Obit: Neisius, Hattie Elizabeth (1930 - 2011)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Neisius, Pietrzak, Apfelbeck

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., WI.) September 7, 2011

Neisius, Hattie Elizabeth (17 September 1930 - 1 September 2011)

Hattie E. Neisius, age 80, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2011, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen . 

Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 9, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bernard-St. Hedwig Catholic Church in Thorp.  Rev. Keith Apfelbeck will officiate and burial will follow in St. Hedwig’s Catholic Cemetery with Hattie’s grandchildren serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2011, at the Thorp Funeral Home, in Thorp, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a 6:00 p.m. rosary.  Visitation will also be held on Friday at the church, from 9:30 a.m. until time of service.

Hattie Elizabeth Pietrzak was born on September 17, 1930, to Grandpa Frank and Grandma Frances. She was raised on the family farm in the Township of Withee.  Hattie married LaVerne Neisius on July 21, 1951.  They operated a dairy farm in the Township of Reseburg and raised 14 children.

Hattie earned her GED and received a nursing assistant certificate when she was in her 50’s.  She stopped farming and worked at the Clark County Health Care Center. She enjoyed gardening, spending time with family and friends, and made religion a focal point in her life. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and shortly afterwards stopped working at Clark County Health Care Center.  She lived in her home until an ill ness and advancing Alzheimer’s forced her to live the rest of her life in a nursing home.

She is survived by children: John, Mary, Kathy, Trisa, David ‘Buck’, Sue, Diane, Paul, Joe, Rich, Dan, Carolle and Mike.  She dearly loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Hattie is also survived by sisters: Mary and Carol; and brothers: Frank and Ted.

Family members who died before her were husband, LaVerne; son, Gerry; sister, Lillian; and a brother Jim.

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

Thorp Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.