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our local heroes who passed in 2025. Thank you for your service, sacrifice & commitment.
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We Honor, Remember & Celebrate our local heroes who passed in 2025. Thank you for your service, sacrifice & commitment. Lee I. Clendenning 1918-1941 AIR FORCE Allen Goodearle 1947-2025 AIR FORCE Robert W. Tlusty Michael B. Selby 1944-2025 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 1946-2025 ARMY Ervin A. Graf Robert Kopf 1933-2025 John A. “Beaver” Pfaff 1951-2025 1955-2025 NAVY ARMY ARMY Gale M. Burke James P. Greiner Bruce D. Jensen 1958-2025 1935-2025 1928-2025 ARMY ARMY ARMY Dennis L. Frey Robert L. Werner 1945-2025 Donald R. Walters 1933-2025 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 1931-2025 ARMY NAVY Paul J. Risch 1946-2025 Herman R. Pernsteiner 1943-2025 ARMY James N. “Doc” Dougherty 1937-2025 NAVY NAVY Ellen Mae Janda Jim “J.T.” Jacobs 1930-2025 Lawrence L. “Uncle Lorne” Erl 1940-2025 AIR FORCE 1944-2025 AIR FORCE ARMY Joseph P. Fuchs Herbert I. Schirmer Gerald J. “Jerry” Stussy 1937-2025 1946-2025 1928-2025 ARMY ARMY MARINES Stacy Pickerign Jeff Hemer Colton Freiberg Medford 715-748-2215 www.hemerfuneralservice.com “ At Hemer-Pickerign Funeral Home, we proudly support our veterans and their families to ensure every hero receives the dignity they deserve. “ 183754
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We Honor, Remember & Celebrate our local heroes who passed in 2025. Thank you for your service, sacrifice & commitment. Lee I. Clendenning 1918-1941 AIR FORCE Allen Goodearle 1947-2025 AIR FORCE Robert W. Tlusty Michael B. Selby 1944-2025 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 1946-2025 ARMY Ervin A. Graf Robert Kopf 1933-2025 John A. “Beaver” Pfaff 1951-2025 1955-2025 NAVY ARMY ARMY Gale M. Burke James P. Greiner Bruce D. Jensen 1958-2025 1935-2025 1928-2025 ARMY ARMY ARMY Dennis L. Frey Robert L. Werner 1945-2025 Donald R. Walters 1933-2025 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 1931-2025 ARMY NAVY Paul J. Risch 1946-2025 Herman R. Pernsteiner 1943-2025 ARMY James N. “Doc” Dougherty 1937-2025 NAVY NAVY Ellen Mae Janda Jim “J.T.” Jacobs 1930-2025 Lawrence L. “Uncle Lorne” Erl 1940-2025 AIR FORCE 1944-2025 AIR FORCE ARMY Joseph P. Fuchs Herbert I. Schirmer Gerald J. “Jerry” Stussy 1937-2025 1946-2025 1928-2025 ARMY ARMY MARINES Stacy Pickerign Jeff Hemer Colton Freiberg Medford 715-748-2215 www.hemerfuneralservice.com “ At Hemer-Pickerign Funeral Home, we proudly support our veterans and their families to ensure every hero receives the dignity they deserve. “ 183754
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