Obit: Boneske, Margaret C. (1913 - 2011)
Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Boneske, Downing, Eggebrecht, France, Kundo, Merwin, Ruprich, Shimler,
Zietlow, Zoromski
----Source: The Record - Review (Abbotsford, WI) 3/01/2011
Boneske, Margaret C. (Merwin) (28 NOV 1913 - 24 MAR 2011)
Margaret C. Boneske, 97, Athens, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 under the care of
Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services at Our House Assisted Living, Wausau.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 28, 2011 at
Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, Athens. Robert Ruprich will officiate. Burial
will be in the Athens Lutheran Cemetery.
Friends may call Sunday from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. and again on Monday from 10:00
a.m. until time of services all at the Athens funeral home.
Margaret comes from a big family! She is the third oldest of ten brothers and
sisters. Margaret was born November 28, 1913 in Saskatchewan, Canada, where her
dad grew wheat and worked as a carpenter. When she was 12, the family moved to
Wisconsin to her grandmother's farm just outside of Abbotsford.
On February 24, 1932, she married Arnold Boneske in Athens. He preceded her in
death on August 7, 1993. Margaret farmed with her husband for many years in the
town of Bern and the town of Halsey. Among her favorite pastimes, she enjoyed
fishing and gardening.
Survivors include, two sons, Roy (Caroline) Boneske and Kenneth (Viola Downing)
Boneske, both of Athens; one daughter, Darlene (Donald) Zietlow, Wausau; one
sister, Ruby (Elmer) France, Wausau; 17 grandchildren; 38 great grandchildren;
19 great great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Susan (Shimler)
Merwin; one son, Gerald Boneske; three great grandchildren, Luke, Zachary and
Travis Boneske; three sisters, Lillian Eggebrecht, Valerie Kundo and Marjorie
Zoromski; and five brothers, Aaron, George, Archie, Ralph and Leland Merwin.
Online condolences at
www.petersonkraemer.com.
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