Obit: Guth, Alvin O. (1917 - 2012)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org    

Surnames: Guth, Meyer, Sauer, Adair, Reddin, Gumz

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 04/28/2012

Guth, Alvin O. (4 JAN 1917 - 26 APR 2012)

Alvin O. Guth, 95, of Rice Lake, died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at his residence, Our House Senior Living. 

He was born Jan. 4, 1917, in Dorchester, to Edwin and Louise (Meyer) Guth. 

Alvin attended Dorchester High School. He worked for Meyer Pulp Wood in Park Falls in his youth, and farmed the family farm in Mayville Township west of Dorchester. Alvin married Frances (Sauer) on June 4, 1946. They resided on the farm for 25 years before moving to their home on Lake Montanis in Rice Lake in 1971. 

Alvin was a member of the Cloverleaf Cooperative and the National Farmers Organization. He also served as clerk on the Hill Top School Board for several years, and later on the Dor-Abby School Board for about three years. Alvin was also an electrician and mason in addition to farmer, and worked at Wright Products in Rice Lake prior to retirement in 1982. 

He loved the outdoors including fishing, hunting and gardening. He was an avid craftsman enjoying woodworking, wood carving, and stained-glass as hobbies. 

Alvin Guth is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Donna and Robert Adair of Englishtown, N.J., and Karen and William Reddin of Fox Point; a son, Lloyd Guth and Sharon Gardner of San Diego, Calif.; three grandchildren, Michael and Mackenzie Reddin and Kristine Adair; and one sister, Verna Gumz of Marshfield. 

He was preceded in death by his parents Edwin and Louise (Meyer) Guth; and his beloved wife for 64 years, Frances (Sauer) Guth. 

A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Dobie, Wisconsin with Fr. David Oberts officiating. 

Visitation will occur prior to the church service on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

A joint burial of Alvin's and Frances' cremains will occur at a later date, to be determined, at the Holy Rosary Cemetery located east of Medford. 

Donations to a charity of your choice are appreciated. 

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Appleyard's Home for Funerals, 19 W. Messenger St., Rice Lake, WI.