Obit: Ryan, Elva Mae (1915 - 2017)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Folkman, Gladwell, Guckenberg, Hanscom, Krall, McDonell, Metzenbauer, Ryan, Wilcox, Willkom

----Source: The Cornell Courier - Sentinel (Cornell, WI) 11/10/2017

Ryan, Elva Mae (Gladwell) Metzenbauer (22 MAY 1915 - 6 NOV 2017)

Elva Mae Ryan, 102, Chippewa Falls, passed away Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, at the Rutledge Home in Chippewa Falls.

Mae was born May 22, 1915, to Albert and Cora (Wilcox) Gladwell, in the Town of Wheaton.
She graduated from Chippewa Falls High School in 1933.

Mae worked at the Chippewa Falls Woolen Mill, until she married Lawrence “Pat” Ryan Oct. 26, 1935. They lived in the Cadott area, and later moved to Baraboo, and Rockford, Ill.
Pat passed away Sept. 8, 1971. Mae moved back to Cadott in 1977, and worked for the Chippewa County Office on Aging for 10 years.

She married Harold Metzenbauer in Cadott, May 22, 1984. Harold passed away Oct. 1, 2002.

She is survived by three children – Larry (Hazel), Loretta, Charles (Fran), Roseberg, Ore., and Carol (Keith) Folkman, Ames, Iowa; two step-children – Lois Krall, Altoona, and Detra Hanscom, Eau Claire; stepdaughter-in-law – Cathy Metzenbauer, Chippewa Falls; eight grandchildren; thirteen step-grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and special family friend – Patty McDonell, Chippewa Falls.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; an infant son – James; and two stepchildren – Bill Metzenbauer and Judy Guckenberg.

A Service of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 16, at Leiser Funeral Home in Cadott, with Deacon Ned Willkom officiating. Interment will be in the St. Rose Cemetery following the services.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the services Thursday morning, at the funeral home.

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