Obit: Sholtz, Fern B. (1917 - 1983)

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

Surnames: Sholtz, Bowen, Mortenson, Belmer, Richardson, Peterson, Gassen, Huser, Galbreath, Opelt, Hohman

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/24/1983

Sholtz, Fern B. (12 June 1917 – 22 February 1983)

Fern B. Scholtz, 65, of Waukesha died February 22 at Waukesha Memorial Hospital after a heart attack.

Fern Sholtz, formerly Fern Bowen, was born June 12, 1917, in Longwood. Fern was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bowen. The Bowens operated the Shortville Store several years before Mr. and Mrs. Ragnar Mortenson purchased it in 1932.

She was a member of the Frist United Methodist Church, the church’s Over 60 Club, the Golden Agers, the Asbury Fellowship and the Guys and Dolls Dance Club.

She is survived by her husband, Vernon; two daughters, Arlene Belmer of Waukesha and Anita Richardson of Mukwonago; a brother, Howard Bowen, Wis. Rapids; a sister, Lorraine Peterson, Westboro; and nine grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents and a brother Dick.

Services were held Thursday, February 24, at the Rudolph Funeral Home and burial was in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha.

Attending the funeral from this area were Mrs. Virginia Gassen, Neillsville, and Thoe Huser, Arpin; both are cousins of Vernon Sholtz. Also attending were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Galbreath, Mrs. Art (Ada) Opelt of Neillsville and Mrs. Gen Hohman, Wis. Rapids.