Obit: Stuhr, Mayme (1902-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Stuhr, Hopfensperger, Markwardt, Bentzler, Roehl, Foss, Ermis, Wachholz, Wagner, Treutel

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (4 February 1983)

Stuhr, Mayme C. (17 April 1902 - 4 February 1983)

SPENCER -- Mrs. William (Mayme C.) Stuhr, 80, Spencer, died early today at the Colonial Nursing Home, Abbotsford.

Services will be at St. John's Lutheran Church, North Spencer. The Rev. David Ault will officiate and burial will be in Hillside Cemetery, Marshfield. Visitation will be at the Rux Funeral Home, Spencer.

The former Mayme C. Hopfensperger was born April 17, 1902, in Dorchester, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. William (Nina Markwardt) Hopfensperger. She and William G. Stuhr were married April 19, 1921, in Marshfield, They observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1971. She farmed with her husband in the Stratford area until his death in 1974. She then moved to Spencer, where she resided for four years before entering the nursing home in Abbotsford.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, North Spencer, Surviving are two sons, Harold of Mishicot and Ervin of Syring; five daughters, Mrs. Henry (Eleanor) Bentzler of Marshfield, Mrs. Carl Roehl of Chili, Mrs. Victor (Margaret) Foss of Bluffton, Indiana, Mrs. John (Mildred) Ermis of Milwaukee and Mrs. Herbert (Leona) Wachholz of Spencer; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bernard of Mosinee and Harvey of Marshfield; and two sisters, Mrs. Alex (Hattie) Wagner of Marshfield and Mrs. George (Mabel) Treutel of Marshfield.

She was also predeceased by her parents, four brothers and a grandson.