Obit: Wickersham, Glen (1930 - 2011)

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Surnames: Wickersham, Krueger, Schiesel, Busscher, Borgemoen

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 12/06/2011

Wickersham, Glen (17 DEC 1930 - 3 DEC 2011)

Glen Wickersham, 80, of Colby, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. 

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at the Christ Lutheran Church in Abbotsford. The Rev. Dr. Gary Paul will officiate. 

A visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until the time of service at the church. 

Glen was born Dec. 17, 1930, on a farm near Chili in Clark County to Leona and Louise Wickersham.

The family, shortly after, moved to Marshfield where he attended Marshfield Senior High School. Glen was active in band and sports in high school and played the saxophone in the late Russ Nelson Band. After graduating high school in 1948, he enlisted in the Air Force.

Glen served in the Korean War as a tail gunner and was stationed in Japan for two years. On his first leave home he was in a major car accident at what was known as Ronivoo Corners. This put him in the hospital for a year. He then finished his remaining tour for the Air Force as a Master Sergeant in a Bomb Demolition Unit. 

After his release from service he went to the Elgin Jewelry School in Illinois and did his apprentice training in Burlington before coming back to Colby where Glen and Audrey open their first Jewelry store in Abbotsford in 1959.

Glen met his sister Joyce's friend, Audrey Krueger, in 1955 and married her April 6, 1956, in Milwaukee and this year they celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. 

As his family grew so did his business and when his children were old enough they joined him in the jewelry business and opened stores in Abbotsford, Neillsville, Marshfield, Rothschild and Rhinelander.

Glen was preceded in death by his mother and father; one brother, Edwin "Buzz" Wickersham; one sister, Mary Lou Schiesl; and his firstborn son, Gary Wickersham, who passed away in 2001.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey, of Colby; two sons, Robert (Beth Busscher) Wickersham of Spencer and Jeffery (Tammy) Wickersham of Weston; a daughter, Debra (Victor) Borgemoen of Colby; eight grandchildren, Kyle and Kaela Wickersham, Ryan and Ryanna Borgemoen, Ashley and Brandon Wickersham, and Zachary and Elizabeth Wickersham. 

He is further survived by brothers, Harold Wickersham of Kenosha and John (Lorena) Wickersham of Delavan; and a sister, Joyce (Donald) Deichsel of Delavan. 

Glen loved to hunt, fish, golf, and spend time with his grandchildren. He loved watching the Brewers and the Packers. He was involved with the Abbotsford Lions, Abby/Colby Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Christ Lutheran Church Choir, Colby VFW, and the Marshfield Elks. He was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home of Abbotsford is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be made atwww.maurinaschillingfuneralhome.com.