Armella Crist
1912-2010
Armella "Becky" J. Crist, 97, Medford, died Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Memorial Nursing Home in Medford. No services will be held.
Hemer Funeral Service of Medford assisted the family with arrangements.

William Graveen
1950-2010
William "Bill" L. Graveen, Pewaukee, died Monday, March 1. Funeral services were held Friday, March 5 at Schmidt & Bartelt Funeral Home in Menomonee Falls. Burial was at Sunnyside Cemetery in Lannon.

Helen Lindsay
1915-2010
Helen Marie Lindsay, 94, North Oaks, Minn and Pompano Beach, Fla., died Saturday, Feb. 20. Funeral services were held Thursday, Feb. 25 at Lakewood Cemetery Chapel in Minneapolis, Minn., with Pastor Pete Warmanen of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Medford officiating. Interment was at Lakewood Cemetery.
Holcomb-Henry-Boom-Purcell Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Donald Vermaat Jr.
1951-2010
Donald "Don" R. Vermaat Jr., 58, Medford, died Sunday, March 7. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 10 at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford, with Deacon Joseph Stefancin officiating. Cremainal inurnment will take place at Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery at a later date.

Walter Welgos
1922-2010
Walter "Wally" L. Welgos, 87, Thorp, died Friday, March 5. A memorial service will be held Thursday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at Holy Assumption Orthodox Church in Lublin, with Father Ted Wojcik officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery.
Thorp Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Roberta Williams
1940-2010
Roberta Ann Williams, 70, Jump River, died Friday, March 5, 2010 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. She was born on March 1, 1940 in Stanley, Wis., the daughter of the late Clayton and Georgia "Joyce" (Nuernberg) Peterson. The family lived in Stanley a short time and later moved to the Donald area where they farmed for many years.
Roberta had many jobs over the years, often having several at any one time. Among those were a logger, as a CAN for the VNA, a cook, a store clerk and also working at Norco Windows. She did many of these while raising her five children.
Roberta was fond of gardening, flowers, the outdoors, painting/drawings, and later Sudoku. Most especially she loved her family greatly.
She is survived by her five children, Hugh (Pat) Williams of Cheyenne, Wyo., Dave (Roxie) Williams and Danny Williams, both of Jump River, LeRoy (Rhonda) Williams of Fort Collins, Colo., and Karen (Chuck) Sedlachek of Green Bat; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Robert (Kim) Peterson of Tennessee, Pat Beinlich of San Diego, Calif., Millicent (Rick) Moore of Anaheim, Calif., Ginger Vellorys of Belvidere, Ill., Charlie (Mary Ellen) Peterson of Barrintgon, Ill., and Donna Hyser of Poplar Grove, Ill. Roberta is preceded in death by her husband, Hugh; her parents; a granddaughter, Heather Williams; a brother, Clayton Jr.; and a sister, Doreen Cybullski.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at the Gilman Funeral Home. Rev. Craig Lindgren officiated. Interment will take place at Mt. Nebo Cemetery at a later date.

Marion Yanko
1928-2010
Marion Theresa Yanko, 82, Rib Lake, died Sunday, March 7 at her home under the care of her family and hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, March 13 at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Rib Lake, with Father Otto Bucher officiating. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery. Pallbearers are Dustin Hoefferle, Jim Rusnak, Larry Rusnak, Jason Wojcik, Justin Hoefferle, John Hoefferle, Kyle Frahm and Ashley Hoefferle.
Visitation will be held Friday, March 12 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Home in Rib Lake with a parish prayer service at 9 p.m., and at the church on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.
The former Marion Eisner was born January 29, 1928 in Stratford to the late John and Marybell (Dennee) Eisner. The family moved to Park Falls when she was three. She attended St. Anthony's Catholic Grade School.
On April 6, 1946 in Park Falls, she married John Hoefferle, who preceded her in death on April 6, 1966. They lived in Park Falls, later moved to Chicago, Ill., then to Rib Lake in 1964. On September 9, 1967, she married Frank Yanko, who preceded her in death on January 6, 1986.
She was a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church and past member of Christian Mothers. She enjoyed crocheting, canning, working in the garden, bird watching, listening to the frogs, puzzles, taking care of her family and spending time at her summer home on Willow Lake.
Survivors include three sons, Don (Donna) of Rib Lake, Gary (Gayle) of Medford and Ron (Wendi) Hoefferle of Cameron; three daughters, Judith Rusnak of Rib Lake, Janet (David) Hemminger of Marshfield and Donna (Scott) Wojcik of Prentice; 12 stepchildren, Johanne (Wayne) Bowling of Sierra Vista, Ariz., Mary (John) Mullen of Milwaukee, Fran (David) Woyak of Hancock, Joe (Luanne) Yanko and Dorathy (Gary) Nelson, both of Rib Lake, Jan (Frank) Waszkiewicz of Queen Creek, Ariz., Jim (friend Joyce) Yanko of Lake Mills, Myrna (Don) Schwartz of Allenton, Terri Yanko of Florence, Ariz., Sue (Chris) Peterson of Watertown, Becky (Jim) Rindt of Medford and Elaine (Walter) Emmerich of Westboro; a daughter-in-law, Doris (Tom) Kopp of Owen; five brothers, Bob (Joann), Bill (Delores) and Chuck (Rita), all of Rib Lake, David (Mary) of Spirit and Ron (Marge) of Phillips; a sister, Roberta (Donald) Engle of Fort Atkinson; a brother-in-law, Paul Ochodnicky of the Town of Hill; 19 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 36 stepgrandchildren; 44 stepgreat-grandchildren; and three stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by two sons, Leonard Hoefferle Sr. and James Hoefferle; two grandsons, Leonard Hoefferle Jr. and Matthew Hoefferle; two brothers, Lloyd (Lorraine) and John (Esther); a sister, Helen Ochodnicky; and a son-in-law, Larry Rusnak.