Obit: Ristola, Anna A. (1916 - 2012)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org    

Surnames: Ristola, Alin, Nielsen

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 03/21/2012

Ristola, Anna A. (19 MAR 1916 - 18 MAR 2012)

Anna A. Ristola, age 95, of Withee, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Golden Living Center-Continental Manor in Abbotsford. A funeral service will be held 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the Maurina Schilling Funeral Home in Owen. Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until the time of service at the funeral home. Burial will follow the service at Riverside Cemetery, Withee. 

Anna was born at home on March 19, 1916 to Nestor and Gunilla (Alin) Ristola in Withee, Wisconsin. She attended White and Hixon Heights country schools. She graduated high school in Withee in 1934 and for the first year after, she worked in Chicago, IL doing various jobs. 

Anna then moved back to help her parents' farm and worked in different stores in Withee and Owen and moved to Owen. She worked in bakery and IGA store. Her last ten years before retirement she worked for the food service at Clark County Health Care Center. After retirement she volunteered at Clark County Health Care Center for several years.

Anna moved into Continental Manor in Abbotsford in January of 2006 where she remained until death. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nestor and Gunilla Ristola, her brothers, Wayne, Eino, and Eugene, and her sister Ina Nielsen (Nels).

Survivors include her niece, Carolyn Brossow of Abbotsford, her nephew, Stephen Ristola of Milwaukee, WI, and many great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews

Anna always enjoyed having company and always had coffee and a snack for every one

She enjoyed gardening flowers, reading, traveling and visiting with friends. 

Friends may send online condolences to www.maurinaschillingfuneralhome.com