Obit: Bergeron, Ethel (1922 - 2013)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bergeron, Grams, Schlinsog, Strey, Coleman, Grundy, St. Laurent, Theodore, Walker

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 31 May 2013

Bergeron, Ethel (2 OCT 1922 - 26 MAY 2013)

Ethel (Grams) Bergeron, age 90, of Loyal, died at Colonial Center, in Colby, on Tuesday, March (May?) 26, 2013, where she was loved by the caregivers. Ethel Edna Walker was born on October 2, 1922 in Tiverton, R.I., the daughter of Ernest and Emma Walker. She was raised and received her education in Massachusetts, graduating from Fall River High School in 1941. She was united in marriage to Frank Louis Bergeron on October 19, 1946, in Tiverton, R.I. Ethel worked as a seamstress for several years and worked with her husband on their chicken farm. In 1971, they bought a farm near Granton, Wis., where they farmed and milked cows. Her husband, Louis, as he was known, died on August 20, 1978. She continued to live on the farm with her family, helping them out, until she entered the nursing home in Colby, Wis., on February 23, 2012.

Grams had many interests, but especially dear to her heart was spending time with family and friends, cooking, baking pies, playing cards, gardening and she loved animals. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and talking about Jehovah and his promise of a paradise to come was very close to her heart.

Psalms 37:10, 11 and 29 was one of her favorite scriptures.

She is survived by her children: Margaret (Scott) Schlinsog, Frank Bergeron and Lincoln (Kathy) Bergeron, all of Granton; four grandchildren, Becky Coleman, James Strey, Frank Bergeron III and Jennifer Geiger; nine great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Louis; one son, in infancy; one grandson, Joshua Bergeron; and five sisters, Gladys Grundy, Helen St Laurent, Grace Theodore, Mary Bono and Abbey Sylvia; and one brother, John Kimble.

There is to be a memorial service given for Ethel (Grams) Bergeron at 1:30 p.m. June 8, 2013, at Kingdom Hall in Neillsville, followed by a luncheon at the Legion Hall in Neillsville.