, Ohio, Patricia Denk of Marshfield, Kathleen (Lawrence) Hutchinson of Stratford, Linda (Robert) Newcomer of Woodbridge, Va., Jeffrey (Kate) Denk of Long Beach, Calif., and Gordon Denk of Marshfield; 33 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard, on May 6, 2007.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com .

Cuddie Funeral Home of Loyal is assisting the family with arrangements.

 

 


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