Obit: Bluedorn, Verla A. (1922 - 2013)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bluedorn, Borgenhiemer, Ingersoll, Squire, Szydel, Truax

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 01/17/2013

Bluedorn, Verla A. (Miller) (17 MAR 1922 - 11 JAN 2013)

Verla A. Bluedorn, 90, Rib Lake, died on Friday, Jan. 11 at Golden LivingCenter in Rib Lake.

No services will be held. Interment of her cremated remains will be at Forest Hill Memorial Park in Oak Creek.

Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements

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----Source: Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake (Taylor Co., WI) Online Obit

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH:
March 17, 1922 at Abbotsford, WI

EDUCATION:
Abbotsford elementary schools and was a graduate of Abbotsford High School; Attended Eau Claire Vocational School and Eau Claire Teachers College

MARRIAGE INFORMATION:
July 24, 1943 at Columbus, Ohio to William Richard Bluedorn who preceded her in death in 1985

PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE:
While residing in Eau Claire she worked as a housewife & mother while also selling Avon products. She resided in Milwaukee and worked at First Wisconsin Bank in the data entry department until her retirement. She moved to Arkansas in retirement and did volunteer work. In 1998 she moved to Wausau and in 2010 to Medford. She enjoyed bird watching, knitting, sewing, crocheting and reading. She also served as a den mother for the Cub Scouts for a period of time.

MEMBER OF:
Past member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Wausau

SURVIVING DAUGHTERS:
Bonnie Szydel, Ogema, WI
L.B. (Peter) Squire, Beaufort, NC

SURVIVING SONS:
Richard (Loriena) Bluedorn, Waterford, WI,
William G. Bluedorn, Glen Flora, WI

GRANDCHILDREN:
5

GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN:
1

DECEASED BROTHERS:
Norman Miller
Gordon Miller

DECEASED SISTERS:
Ethel Borgenhiemer
Nettie Miller
Myrtle Ingersoll

DECEASED PARENTS:
Louis Miller
Fannie Mae (Truax)

OTHER INFORMATION:
Further survived by nieces and nephews