Obit: Scheel, Ray (1884 – 1970)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Scheel, Redig, Kippenhan

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 13 Aug 1970

Scheel, Ray (8 JUN 1884 – 9 AUG 1970)

Ray Scheel, 46 of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1970, in the Memorial Hospital in Neillsville.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Aug. 13, 1970 at 2:00 at the Roycraft Funeral Home in Loyal. Burial will take place in the Loyal Cemetery. Rev. Paul Miller will officiate at the ceremony.

Mr. Scheel was born on June 8, 1923 in York Township. He spent one year in the armed forces and then worked in Alaska, and later in Florida doing construction work. He received his education in the Romadka schools and has been a resident of Greenwood for the past five years.

He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Walter (Edna) Redig of Marshfield and Mrs. Paul (Julia) Kippenhan of Greenwood; and one brother, Mr. Donald Scheel of Orlando, Fla. He is also survived by his father, Ralph Scheel of Neillsville.