Obit: Damert, Edna N. (191 3- 2001)
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Surnames: DAMERT HAUSER BIEBERT ELMHORST GERHARDT ERICKSON LUCHTERHAND SCHOEN SCOTT GRIMM LAU MEYER
----Source: Marshfield News Herald, Thu 15-Mar-2001
Edna N. Damert (1913 - 2001)
NEILLSVILLE--Edna N. Damert, 87, of
Neillsville, died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at St. Josephs Hospital
in Marshfield.
Funeral services for Edna will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at St.
Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville with pastor
Timothy Biebert officiating. Music will be provided by Becky Lange,
organist.
Interment will be in the Neillsville City Cemetery. Casket bearers
will be Dan Elmhorst, Calvin Gerhardt, Pete Erickson, Earl
Luchterhand, Floyd Schoen and Allen Scott.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Friday
at the church.
The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Ednas family with the
arrangements.
Edna Nettie Damert was born on May 7, 1913, in Arpin, the daughter
of Albert and Emma (nee Hauser) Grimm. She attended school in Arpin
and Marshfield and then was united in marriage to Lawrence Damert
in June 1930 in Arpin. After their marriage, they lived near
Babcock and later they moved to a farm in Marshfield. In 1937 they
moved to the Neillsville area where they farmed until retiring in
1979. Lawrence died in 1982. Edna was a member of St. Johns
Evangelical Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aide. She also belonged
to the Good Neighbors Homemakers Club. She enjoyed making crafts,
doing crossword puzzles and crocheting.
She is survived by two daughters, Marjorie Lau of Stratford and
Audrey Meyer of Neillsville two sons, Leonard (Carol) Damert of
Cassville and David (Joy) Damert of Portland, Ore. 12
grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren one brother, Glenn (Dorothy) Grimm of
Harrisburg, Pa. two sisters-in-law, Vera Grimm of New Glarus and
Gertrude DeMert of Neillsville one aunt, Bertha Serchen of
Marshfield and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, Lawrence, she was preceded in death by
her parents four sisters, Margaret, Rachelle, Marie and Alma one
brother, Marvin and one son-in-law, Arthur Lau.
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