----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 03/24/1982

Scharenbrock, John C. (1903 - 1982)

John C. Scharenbrock, 78, of Route 1, Willard, Town of Hendren, Clark County, died on Thursday, March 18, 1982, at Memorial Hospital, Neillsville.

Funeral services were at 11 a.m., Monday, March 22, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Willard. Officiating was Father James J. Lesczynski. Interment was in Holy Family Cemetery.

A wake service was conducted at 8 p.m., Sunday, March 21, at the church.

Serving as pallbearers were Edward Bayuk, Joseph Bayuk, LaVerne Gregorich, Walter Backus, Herbert Kurth and Bryan Glass. Gesche Funeral Home, Neillsville, handled arrangements.

John Scharenbrock was born on Oct. 28, 1903, at Sheboygan to John and Juliana (nee Adolph) Scharenbrock.

He started his schooling in Sheboygan and then moved with his parents to the Willard area, where he finished his education. He farmed in the Willard area until his marriage to Betty Claire on June 11, 1935, at Rockford, Ill.

After their marriage, they moved to Chicago, Ill., where he was employed as a carpenter until his retirement in 1965. They then moved back to the Willard area.

Surviving him are his wife, betty two children, John C. of Chicago, Ill., and James P. of Raleigh, N.C. five grandchildren two great-grandchildren six sisters, Marie Bourque of Chicago, Ill., Anna Lauer of Stanley, Mrs. Ludwig (Betty) Jordan of Willard, Mrs. Herbert (Alice) Kurth of Neillsville, Mrs. Bryan (Marcella) Glass of Neillsville and Julia Trybula of Willard.

Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother, Andrew.