Obit: Dux, Martha E. (1918 – 2014)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Dux, Noeldner, Haessig, Rohde, Counard, McCann, Rottjer

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 26 Feb 2014

Dux, Martha E. (12 SEP 1918 – 20 FEB 2014)

Martha E. Dux, 95, Loyal, died on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at the Marshfield Care Center. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Monday, Feb. 24, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Loyal. Rev. Daniel Zimmerman officiated. Burial followed in the Lutheran Cemetery. Pallbearers were her granddaughters, Tanya Wilke, Sonia Suda, Jennifer Micksch, Kimberly Smith, Lisa Hanson and Denise VanderKooy. Honorary pallbearers were her grandsons, Todd Rohde, Shannon Rohde, Jeffery Counard and Jason Dux.

Martha Elizabeth Noeldner was born on Sept. 12, 1918, in the town of Loyal, rural Greenwood, the daughter of Ernst and Margaret (nee Haessig) Noeldner. She was raised on the family farm, received her education at Seidelman School, attended Loyal High School and graduated from Greenwood High School in 1936. Martha attended the Teacher's College in Neillsville, and graduated in 1937. She then worked as a substitute teacher in Clark County area schools until 1946. Martha married Erwin H. Dux on June 12, 1940, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Loyal. She and her husband farmed until 1975 and then moved into Loyal. Martha went to work at Kehrberg's Variety Store, in Loyal, until its closing in 1991. In their retirement, she and her husband enjoyed traveling the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, California, the Smokey Mountains and Niagara Falls. Her husband, Erwin, died on Sept. 17, 1996. Martha continued living in Loyal until the time of her death. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher, sang in the choir, and was active in Adult Fellowship and the TLCW for many years. She was a member of the Circle 8 Square Dancing Club and a member of the Clark County Homemakers. She had many interests, but especially loved her church, spending time with family and friends, singing, square dancing, gardening, flowers, sewing, quilting, and writing poetry.

Martha will be dearly missed by her children, Marjorie (Richard) Rohde, Greenwood, Robert (Sue) Dux, Marshfield, Sharon (Darrel) Counard, Richfield, and Dennis Dux, Loyal; 10 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; one sister, Laura Dux, Abbotsford; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Erwin; two sisters, Meta McCann and Emma Rottjer; and four brothers, Norbert, Erwin, Herman and Leonard Noeldner.

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

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