Obit: Spuhler, Inez E. (1931 - 2013)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Spuhler, Searls, Free, Goodwin, Fischer, Buchholz, Murphy

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 09 Jan 2014

Spuhler, Inez E. (15 MAR 1931 - 28 DEC 2013)

Inez E. Spuhler, 82, Loyal, died on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at the Marshfield Care Center. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neillsville. Burial will take place in the Loyal Cemetery at a later date.

Inez Elizabeth Free was born on March 15, 1931, on her family farm, in the town of York, Clark County, the daughter of Herbert and Inger (nee Searls) Free. She was raised on the family farm and received her elementary education in the town of York, and graduated from Loyal High School in 1949. Inez married LaVern N. Spuhler on Dec. 31, 1949. They farmed for a short time in the Neillsville area, then Marshfield, and in 1955 purchased a farm in the town of Loyal. In 1968, she went to work at the TRG in Loyal, and worked there until retiring in 1992. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Inez had many interests, but especially enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing and baking.

She will be dearly missed by her husband, LaVern, Loyal; her children, Michael (Sharon) Spuhler, Loyal, Jack (Barb) Spuhler, Thorp, and Cathi (Dale) Goodwin, Loyal; five grandchildren, Thomas (Jenny) Spuhler, Loyal, Tracy Fischer, Stratford, Kenneth (Tammy) Spuhler, Elk Mound, Kevin (Kimber) Spuhler, Hastings, Minn., and Damon (Tracy) Goodwin, Loyal; six great-grandchildren, Cheyanne and Alexis Spuhler, Sara and Rachel Fischer, and Samantha and Devon Goodwin; one sister, Viola (Richard) Buchholz, Christie; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Leatrice Murphy; and one brother, Donald Free.