----Source: STAR NEWS, Sept. 29, 1999

Ezra Sprotte (1988 - 1999)
 

Ezra Elijah Sprotte, 11, Abbotsford, died Thursday, Sept. 23 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield due to a sudden illness.

A funeral service was held Monday, Sept. 27 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Dorchester with Rev. Jerome Freimuth officiating. Burial was at Dorchester Memorial Cemetery, Clark County, WI. Pallbearers were David, Russell, Loren, Kevin and Gary Bedroske, and Nathan Sprotte. Honorary pallbearers were Ben Bedroske, Christopher Shotliff, Eric Brusky, Tyler Brandl, Vincent Mohan, and Logan Becker.

Maurina Funeral Home of Dorchester assisted the family with arrangements.

Ezra Elijah Sprotte was born April 27, 1988 in Marshfield to Steve and Colleen (Bedroske) Sprotte. He was currently a sixth grade student at Colby Middle School and played tuba in the band. He enjoyed sports and was a member of the CUDA Pop Warner football and wrestling teams, and Milan Little League softball. He was an active member in the Holton 4-H Club and a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church where he attended Sunday School and the TGIF Youth Group.

He is survived by his parents one brother, Paul, and one sister, Cassandra, both at home his grandparents, Wallace and Dorothy Sprotte, Abbotsford, Howard and Myrtle Bedroske, Dorchester, and Arlene Dennis, Bloomer his great-grandmother, Alma Lineaweaver, Abbotsford and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

A memorial in Ezra's name will be designated at a later date.