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Waupaca County Post – Waupaca, Wisconsin - April 22, 1937
Weyauwega - Fred Wall

Fred Wall a pioneer resident of Royalton died Monday afternoon at the age of 77 years. He had been in poor health the past year and death came as a release from his suffering.

He was born in Royalton and lived there all his life. He was married in 1882 to Desta Wells and to this union five children were born: Will, Floyd, Linden of Royalton; Frank, Chicago; and one daughter Bertiss who teaches in Chicago.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Presbyterian Church in Weyauwega conducted by an old friend of the family, Sidney Lewis of Sharon. Interment will be in the Weyauwega Cemetery.

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The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin February 16, 1917 page 11(?)

JAMES JENNEY IS DEAD
Weyauwega Man of Distinguished English Lineage Succumbs.
(Special to The Northwestern.)

Weyauwega, Wis., Feb. 14.The death of James Jenney occurred Tuesday at his home here, after a long period of ill health. The deceased came to this village in 1851 when twenty years of age. It was a scattering settlement of ten families. He was born in Massachusetts. His genealogy is traced to John Jenney, an Englishman, who settled at Plymouth, Mass., in 1623. Mr. Jenney followed the carpenter’s trade until 1853, when he began rafting lumber on the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers, as far south as St. Louis. In 1864 he quit the river and purchased a farm of ninety acres, eleven and a half acres are within the corporation limits of Weyauwega. He was married in 1866 to Mrs. [Betsy Ann] Rook, widow of Richard Rook, natives of Lincolnshire, England, and lived in Oshkosh a while. There is a son, David Jenney, who with the widow, survives. By her first marriage Mrs. Rook had two daughters, one [Lizzie] the wife of T. F. Wilson, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank, and Mrs. Stephen [Fannie E.] Ballard, who, with her husband, are in the home of Mr. Jenney and have assisted in the care of him, through his illness. Funeral arrangements are not made at present.
The Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wis., Wed. Evening, Feb. 14, 1917, p. 9.

The funeral of James Jenney, who died Tuesday, was held from the home Thursday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. W. S. Irvine, pastor of the Presbyterian church.

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The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin, February 17, 1925, p. 12.

FUNERAL OF MRS. JENNEY IS HELD AT WEYAUWEGA
(Special to The Northwestern.)

Weyauwega, Wis.The funeral services of Mrs. Jenney, wife of the late James M. Jenney, were held at the home Saturday afternoon, Rev. H. S. Vreeland officiating. The deceased, whose maiden name was Betsey Ann Borrows, was born at Billinghey, Lincolnshire, Eng., in 1836. Her childhood was spent in the fen country and, at the age of twelve, she was confirmed into the church of England. In 1854 she sailed to America and resided a number of years at Oshkosh, Wis., later coming to Weyauwega. Here her marriage took place. She joined the Baptist church. Her death occurred Feb. 11. She is survived by three children, Elizabeth, now Mrs. T. F. Wilson; Frances, now Mrs. Stephen Ballard, and David William Jenney all of Weyauwega.

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The Portage County Gazette – Stevens Point, Wisconsin - date unknown
Marilyn A. Gast

Marilyn A. Gast, 47, Weyauwega, a former town of New Hope resident, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter Ev. Lutheran Church in Weyauwega with the Revs. Dennis Lemke and Robbin Robbert officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Weyauwega.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Cline-Hanson-Dahlke Funeral Home in Weyauwega and from 10 a.m. Thursday at the church until the services.

Mrs. Gast was born Dec. 19, 1953, in Iola, a daughter of Wendell and Effie (Nerlien) Krogwold.

She graduated from Brodhead High School in 1972 and received bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1976, graduating magna cum laude.

She was married to Jeffrey Gast on Sept. 30, 1978.

After their marriage they settled in Weyauwega.

She worked as an RN in the intensive care unit at New London Family Medical Center.

She was a member of St. Peter Ev. Lutheran Church in Weyauwega.

Survivors include her husband; three sons, Michael, Kevin and Ryan; her father, Amherst unction; her mother, Brodhead; three sisters, Kathleen (Nicholas) George, Waupaca, Helen (Charles) Coomer, Pisgah Forest, N.C., and Brenda (Fred) Simeth, Spooner; and one brother, Wayne (Debbie) Krogwold, Amherst Junction.

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The Portage County Gazette – Stevens Point, Wisconsin – Date unknown
Marilyn Dehlinger

Marilyn Dehlinger, 73, Waupaca, a Stevens Point native and mother of a Stevens Point woman, died Sunday, July 25, 2004.

Visitation will be at the Holly Funeral Home in Waupaca from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Interment will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Oakwood Cemetery in Weyauwega followed by a memorial service at Parfreyville United Methodist Church in Waupaca at 11 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Dong Su Lee, pastor, officiating.
A memorial fund has been established in lieu of flowers.

Mrs. Dehlinger was born March 3, 1931, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Harold E. and Florence (Swanson) Becker. She grew up in Stevens Point and graduated from P.J. Jacobs High School in 1949.

She was married to Robert James Dehlinger on Feb 9, 1952, in Stevens Point. He died Feb 7, 1986.

They raised their family in New London and spent the summer months in Waupaca on the Chain O'Lakes.

She was a member of the Order of the Easter Star, where she served as Past Worthy Matron and was a member of Parfreyville United Methodist Church of Waupaca.

Survivors include three daughters, Sharon (Dennis) Peterson; Stevens Point, Lori Dehlinger; Waupaca, and Carol (Matt) Putman, northeast Pennsylvania; and four grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Raymond Becker.

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Iola Herald - Iola, Wisconsin - Thursday, May 3, 1945
Oliver Lewison

Oliver Lewison passed away on Tuesday morning, May 1, at 2:00 o’clock at the Waupaca County Asylum at Weyauwega. He was 46 years, and two months old at the time of his death.

Oliver Lewison was born in Iola March 2, 1899. a son of Ole and Mary Lewison. He spent the greater portion of his life in Iola and vicinity.

Deceased was preceded in death by his mother, two sisters and one brother. He is survived by his father, Ole Lewison of this place, four brothers, Ludvig of Denver, Colorado; Carl, Waupaca; Arthur, Berlin; and Edward, at home; and three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Nygaard, Oconto; Mrs. Paul Wagner, Fremont; and Mrs. Wm. Wagner, of New London.

The funeral services were held Wednesday morning at Weyauwega.