----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 12/24/1980

Wisth, Hjalmar (1899 - 1980)

Norway native Hjalmar Wisth, 81, of 8665 N. Lake Dr., who lived in Bayside the past 14 years, died at Veteran's Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1980.

Mr. Wisth, born in Trondjhem, Norway, Norway, came to Greenwood, Clark County at the age of 4. He worked as a lumberjack and a stone mason before enlisting to serve in Panama during World War I. After the war, he worked for Railroad Express for 40 years.

He was a member of Independence Lodge No. 80, F AM, and the Tripoli Temple. Mr. Wisth won a fifth place nationally in a contest for primitive art. He took up painting after his retirement and sold his works in this country and in Europe.

He is survived by his wife, Augusta, to whom he was married for 60 years a son, Arthur (Eleanor) Wisth of Bayside two grandsons, Jim and Bill Wisth of Bayside a granddaughter, Jean (John) Gorski of Fox Point and two great-grandchildren.