Obit: Petznick, Carol June (1934 - 2016)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
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Surnames: Brewer, Dahlke, Edge, Faber, Fleegel, Freimund, Gazinski, Hannah, Heidelbach, Kulawinski, Lambrecht, Meyer, Meyer-Schaefer, Petznick, Schaefer, Schmidt, Schreiber, Seliger, Serrehn, Stuttgen, Trenidad

----Source: WIGM/WKEB Obituaries (Medford, WI) 1/07/2016

Petznick, Carol June (Erdmann) (6 JUL 1934 - 1 JAN 2016)

Carol June (Erdmann) Petznick, age 81, formerly of Athens, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016 at Golden Living Center of Abbotsford where she had resided since June 2010.

A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Milan. Rev. Jeffrey A. Lambrecht will officiate. Interment will be held in Athens Lutheran Cemetery.

Family and friends are welcome from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5 at Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford and from 10:00 a.m. until time of service Wednesday at the church.

Carol was born July 6, 1934, in Ripon, WI the youngest daughter of the late Emil and Clara (Serrehn) Erdmann. She graduated from Ripon High School and then worked at a canning factory and hospital kitchen for a short time.

On July 3, 1955 she was united in marriage to Wilfred Walter Otto Petznick. In 1957 Wilfred and Carol bought a farm in rural Athens where they farmed for 43 years. They expanded the farm when they purchased their first registered Holsteins and formed MDS Acres. Wilfred and Carol accomplished numerous farming milestones: Young Farmer of the Year, hosted the first Wisconsin Forage Council Field Day in Marathon County, Wisconsin Forage Pacesetter Award, Hosted the Marathon County Holstein Breeders Twilight Meeting, Northern Division Quality Milk Award, Central Area Council Quality Milk Award, and Marathon County Holstein Breeders Distinguished Senior Recognition. They retired from farming in 2000 and moved to Stetsonville. Carol also belonged to the WWT Homemakers Club for many years. She enjoyed gardening, embroidery work and playing games with the grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by eight of her children, Dorean (Danny) Freimund of Milan, Donna (James) Schmidt of Colby, Debra (Michael) Schaefer of Gilman, Denise (Scott) Kulawinski of Birnamwood, Daryl (Tina) Petznick of Stetsonville, Darvin Petznick of Colby, Marlin Petznick of Stetsonville and Sandra (Michael) Seliger of Hamburg; sister, LaVerne Freimund of Waunakee.

She is also survived by 22 grandchildren: Gabriel (Molly) Schreiber, Dawn (Travis) Faber, Diane & Dee Freimund, Jennifer Schmidt & Jill (Nate) Meyer, Anne (Dave) Fleegel, Patricia (Brian Edge) Schaefer, Crystal Schaefer, Michaela (Justin) Trenidad and David Schaefer, Kimberly (Mike) Brewer and Kristin (Nick Dahlke) Kulawinski, Dominique, Benjamin (Kristie) & Brice Petznick, Emmalee, Elizabeth & Erika Petznick, Troy (Allison) Petznick, Paige & Miki Seliger. Also 13 great-grandchildren: Madelyn & Alyse Schreiber, Lydia & Kolton Faber, Collin Stuttgen, Alexis, Hannah, Naomi & Jacob Fleegel, Annabelle Schaefer, Boone Meyer-Schaefer, Nakeita and Jacobi Petznick.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wilfred, daughter Margean Schreiber, grandson Nicolas Petznick, brothers William (Verna), Harold, Robert, Richard Erdmann, sisters Evelyn (Richard) Gazinski, Ruth (Henry) Heidelbach.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial is being established in Carol’s name.

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