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Riverside Cemetery

Section 25, Iola Township, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Located west of the Village of Iola on Highway 161

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - February 17, 2012
Sharon L. Tucker

Sharon L. Tucker, 63, Iola, the owner of Pete & Sharon's Country Skillet in Rosholt, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at her residence.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Voie Funeral Home in Iola, with the Rev. Dale Wilson officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Iola at a later date.

Visitation will be at the funeral home from noon Tuesday until the services.

A memorial has been established.

Condolences may be available online at www.voiefuneralhome.com.

Mrs. Tucker was born May 6, 1948, in Kenosha, a daughter of Charles Summers and Lettie (Shipman) Aker.

She was married to Paul Bilski. They later divorced.

She was married to Ernest "Pete" Tucker on Sept. 25, 1994, at the Red Mill in Waupaca.

She had been an owner of a restaurant in Kenosha. They owned Pete & Sharon's Country Skillet in Iola and now in Rosholt.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Janet (Steve Goli) Langer and Jackie (Neil) Cherek, both of Iola; two sons, James (Patty) Bilski, Kenosha, and John (Sabrina) Bilski, Valders; her mother, Iola; her father, Kenosha; two sisters, Cathy (Ron Colby) Jackson, Iola, and Lorrie Summers, Kenosha; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Chuck Summers.

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - June 4, 2010 pg35
Roger Walter Mohr

Roger Walter Mohr, 73, a former resident of Stevens Point and Iola, died at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King on Friday, May 28, 2010.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 4, at Iola United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dale Eggert officiating. Interment of cremains will be in Riverside Cemetery in Iola.

Visitation will be held at the church from noon Friday until the service.

A memorial fund has been established.

Voie Funeral Home in Iola is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at www.voiefuneralhome.com.

Mr. Mohr was born March 1, 1937, in Wausau, a son of the late William and Adeline (Wetterneck) Mohr.

He was married to Sarah Weinmann on Sept. 5, 1959, in Iola.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1975.

He worked for Consolidated Paper in Stevens Point for more than 23 years.

Survivors include his wife, Stevens Point; two sons, Ray (Sherry), Kaukauna, and Randy, Milwaukee; one daughter, Jennie (Robert) Wierzba, Nelsonville; two sisters, Pat (John) Tilton, Minocqua, and Joyce Doffing, New Berlin; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - January 2010
Milton S. Krause

Milton S. Krause, 90, Iola, formerly of Ogdensburg, died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at Iola Living Assistance in Iola.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Voie Funeral Home in Iola, with the Rev. Dan Somers officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in the town of Iola in Waupaca County.

Visitation will be at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Tuesday until the service.

Condolences may be offered online at www.voiefuneralhome.com.

Mr. Krause was born April 15, 1919, in Iola, a son of the late Fred and Golla M. (Olson) Krause.

He was married to Vivian Jones on Oct. 30, 1943. She died on April 28, 1947.

He was married to Helen Pagel on June 20, 1964. She died on Feb. 25, 1992.

He was a farmer and logger. He worked a short time in the Milwaukee shipyard as a welder.

Survivors include one son, James L., Ogdensburg; one daughter, Shirley (Verlyn) Hanson, Iola; two stepdaughters, Dianna (Bill) Macom, Houston, Texas, and Kathryn (Frank) Ostrowski, Ogdensburg; two brothers, Francis "Bud," South Milwaukee, and Obert, Menomonee Falls; one sister, Helen Wenzel, Waupaca; one grandson; nine stepgrandchildren; 10 great-stepgrandchildren; and one great-great-stepgrandchild.

He was also preceded in death by four sisters, Carol Iverson, Lillian Goodwin, Irene Krause and Bernice Krause; one stepdaughter, Edwinna Lang; one stepson, James Pagel; and one granddaughter.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - July 1, 1977
Harlan Wolberg

Harlan Wolberg, 67, Scandinavia, died Thursday in an automobile accident in Price County.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, Iola. The Rev, David E Sharpe will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

Friends may call after 5 pm today at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola.

Mr. Wolberg was born April 29, 1910, in the Town of Iola, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Iver Wolberg. He married Margaret Aldridge on Jan 1, 1945, in Hitchin. Hartfordshire, England.

