Obit: Geist, Amelia M "Kit" (1923 - 2007)
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SURNAMES: Geist, Mahal, Wundrow, Tucker, Romanowski, Brocar, Campbell, Porath, Morgal, Glander, Janssen, Guyette, Wundrow, Mahr, Tucker

Source: Marshfield News-Herald, Jan. 5,2007

----Geist, Amelia M "Kit" (7 June 1923 - 4 Jan. 2007)

Amelia 'Kit' Geist

STANLEY -- Amelia M. "Kit" Geist, age 83, of 35564 110th Ave. Stanley, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, at the Oakbrook Health and Rehabilitation Center in Thorp.

A Christian Burial Mass will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Stanley with the Rev. Robert Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Boyd.

Friends and family may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. Rosary being recited, Sunday at the Plombon Funeral Chapel in Stanley.

Amelia was born June 7, 1923, in the town of Delmar, Stanley, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Mahal) Wundrow. She grew up in the Stanley area and attended area schools. She was united in marriage to Raymond Geist on June 12, 1941, at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Stanley, and lived and farmed in the town of Delmar for many years. Amelia was a longtime member of the Holy Family Catholic Church and also a member of the Ladies Aide Society. Besides her love for her family, Amelia also enjoyed embroidering, playing cards, and especially having family get-togethers.

Amelia is survived by her children, Beverly Tucker of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Judy (Ronald) Romanowski of Gilman, Nancy Brocar of Des Plaines, Ill., Donna (Ronald) Campbell of New Holstein, Bernard Geist of Holcombe, Deborah (Rod) Porath of Loyal, Mary (Damis) Morgal of Cadott, Dale (Marie) Geist of Whitefish, Mont., Vernon (Bonnie) Geist of Countryside, Ill., Mark Geist of Stanley, Rick (Dawn) Geist of Kirkland, Ill., Kathy Geist of Mesa, Ariz., and Jacquelyn (Daniel) Glander of Luxemburg; 27 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Angeline Janssen and Janice Guyette; and one brother, Norman Wundrow.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Raymond in 1990; one son, Timothy in 1976; and one daughter, Barbara in infancy in 1950; one brother, Arnold Wundrow in 1991; two sisters, Alvina Romanowski and Rozella "Dolly" Mahr; and one son-in-law, Basil Tucker.