Bio: Cardarelle Family (Reunion - 1979)

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

Surnames: Cardarelle, Duschak, Anthony, Cook, Hagie, Denkmann, Anderson, Andrews, O’Brian, Reinal, Wiesner, Michelkamp, Hagie, Meredith, Simenson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/23/1979

Cardarelle (Reunion – 18 August 1979)

Over 60 descendants of the Liberato and Mary (Duschak) Cardarelle family gathered August 18 in Neillsville’s Schuster Park for a reunion picnic. It was the first time that the family rejoined enmasse since 1960.

The patriarch of the family, Liberato, emigrated from Italy to America in 1879. His future wife emigrated from Bohemia one year later. Mr. and Mrs. Cardarelle moved to the Neillsville area in 1890, homesteading on what is now known as the River Road in the Town of Pine Valley in Sec. 33.

The couple had nine children, including five sons, John, Joe, Mike, Louie and Tony; and four daughters, Mrs. Ann Anthony, Mrs. Zanza Cook, Mrs. Amelia Hagie and Mrs. Vivian Denkmann. All are now deceased.

Attending the reunion were Gen Cardarelle, Mr./Mrs. R. Waldo Anderson & children, Krista, David, Jeffrey, Lee and Steven, Mr./Mrs. Frank Cardarelle & daughters, Amy and Julie, Lyneen Cardarelle and Connie Cardarelle, all of Minneapolis; Mr./Mrs. Richard Andrews & children Kevin & Keri, Quincy, Calif.; Mrs. Hada Cardarelle, Ardelle Cardarelle & son Jeff, Mr/Mrs. Donald Cardarelle & children, Cheryl, Randy, Jim Bob and Bill and Gary and Patty O’Brian, of West Bend.

And joining them were Mr./Mrs. Mike Reinal, Kewaskum; Mr/Mrs. Melvin Cardarelle & children, Mary Jane, Joey and Sandra, Sheboygan Falls; Mr./Mrs. Ollie Wiesner & children, Dan, Kathy, Joanne and Patrick, Brownsville; Lorraine Anthony & daughter, Lori, Madison; Mr./Mrs. Peter Michelkamp & children, Ramona, Barbara and Bill, Stevens Point; Jack Hagie & son, Brian, Wausau; Mr./Mrs. Tom Meredith & daughters, Valerie, Margie and Janet, and Paul and Tracey Simenson & Daughter, Clarice, all of Neillsville.