Obit: Temte, John R. (1914 - 1980)

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

Surnames: Temte, Vig, Lichte, Hershey, Tempte, Todd

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/14/1980

Temte, John R. (17 November 1914 – 3 February 1980)

A former administrator of Neillsville Memorial Hospital, John R. Temte, 65, died Sunday, February 3 in an Arlington, Texas, hospital after a long illness. He was born on November 17, 1914, in La Crosse and married Elaine Vig.

Temte left the Neillsville community over 15 years ago and moved to Reedsburg, where he served as hospital administrator for five years. He also had similar positions at other Wisconsin hospitals and was vice president of the Wisconsin Hospital Association for a term.

Funeral services were held Thursday, February 7, from the Gant Funeral Home, Reedsburg, with the Rev. William Todd officiating. Burial was to be made in that community.

Surviving him, besides his wife, are four sons, Dr. John and David, both of Boston, Mass., Alan of San Antonio, Tex., and Richard of Grand Prairie, Tex.; one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Kay) Lichte of Reedsburg; eleven grandchildren; one brother, Bernard, Rushford, Mn., and two sisters, Isabel Hershey of Iowa City, Ia., and Jeanette Tempte of Coral Gables, Fla.