Charlene “Char” Margaret Hauser Romfoe

Charlene “Char” Margaret Hauser Romfoe, 79, passed unexpectedly from this world and into Heaven, Thursday, July 14, following a head injury, caused by a fall at home.

Char was born in 1942, to Anna and Peter Spaeth, as part of a loving, Christian family, and was the 10th of 14 children. Throughout her life, her Spaeth siblings were an important part of her happiness.

She spent the majority of her first 50 years, as a resident of Cashton, where she, along with her first husband, Ron Hauser, raised their family (Kay, Mike and Mitch) and operated Ron’s Tenth Inning, and later, the Badger Store. After selling the Badger Store, Char and Ron re-located to Chippewa Falls, where he succumbed to cancer a short time later, in 1993, under her loving care.

Following Ron’s death, she was blessed to find love again and married Clifford Romfoe, a widower to his first love, Ilona, and mother to their four sons, whom Char loved as her own. Together, they built a wonderful second chapter. Char and Cliff lived in Holcombe, until 2018, when they moved to their current home and were welcomed with open arms to the community of Bloomer.

There was a lot of love in Char’s life. She was the recipient of unconditional devotion from her respective husbands, Ron and Cliff, which she returned to each, tenfold. Her children and grandchildren were blessed with her kind, gentle spirit, and were privileged to call her mom and grandma.

Char enjoyed a unique contentment with each day given her. She accepted the sunrises of life as gifts from above and the storm clouds as God’s will. She exemplified Christianity and all that is good in each of us.

We will remember her infectious laugh, soft hands that gave the best backrubs ever, her special breakfast cakes, and how on cool and crisp fall days, she would insist the windows needed to be open to freshen up the house. Also, how she told each of her children and grandchildren we were her favorite, and her advice to always “love hard!”

We will, of course, mourn her passing, but the tears are for us. For her, we dance, we smile, we remember her and we rejoice that she is in Heaven. She left this world a better place.

She is survived by her husband – Clifford Romfoe, Bloomer; Kay Schaub, Lodi, Mike (Cathie) Hauser, Rhinelander, Mitch (Shelley) Hauser, Lodi, Duane Romfoe, Omaha, Neb., Doug (Renee) Romfoe, Cudahy, Dan (Kathleen) Romfoe, Wauwatosa, David Romfoe, Plymouth, Minn.; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren on the Hauser side, as well as six grandchildren on the Romfoe side.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister; seven brothers; a special son-in-law (Jim); and her first husband – Ron Hauser.

She will rest in eternity next to Ron at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Cashton.

Rest in peace, our dear mother, grandma, sister, friend and wife. We promise to love hard and will miss you always.

Visitation was held Wednesday, July 20, at Sacred Heart Parish in Cashton, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by a Christian Mass at 1 p.m. Burial was in the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

The family will also hold a celebration of life at the Bloomer Moose Lodge, Saturday, Aug. 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The family requests that any memorials be given in Char’s name, toward the Cashton Scholarship Foundation, Inc., or a charity of choice.

Torkelson Funeral Home in Cashton, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Online condolences may be expressed at torkelsonfuneralhome.com.