Obit: Edblom, Irene V. (1931 – 2001)
Contributed to the Clark Co., WI History Buffs

Surnames: EDBLOM HENKE LANGJAHR KELLER BENDER FUST KELLY DREXLER SPANGLER

----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Friday, 6 July 2001

Edblom, Irene V. (30 Apr. 1931 – 5 July 2001)

Medford – Irene V. Edblom, 70, of Medford, formerly of Colby, died July 5, 2001, at Wausau Hospital in Wausau.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Unity.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday at the church.

She was born April 30, 1931, in Riplinger to Arvin and Velma (nee Henke) Langjahr. She had farmed in Colby for 48 years, retiring in 1998.

She is survived by her husband, Alvin Edblom of Medford; her children, Cheryl (Barry) Keller of Phillips, Deborah (Daniel) Bender of Colby; Perry (Michele) Edblom of Dorchester, Wendy (Brian) Fust of Wausau and Carla (Mark) Kelly of Athens; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; three brothers, Ellis (Ruth) Langjahr of Wausau, Arvin (Eleanor) Langjahr of Unity and Donald Langjahr of Eau Claire; and two sisters, Doris Drexler of Marshfield and Lois Spengler of Wausau.