Obit: Wellner, Clarence Joseph (1919 - 2013)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr)
Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Wellner, Meyer,
Lancor, Hanke, Arneson, Fredrickson, Simmons, Bandell, Lalor, Ellis, Friederich,
Dekan, Deinhammer, Smith, Jensen, Felix
----Source: Thorp Courier
(Thorp, Clark Co, WI) 8/28/2013
Wellner, Clarence Joseph (30 November
1919 - 26 August 2013)
Clarence Joseph Wellner, age 93, of rural Boyd,
went peacefully to be with Our Lord on Monday, August 26, 2013 at Our Lady of
Victory Hospital with his nurses at his side. He always appreciated the
caregivers there so much. He thanked the nurses rover and over and said his
goodbyes to his family on Saturday.
Clarence was born on November 30,
1919 in the Town of Delmar, son of Margaret (Meyer) and Michael Wellner. He grew
up on the family farm. His sister, Veronica, and the neighbor girl, Sister
Narcissa, joined the St. Franciscan Order of Sisters in Springfield, Illinois.
He walked to school with his lunch in a Karo syrup pail. On May 7, 1946 he was
united in marriage to Bernice Evelyn Lancor at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in
Boyd. Clarence and Bernice farmed near Thorp with milk cans and then moved to
farm in the Town of Delmar, kiddy corner from the home farm; the woods forty was
part of the home farm, so he was with it his whole life. They made whole rock
piles that were picked by hand. He and Bernice rolled the biggest ones up onto a
flat rack by a board. When he talked about those rock piles, he would always
say, “Now that was work!” There was no tractor and loader in those days; all he
had was a Farmall H.
They took several trips with Joe and Eleanor
Wellner. He had good friends that he butchered pigs with. Clarence and Bernice
were close to God and taught their children to be. He milked cows until he was
81 years old.
Other than Jesus Christ himself, Grandpa was the most
generous man who ever lived. He did everything for his kids and grandkids,
whether it was in material things or teaching them to work hard, never give up
and be humble. He loved his family, friends, farming, and fishing. He lived in
the day when everything was done the hard way. He made fence, cleared land,
hitched up the horses to do the work, picked wild blackberries and blueberries
in the woods when it was good and hot out, filleted fish, took feed sacks to the
barn on the wheel cart, and took care of his pigs chickens, geese, and how he
loved his Holsteins! In 1960, at age 41, he bought a brand new combine. Then at
the dealer’s recommendation, Yellowstone Implement, Shock brothers, Jim and
Dean, Grandpa bought a new tractor to pull the combine. Both were paid for in
full before they left the lot. Grandpa was a progressive, successful farmer
through and through. He was a role model father, a role model husband, a role
model farmer, and a role model worker of that vastly fading generation that so
well knew real work. I don’t believe you measure a man by many means more than
those.
Now he is in Heaven with Jesus, the Good Lord, the Virgin Mary,
and Bernice, and happier than he has been in the last 32 years. He always said
everything stays the same just a little short while. Now his suffering is over
and he is in eternal rest with all those he missed so much. And we will be
together again someday. We know that for sure.
Clarence is survived by
seven children, Paul (Donna) of Eau Claire, Margaret Ann (Allen) Hanke of Edgar,
Evelyn Arneson of Boyd, Peter (Judy) of Boyd, Marianne (Dave) Ellis of Jim
Falls, Jean (Michael) Fredrickson of Cadott, and Carolyn (Randy) Simmons of
Boyd. He is further survived by grandchildren: Maria (William) Bandell, Sarah
(Chris) Lalor, Steven Hanke, Melissa Arneson, Bryan Wellner, Jason Wellner,
Julie Wellner, Eugene Ellis, Becky (Cory) Friederich, Jamie Ellis, Nicole
(Shaun) Dekan, Anna Fredrickson, Samuel Simmons and Benjamin Joseph Simmons. He
was a very special great-grandfather to Blake Joseph Dekan. He is also survived
by great-grandchildren: Braden & Cheyenne Ellis, Jessica & Matthew Bandell,
Monica & Joshua Lalor, and other great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a
sister, Dorothy Deinhammer of Stanley and several nieces and nephews.
Clarence was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice, his parents, his brothers
Leo Raymond, and Norbert, and his sisters Veronica (Sister Theodine), and Mary
Lancor.
He was so happy to see his care-taker Kathy Smith visit and hear
about her horses. He always thanked his friends, like Bernadine Jensen when they
would come to visit and would say, “Come Again”. His neighbors meant a lot to
him and when it was too hot, he would say, “It’s just nice.” He never
complained.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, August
29, 2013 at 1 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Boyd with Father William
Felix officiating. Burial will follow in the Parish Cemetery, Boyd. Visitation
will be from 5 until 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at the Plombon
Funeral Home with a 7:15 parish rosary. Visitation will continue on Thursday
morning from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
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