Obit: Coulthard, Grant Leroy #2 (1918 - 2011)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Coulthard, Hill, Gillard, Korntved, Girard, Burt, Roehl, Curtin, Feil

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) March 2, 2011

Coulthard, Grant Leroy (24 April 1918 - 28 February 2011)

Grant Coulthard, 92, of Neillsville died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.

Grant Leroy Coulthard was born April 24, 1918 in the Town of Sherwood, Clark County, the son of John R. and Josephine A. (Hill) Coulthard.  He was united in marriage to June Gillard; they later divorced.  He then married Irene Korntved April 24, 1947.  They lived in the Granton area, where Grant farmed his entire life.  Irene died in 1985.  Grant then married Almeda Girard; they later divorced.  In 1989 he married Charlyne Burt.  In 1990, Grant sold the farm and they moved to Marshfield.  They divorced in 2002, and Jan. 11, 2006, he moved to the Memorial Nursing Home in Neillsville.

Grant was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sherwood.  He enjoyed fishing, hinting, dancing and playing cards.

He is survived by a daughter-in-law, Susan (Rex) Roehl of Neillsville; three grandchildren, Nancy Curtin of Mosinee, Michael (Melissa) Coulthard, and Matthew Coulthard of Neillsville; four great-grandchildren, Chase, Aubree, Sierra and Brady; and a step-daughter, Rochelle Feil of Milwaukee.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene, April 14, 1985; a son Gary L. Coulthard, May 23, 1987; his parents, John and Josephine Coulthard; six brothers: Lewis, Milo, Neal, Robert, Homer and Leo; five sisters: Marjorie, Etta, Betty, Olive and Virgie.

Funeral services for Grant will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2011, at the Gesche Funeral home in Neillsville.  Interment will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Marshfield.  Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at the Gesche Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.

The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Grant’s family with funeral arrangements.