Obit: Mechelke, Violet O.P. #3 (1926 - 2013)

Contact: Audrey Roedl
Email: audero@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Mechelke, Burgess, Amundson, Becker, Miller

----Source: The Loyal TRG (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 08 May 2013

Mechelke, Violet (03 Oct 1926 -01 May 2013)

Violet O. P. “Vi” Mechelke. 86, Loyal, died on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Saturday. May 4, at York Center United Methodist Church. Rev. Patsy Roe officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Doug Becker, Corey Miller, Shawn Miller, Jason Mechelke, Shannon Nelson and Harley Ambellang.

Violet Olga Pauline Burgess was born on Oct. 3, 1926, in Tony, the daughter of James and Olga (nee Amundson) Burgess. She was raised and received her education in the Tony area, graduating from Tony High School in 1947. After high school, Vi Moved to Milwaukee for a short time and then returned to Tony. She married Warren A. “Duke” Mechelke on June 30, 1948, at the Methodist Church in Ladysmith. They lived in Ladysmith for three years before moving to the state of Washington for one year. They returned to Ladysmith and resided there until purchasing a farm in Loyal, im September 1958, where she farmed with her husband and raised their family. Vi a;so worked other jobs, including as a writer for the TRG newspaper (“Take 5 with Vi”). Weinbrenner Shoe Factory, Figi’s and the Star Lodge Motel. After retiring from farming, they continued to live on the farm until the present time. Vi was a member of York Center United Methodist Church and its UMW, a member of the Clark County Homemakers, and formerly a member of the Clark County Choraliers. She started the Jolly Workers 4-H Club that she was involved with for 18 years, was a member of the Circle 8 Squares Dancers, and was a Sunshine Girl. She had many interests, but especially loved writing and was an accomplished writer, publishing two books, “The Woodshed” and “The Way Home.” She also enjoyed reading, playing dartball, Music and singing.

She will be dearly missed by her husband, Duke, Loyal; her children, Bonnie (Jerome) Becker, Marshfield, Jack (Barbara) Mechelke, Loyal, Arlene (Marvin) Miller, Loyal, and James (Dawn Lagasse) Mechelke, Loyal; eight grandchildren, Doug Becker, Karen (Shannon) Nelson, Kim (Harley) Ambelang, Amy Mechelke, Jason (Katie) Mechelke, Jodi (Travis) Applegate, Corey (Nik) Miller and Shawn Miller; nine great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Brooklyn, Rendon, Ridge, Desirae; Teanna, Sawyer, Velda and Violet; and one sister, Martha Jondle, Shellsburg, Iowa.

Vi was preceded in death by her parents; one grandson, Luke Miller; one brother, Leo Burgess, and one sister, Hazel Seagren.

Online condolences may be expresses at www.cuddiefh.com.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal, assisted the family with arrangements.