Surname: Babler, Kraegenbrink, Leader, Loucks, Strese

----Source: The Star News (Medford, Taylor Co., Wisconsin) Thursday, January 6, 2011, online edition

Strese, August Louise (August 3, 2005 - December 22, 2010)

August Louise Strese, 5, Colby, was pronounced dead on Wednesday, Dec. 22 at Memorial Health Center emergency room in Medford, where she was taken earlier by ambulance.

Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 27 at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford, with Rev. James H. Babler officiating.

August Strese was born on August 3, 2005 in Marshfield to Jacob and Kathryn (Kraegenbrink) Strese. She enjoyed country music, walks by the river and her family pets.

Survivors include her parents, Jacob and Kathryn Strese of Colby; maternal grandparents, Timothy and Kathryn (Leader) Kraegenbrink Sr. of Stetsonville; paternal grandparents, Martha and Brian Loucks of Abbotsford; paternal great-grandparents, Margaret and Otto Olsen of Jefferson and Charles Loucks of Abbotsford; uncle, Timothy Kraegenbrink Jr. of Stetsonville; uncle and godparents, Jeremiah and Danyel Strese of Monroe; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by paternal grandfather, Larry Strese.

Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.