Obit: Thomas, Terry L. (1972 – 1999)
Contributed to the Clark Co., WI History Buffs

Surnames: Thomas, Duchene, Peterson, Thiel, Neisman, Olson, White, Godersky, Hoefferle, Wollenweber

----Source: Central Wisconsin News (city unknown) 25 Aug. 1999

Thomas, Terry L. (25 Aug. 1972 – 18 Aug. 1999)

Terry L. Thomas, 26, Medford, died Wednesday, August 18, at his home. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 21, at Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Home in Rib Lake.

Cremainal interment was held in Garden of Memories Cemetery in the Town of Hill.

Terry L. Thomas was born August 25, 1972, in Harvard, Ill., to Frank and Sarah (Duchene) Thomas. He attended grade school in Illinois and then attended junior high and high school in Rib Lake.

He had been employed as an equipment operator with Allen Olynick Logging Company and also with Northeast Asphalt. He enjoyed art, working on his cars and being with his dogs.

He was a member of the American Kennel Club.

Survivors include his step-mother, Sarah Peterson (fiancé Ed Thiel) of Rib Lake; two brothers, William (Bobbi) of Union Grove and David Thomas of Medford; four sisters, Mary Neisman of Argyle, Sarah (Michael) Olson of Racine, Kathy (Joseph) White of Medford, and Jennifer (Thomas) Godersky of Rib Lake; two stepbrothers, Paul (Tammy) Peterson of Medford and Ricky (Shelley) Peterson of Elkhorn; a stepsister, Gayle (Gary) Hoefferle of Medford; his maternal grandfather, Eugene Duchene of Rib Lake; and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a half-sister, Emma Wollenweber.