Obit: Schuette, Kathryn E. #2 (1921 - 2017)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bruce, Hedberg, Heiden, Novak, Ovaska, Peterson, Schroeder, Schuette, Skrzeczkoski, Taylor, Young

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, WI) 10/22/2017

Schuette, Kathryn E. (Peterson) (31 DEC 1921 - 20 OCT 2017)

Kathryn entered into rest on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at her home in Branson, Mo., at the age of 95.

Kathryn E. Schuette was born December 31, 1921, to Henry and Bertha (Schroeder) Peterson in Curtiss. She attended Curtiss Grade School and graduated from Owen High School in May 1940. She also attended Stevens Point College for one year and was then employed by Studebaker Defense Plant in Chicago, Ill., until 1945 when the war ended.

On June 28, 1947, Kathryn and Orville Schuette were married in St. Luke Lutheran Church in the town of Green Grove. Kathryn lived in Rockford, Ill., where she did secretarial work at the Sewing Machine Company. She and Orville also lived in Milwaukee where their daughter, Jeanne, was born. In 1951, they took over the Schuette family farm, where their son, James Michael, was born in 1953. Later, because of health problems, they moved back to Curtiss. Kathryn worked as an aide at Clark County Health Care Center for 16 years. Kathryn suffered the death of her son, James, in 1986.

Kathryn was an organist for St. Luke and St. Paul churches. Her interests were music, art, oil painting, bowling and being with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Bertha Peterson; husband, Orville Schuette; son, James Michael Schuette; brothers, Armin, Franklin, Ramon, Orlyn and Lorrin Peterson; and her sister, Evelyn Novak.

Kathryn is survived by her daughter, Jeanne Hedberg and husband, Franklin, of Branson, Mo.; grandchildren, Jerrianne (Gary) Ovaska of Ironwood, Mich., Jason (Sara) Skrzeczkoski of Spencer and Michael Schuette of Madison; great-grandchildren, Katie (Eric) Heiden; great-great grandsons, Mason and Emmitt of Granton; grandsons, Sawyer Taylor of Pittsville and Adam Skrzeczkoski of Marshfield; granddaughter, Amanda Skrzeczkoski of Spencer; step-great-grandchildren, Shawna (Zach) Young of Marshfield and sons, Elliot and Beckham, Mikayla Ovaska of Marshfield and Gunnar Ovaska of Chicago, Ill. She is further survived by several nieces and nephews; friends and church members.

Special mention of appreciation to Susan Hochreiter of State College, Pa.; Vera Strohkirch of Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Adams, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Schulz of Marshfield; Jean Romang of Medford; Pastor Don Bruce and the Christ Lutheran Church Ladies Aid.

From Branson – Judy Gurney, Sharon Kirkland, Joyce Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hoffman, Pastor Ruby and Alfred Hopper along with the staff at Branson Compassus Hospice and the funeral homes.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at Christ Lutheran Church in Abbotsford. The Rev. Don Bruce will preside. A visitation will be held at 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Burial will follow the service at St. Luke’s Lutheran Cemetery in South Green Grove under the direction of Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home, Abbotsford.
Local arrangements were under the care of Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home and Crematory, Branson.