Obit: Garbisch, Viola #3 (1920 - 2013)
Contact: Audrey Roedl
Email: audero@charter.net
Surnames: Garbisch, Wittke, Bardeleben, Olson, Smith, Hamilton
----Source: The Loyal TRG (Loyal, Clark County, WI.) 16 Jan 2013
Garbisch, Viola (21 May 1920-11 Jan. 2013)
Viola Gardisch, 92, Neillsville, passed away on Friday Jan. 11, 2013, at her
home in the Neillsville Retirement Community. Funeral services were held at 11
a.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at Zion Lutheran Church, Granton. Rev. Daniel
Schoessow officiated. Interment was in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery.
Viola Wittke was born on May 21, 1920, in the town of Weston, rural Neillsville,
the daughter of Ferdinand and Erna (nee Bardeleben) Wittke. She married Alfred
L. Garbisch on Dec. 18, 1940, at her parents home. They farmed in the town of
York, near Granton, for almost 30 years. When her husband passed away, Viola
continued to farm with her son, Roger. In 1979, she moved to Hill Street in
Neillsville. For the passed 3 ½ years, she has enjoyed the Neillsville
Retirement Community. Viola attended Pine Valley Mound Elementary School. She
was confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Neillsville with the class of
1935. As a mother, she was involved in her children’s education; she was Romadka
School PTA president, and a band mother; as all of her children played in the
Granton High School band. Later, she continued her education by taking business
classes at Granton High School. Viola earned her High School Equivalency Diploma
(HSED) and her Certified Nursing Assistant Degree from Chippewa Valley Technical
College in Eau Claire. While living in Neillsville, she worked at the Arbutus
Café fir five years and after earning her nursing assistant certificate, she
worked five years at the Memorial Nursing Home as a C.N.A. Viola loved flowers
and gardening. She always had her perennials and flowers in bloom, vegetables in
her garden, and the most delicious raspberries. She enjoyed traveling with
friends and relatives, and she took several trips to Hawaii, the Holy Land,
Europe, Mexico and many states in the USA. As a member of several homemaker
groups, she enjoyed many friendships. She was a member and officer of Zion
Lutheran Ladies Aid in Granton for more than 65 years. She especially enjoyed
visiting her neighbors over the years, as well as bringing cheer to friends who
were in the hospital or nursing homes. She will be greatly missed by all who
enjoyed her good natured spirit.
Survivors include her children, Milton (Nancy) Garbisch, Granton, Virginia
(David) Olson, Chippewa Falls, Eileen (Richard) Smith, Appleton, Roger (Lois)
Garbisch, Granton, and Janice (Roger) Hamiliton, cottage Grove; 14
grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Viola was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred; her parents; a brother,
Lester Wittke; and a great-great-grandchild.
Memorials may be given to Zion Lutheran Church in Granton or to the Lutheran
Hour.
Online condolences may be made at
www.geschefh.com
The Gesche Funeral Home, Neillsville, assisted the family with arrangements.
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