Surnames: Dietrich, Jinsky, Kulchycki, Petersen, Stibbe

----Source: The Star News (Medford, Taylor Co., Wisconsin) Thursday, December 15, 2011, online edition

---- Stibbe, Laura F. (Petersen) (February 18, 1936 - December 13, 2011)

Laura Stibbe, 74, Interwald, died on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at her home.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Town of Greenwood.

Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from noon until the time of the service.
Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

A full obituary will be published next week.

----Source: The Star News (Medford, Taylor Co., Wisconsin) Thursday, December 22, 2011, online edition

Laura F. Stibbe, 75, Town of Greenwood, died on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at her home, surrounded by her family, and under hospice and palliative care.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Dec. 17 at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Town of Greenwood, with Rev. Joseph Dietrich officiating. Interment was at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

The former Laura Petersen was born on February 18, 1936 in Camp Douglas to the late Clarence and Dora (Petersen) Petersen. She attended grade school in Camp Douglas and was a 1953 graduate of Camp Douglas High School.

On April 14, 1956 at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, she married Alvin R. Stibbe, who preceded her in death on July 16, 2004. They owned and operated a dairy farm from 1956 until 1977, and she also worked at Patrick Fur Farm and later at Weather Shield.

She was a member of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Ladies Aid, past Sunday school and Bible school teacher, and the Church Pioneers, and worked with the Town of Greenwood election board. She enjoyed gardening, mowing lawn, feeding the deer and birds, cooking, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include six children, Mark (Linda) of Antigo, Greg (Barb) and Jeff (Roxy), both of Rib Lake, Lori Ann Stibbe and Michelle (Tim) Kulchycki, both of Appleton, and Christie (David) Jinsky of Mauston; a brother, Tom (Jean) of Nevada; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, with the fifth expected in June; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends; and her dog, Holly.

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Obit: Wachsmuth, Debra Ann (Shilts) (1958 - 2011)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

E-mail: rloss@bellsouth.net