Obit: Holtz, Madeline Rose (1945 - 1987*)

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Surnames: Carroll, Holtz, Ludwig, Resech, Rogers, Schmitz, Smola

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 06/03/1987

Holtz, Madeline Rose (Carroll) (19 FEB 1945 - 28 MAY 1987*)

Death notices obtained from the Medford High School, Class of 1963 Index of Kay (Resech) Ludwig.

Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Town of Greenwood, for Mrs. Madeline R. Holtz, 42 year old Town of Greenwood resident who died Thursday night at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where she had been periodically hospitalized the past five months.

Rev. Rueben Schmitz officiated and burial took place in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Brian, Doug and Steve Holtz, Dean and Derik Carroll and Todd Smola.

The body lay in state at Hemer Funeral Home, Medford.

The former Madeline Rose Carroll was born February 19, 1945, at Medford and received her education in the Medford area schools. Her marriage to Gerald Holtz, who survives, took place October 26, 1963, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Medford.

After their marriage, the couple resided at Madison for seven years before moving to the Town of Greenwood, and farmed there until the time of her death.

A housewife and mother, Mrs. Holtz was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and a former member of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church at Goodrich.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her parents, Oliver and Edna (Rogers) Carroll, W2123 Faber Lane, Medford; a daughter, Debra Holtz, Medford; a son, Michael, Town of Greenwood; a sister, Elizabeth Carroll, Lyons; a brother Albert, Medford, and two grandchildren.

Note: * Death information obtained from Wisconsin Death Index and Find A Grave Index.