Obit: Hemersbach, Lydia Emilie (1924 - 2011)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Hemersbach, Mueller, Hillert, Hinkelmann, Brown, Merlak, Thorson, Steffen, Dahl, Lueneburg          

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) September 14, 2011

Hemersbach, Lydia Emilie (30 January 1924 - 12 September 2011)

Lydia Hemersbach, 87, of Granton, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at the Neillsville Care and Rehabilitation Center.

Lydia Emilie Hillert was born Jan. 30, 1924, in Granton, the daughter of August and Eugenia (Mueller) Hillert. She attended the Roder School in Granton and graduated from the Granton High School in 1942.  She was united in marriage to Henry Hemersbach Aug. 8, 1953, in Waukegan, IL. They lived in Lake Mills.  Henry died June 1, 1983, and in 1986, Lydia moved back to Granton.

She is survived by a sister, Ida Hinkelmann, Byron, IL; brother-in-law, Joe "Bill" Brown, Milwaukee; sisters-in-law, Frances Hemersbach, Zion, IL, Patricia Hemersbach, Tucson, AZ, Angela Merlak, Wonder Lake, IL, and Frieda Thorson, Greenwood; nieces and nephews, cousins and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry; her parents; a brother, Martin Hillert; sisters-in-law, Dora and Marie Hillert; brothers-in-law, Ewald Hinkelmann, Edmund and Tina Hemersbach, Alphonse and Hedy Hemersbach, Wilbert Hemersbach, Martin Merlak; and sisters-in-law, Lydia Brown and Helen and Ed Steffen.

A Memorial Service for Lydia will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Zion American Evangelical Lutheran Church in Granton. Pastor Keith Lueneburg will officiate.  Music will be provided by Marjorie Dahl, organist.  Private interment will be in the Gates of Heaven Cemetery in Marshfield.  Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.

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

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