Obit: Radtke, Darrell Lee (1938 - 2008)

Poster: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Balzola, Lemire, Radtke

----Source: The Star News (Medford, Taylor Co., WI) Thursday, July 31, 2008, Online Edition

Radtke, Darrell Lee (May 10, 1938 - July 16, 2008)

Darrell Lee Radtke, 70, Bull Shoals, Ark., died Wednesday, July 16 at Baxter Regional Medical Center.

A memorial services was held Monday, July 21 at Kirby and Family Funeral Home in Bull Shoals, with Rev. Kenneth Taglauer officiating. Burial was private.

Darrell Radtke was born May 10, 1938 in Rib Lake to the late Fred and Irene Radtke.

On May 27, 1994 in Rice Lake, he married Emmy Braun Lemire.

He was a commercial loan officer in the banking industry. He lived in Lakeview for eight years, then moved to Rice Lake.

He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, playing cribbage and restoring old cars.

In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, Michael (Jen) of Greenville; a daughter, Colleen Balzola of Iron Mountain, Mich.; a stepson; four stepdaughters; a brother, Donald (Beth) of Carthage, Ill.; four grandsons; and 10 step-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Ozarks’ Hospice House.