Obit: Machler, Grace Ione (1941- 2021)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Machler, Berg, Chamberlin, Spaeth, Manthe, Brewster, Buskirk, Stiyer, Maresh

----Source: Plombon Funeral Home (Stanley, Chippewa Co., WI) 10/27/2021

Machler, Grace Ione (5 December 1941 – 23 October 2021)

Grace Ione Machler, 79, of Boyd, passed away October 23, 2021, at St. Joseph’s Hospital-Chippewa Falls.

She was born December 5, 1941, to the late Clive and Myrtle (Berg) Chamberlin. Grace was raised in Twin Valley, Minnesota, and attended area schools. On January 15, 1960, she was united in marriage to Elmer Machler.

Grace worked at ITT in Thorp for many years and then retired after more than 20 years as an office manager at NSP-Excel Energy. She was devoted to her family especially her grandchildren and enjoyed genealogy, traveling with her sisters, puzzles and tending her flowers.

Grace is survived by her children; Marcy Spaeth of Boyd, Greg (Doris) of St. Paul, MN, Jeff (Christian) of Vista, CA; 14 grandchildren, 5 greatgrandchildren, siblings Rosella Manthe of Twin Valley, MN , Clint Chamberlin of Minot, N.D., Ruth Chamberlin of Coon Rapids, MN, and Caroline (John) Brewster of Farewell, MN.

Grace is preceded in death by her husband Elmer, her daughter, Cherie, a great-granddaughter, Riley Michaela and her siblings, Byron Chamberlin, Idabel Buskirk, Beatrice Stiyer and Linda Maresh.

A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 30 at the Our Savior’s Lutheran Church-Stanley with Pastor Kenneth Schmidt officiating. Burial to follow in Evergreen cemetery. A visitation will be from 12:30 until time of service at the church.