Obit: Neuenfeldt, Howard William (1930 - 1999)
 

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Surnames: NEUENFELDT SNYDER VENET MARZINSKI HEINDL ZOELLICK LAPP EVERS WILTGEN JENSEN ADAM PARK MOLZNER SCHMIDT WAGNER STEPHENS SCHILLING

----Source: STAR NEWS, JULY 21, 1999

Howard Neuenfeldt (1930 - 1999)

Howard William Neuenfeldt, 69, of Dorchester, died Wednesday, July 14, in the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. Funeral services were held Monday, July 19, at Maurina Funeral Home in Dorchester with Rev. James Snyder officiating.

Burial was held in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery South. Pallbearers were Shawn, Todd, Wyatt, and Galen Neuenfeldt, Roger Venet, and Edwin Marzinski. Honorary pallbearers were Robin Neuenfeldt, Wilfred Heindl, Ronald Zoellick, Peter Lapp, Robert Evers, Jerry Wiltgen, and Bruce Jensen.

Howard W. Neuenfeldt was born April 28, 1930, in the Town of Greenwood to William and Frieda (Klein) Neuenfeldt. He attended Brady School. As a young man, he worked with his father in the logging camps and the grain fields of Nebraska and the Dakotas.

His marriage to Wilma Hoffmann took place on September 25, 1953. He held various jobs until they began farming in 1957 and continued to farm for 26 years. In 1985, they operated Wilma's Four Corners Tavern in the Town of Mayville, Clark County. He also worked with the recycling in the Town of Mayville and made U-shaped clotheslines. He enjoyed fishing, playing pool, horseshoes, and the outdoors. He was also a handyman who could fix many things.

Survivors include his wife, Wilma two sons, Robin (fiancee Jolene Adam) of Dorchester and Wyatt (fiancee Tina Park) Neuenfeldt of Curtiss a daughter, April (Roger) Venet of Owen four sisters, Elvera Molzner and Verna Schmidt, both of Stetsonville, Violet (Raymond) Wagner of Owen, and Dorothy Stephens of Marshfield two brothers, Larry and Leroy (Hazel Schilling) Neuenfeldt, both of Dorchester four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents two brothers, Raymond and Lester an infant daughter, Carmel and a daughter-in-law, Tami Neuenfeldt.