Obit: Maki, Violet Doris (1928 - 2018)
Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Fleury, Germanson, Heikkinen, Henderson, Hueckman, Keto, Koss, Maki,
Niemi, Price, Schneeweis, Wasti
----Source: The Heindl Funeral Home (Phillips, Ogema, Prentice, WI) 2/28/2018
Maki, Violet Doris (Keto) Wasti (15 JAN 1928 - 25 FEB 2018)
Violet Doris Maki, 90, Phillips, longtime Brantwood and Tomahawk resident, died
in the Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls on Sunday, February 25, 2018.
She was born in Brantwood on January 15, 1928, the daughter of Andrew and Esther
(Niemi) Keto. She was a 1946 graduate of the Tripoli High School. She was
married to Wilbert Wasti in Brantwood on July 3, 1949 and he preceded her in
death on January 8, 1969. She was married to Oiva Maki on October 30, 1976, and
he preceded her in death on February 19, 2018.
She was a member of Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church of Tomahawk where she was
active there in the LWML and the Altar Guild, she was a member of the Finnish
American Society, and had served as a 4H Leader where she served as a Sewing
Leader. In her free time she enjoyed working as a seamstress, baking Finnish
bread, cooking, playing Yahtzee, dancing, was an avid fan of all Wisconsin
sports, and most important, spending time with her family.
She is survived by two daughters, Shirley (Randy) Hueckman, Prentice, and Kim
(Mark) Heikkinen, Las Vegas, NV; by three grandsons, Scott (Meredith), Brett (Chelsie),
and Seth (Mallory); by 14 great grandchildren; by one sister-in-law, Doris Wasti;
and by one brother-in-law, Robert (Shirley) Wasti.
She is preceded in death by her husband’s; by four brothers, Andrew, Fred,
Oscar, and Melvin Keto; and by five sisters, Helga Henderson, Vieno Fleury, Mae
Germanson, Fannie Schneeweis, and Hilda Koss.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 4, at the Ogema
Baptist Church with Pastor Rodney Price officiating. Interment will be in the
Prentice Cemetery in Prentice, Wisconsin. Friends may call at the church on
Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until the time of services.
The family suggests that memorials take the form of a donation to the Knox Creek
Heritage Association or the Brantwood Community Center in Violet’s memory.
Online condolences may be expressed at
www.heindlfuneralhome.com.
The Heindl Funeral Home in Prentice is assisting the family with funeral
arrangements.
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