Cumberland Advocate: Obituaries

Jessica J. Hare, 41, of Comstock died Sunday, June 29, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital in Marshfield, WI.

She was born March 21, 1967 in Rice Lake, to Gene and Joan (Bartels) Hedke. Jessica was raised in the Cumberland area and graduated from Cumberland High School in 1985.

She attended UW-Superior for three years.

Jessica was married in Cumberland, on September 3, 1988 to David Hare. Jessica and David lived in Comstock together and she was employed by dca manufacturing.

She is survived by her husband, David of Comstock; one daughter, Justice Hare of Comstock; her parents, Gene and Joan Hedke of Cumberland; one sister, Jody (Clint) Penk of Litchfield, MN; one niece, and two nephews. She is also survived by her mother and father-in-law, Patricia and Larry Ranken of Rochelle, IL; her sister-in-law, Belynda (Francis) Charbonneau; one niece, one nephew,grandmother-in-law, Betty (Nanny) Strenke and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Christ Lutheran Church, Pipe Lake, with Rev. Steve Miller officiating.

Burial will be in Cedar Lake Cemetery, Mikana.

Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 PM on Wednesday at the Skinner Funeral Home, Cumberland and one hour prior to service on Thursday at the church.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Skinner Funeral Home of Cumberland.

Nick L. Kathrine, 78, of Turtle Lake died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at his home.

He was born June 24, 1930 in Arland Twp, to John and Anna (Bauer) Kathrine. He was raised in Arland where he attended Victory School.

He served with the United States Army Air Force from 1947- 1949.

He was married in Prairie Farm on February 19, 1949 to Norma Thorp. They lived in Arland before moving to Turtle Lake in 1957.

Nick worked at AMPI for 40 years as a lab technician. After his retirement from AMPI, he worked part time at Cenex in Turtle Lake and the St. Croix Casino for 16 years. He served on the Turtle Lake Village Board for nine years.

He is survived by his wife, Norma of Turtle Lake, two daughters, Judy (Steven) Schryver of Turtle Lake and Tereasa (Lanny) Paulson of Barronett; one son, Rick Kathrine of Superior; seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and two sisters, Celia (James) Wrobel of Minneapolis, MN and Marie Lolwing of Almena.

He was preceded in death by five brothers, Bill, Joe, Alex, Fritz and Harley and three sisters, Anne, Lena and Gladys.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 3, 2008 at First Lutheran Church of Arland with Rev. Kenneth Kuziej officiating.

Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Turtle Lake.

Pallbearers will be Brandon Junkans, Ryan Ostenson, Jeff Becker, Harland Becker, Dennis Kuhn and Bill Gelting.

Honorary pallbearers will be Harvey McCann, Brent Thill, Nicholas Markgren, Lanny Paulson, Steve Schryver, Larry Wrobel, Sam Nelson and Julian Nelson.

Friends may call from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Skinner Funeral Home in Turtle Lake and for one hour before services on Thursday at the church.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Skinner Funeral Home of Cumberland/Turtle Lake.

Marie C. Soltau, 88, of Turtle Lake died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at Cumberland Extended Care Unit.

She was born July 24, 1919 in Turtle Lake, to August and Theresa (Minnichsoffer) Klingelhoets.

Marie was raised in Turtle Lake and graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 1937.

Prior to her marriage she worked in the Twin Cities.

She was married in April 1940 to Arden “Slug” Soltau who preceded her in death on October 30, 1986.

Slug and Marie lived in Turtle Lake and operated the Sunny Brook Bar from 1954 to 1962 and Slug’s Steak House on Upper Turtle Lake from 1962-1972.

She is survived by four sons, Robert Soltau of Clearwater, FL, Charles (Mona) Soltau of Alexandria, Egypt, Joseph (LeeAnn) Soltau of Amery and Timothy Soltau of Turtle Lake; two daughters, Linda (Steven) Kjeseth of Plano, TX and Vicki Kruger of Baldwin; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Louise (Francis) Schaubschlager of Oxnard, CA and two brothers, George Klingelhoets of KY and Frank (Rose) Klingelhoets of Turtle Lake.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, James and one sister, Loretta.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at St. Ann Catholic Church, Turtle Lake, with Father David Lusson officiating.

Burial was in St. Ann Cemetery, Turtle Lake.

Pallbearers were Kipp Harris, Andrea Wenzel, Mitchell Kjeseth, Suzanne Soltau, Sarah Soltau and Sally Soltau. Friends may call from 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. Wednesday at the church.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Skinner Funeral Home of Turtle Lake.

Leonard E. Bauer, 86, of Aitkin, MN, died Monday, June 30, 2008 at Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin.

He was born August 29, 1921 in Goltry, OK to Alec and Eva Baer.

He was a U.S. Army Air Corp. Vetern serving in WWII. He was a member of the Carpenters’ Union Local #87 of St. Paul.

He is survived by four sons and daughter-in-law: Leonard (Linda) of Aitkin, Robert of Olympia, WA, John of Aitkin, Brian of Tulsa, OK, 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, two brothers and sisters-in-law, Valentine (Donna) of North St. Paul, MN, John (Mattie) of Sapulpa, OK, one sister and brother-in-law, Adeline (Fred) Donath of Clear Lake, and special friend, June Hanson of Willernie.

He was preceded in death by his son Kevin, Edith Ritche-Bauer, four sisters, Eva Dabruzi, Elizabeth Rosenbush, Angeline Jones, and Clara Bowers, one brother, Alexander, and his parents.

Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service on Thursday, July 3 at Sorensen-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitkin. Reverend David Becker will officiate.

Military honors will be accorded by the Aitkin American Legion Lee Post #86, and VFW Roberts-Glad Post #1727.

Arrangements were handled by Sorensen-Root-Thompson Funeral Home of Aitkin, MN.