He had lived in Scandinavia since 1946, and worked at Foremost Foods, Appleton, for many years until his retirement. He was a veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs Gregory (Pamela) Stone, Minneapolis, three sons, Brian, Waupaca, Ronald and Michael, Scandinavia, five brothers, Alvern, Chicago, Alton and Lloyd, Iola, Floyd, Corvallis, Ore. and Norman, Seymour: one granddaughter and two step-grandchildren.

Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.

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Mrs. Florence Johnson

Mrs. Charles (Florence) Johnson, 89, a former Iola resident, died Saturday at Birch Hill Care Center, Shawano.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola. The Rev. Leon Leeds, First Baptist Church, Waupaca, officiated. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

Mrs. Johnson was born Jan 25, 1888, in Oconto, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert Robinson. She married Charles O. Johnson on May 29,1907, in Crivitz. He died On July 7,1965.

The couple lived in Kenosha until 1956, when they moved to Iola. In 1974, she moved to Keshena to live with her son. She entered Birch Hill last May

Survivors include one son, Clifford, Keshena; two daughters, Mrs. Leo (Virginia) Godlewski, Kenosha, and Harriett Johnson, Fort Bragg, Calif.; 18 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.

Ten brothers and sisters preceded her in death.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - August 8, 1977
Mrs. Charles (Gertrude) Adams

Mrs. Charles (Gertrude) Adams, 78, Ogdensburg, died Sunday at her home.

Services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola. The Rev. Gerben Veldt win officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Iola. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

The former Gertrude Nelson was born Dec. 3, 1898, in Merillan Junction, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Nelson. She lived in Hudson until moving to Iola at age 16. On Nov. 7, 1917, she married Charles Adams in Iola. He survives. The couple lived most of their lives in the Ogdensburg area.

Survivors besides her husband include a daughter, Mrs. Florence Whitney, Milwaukee, three grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren

She was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - November 1, 1977
Raymond B. Wright

Raymond B. Wright, 77, Iola, died Monday morning at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield.

Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Iola. The Rev, David Sharpe will officiate. Burial will be In Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

Friends may call after 3:30 p.m. today at the Vole Funeral Home, Iola,

Mr. Wright was born Nov. 7,1899, in Chicago, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wright. Except for a few years in Milwaukee, he lived most of his life in Iola. He was owner and operator of the Wright Co., Iola until retiring in 1962, and was a director of the Scandinavia Telephone Co.

He married Luella Nottleson on June 28, 1928, in Scandinavia.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Roger, Janesville, and William, Narragansett, R.I.; one daughter, Mrs. Edward (Marilyn) Keller, Ripon; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Dineen, Iola, Mrs. Elizabeth Brei, Appleton, and Mrs. Dale (Mildred) Hansman, Racine; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - March 3, 2006 pg6
Sammy Ray Burgoyne

Sammy Ray Burgoyne, 3, Fayette, Ga., formerly of Scandinavia and great-grandson of an Amherst woman, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in the town of Iola in Waupaca County.

Visitation will be at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Saturday until the services.

Sammy was born June 27, 2002, in Waupaca, a son of Gary and Amy Toftum) Burgoyne.

Survivors include his parents, Fayette, Ga.; one brother, Edward Burgoyne; one sister, Andianna Oliver; his maternal grandmother, JoAnn Mork, Scandinavia; his maternal grandfather, Mark (Pam) Toftum,
Waupaca; his paternal grandmother, Mary Burgoyne, Fresno, Calif.; his maternal great-grandparents, Bill and Betty Mork, Scandinavia; his maternal great-grandmother, Leona Toftum, Amherst; and his paternal great-grandmother, Darlene Burns, Stockton, Calif.

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - March 31, 2006 pg30
Claudia E. Wipf

Claudia E. Wipf, 95, Waupaca, a former longtime Iola resident and sister of a Stevens Point woman, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at the Crystal River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Waupaca.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola, with the Rev. Dale Eggert officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in the town of Iola.

Visitation will be at the funeral home from noon Monday until the services.

A memorial fund has been established at the Iola United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Wipf was born July 19, 1910, in Scandinavia, a daughter of the late Gustave and Winifred (Abrahamson) Jole.

She graduated from Central Wisconsin College in Scandinavia and was employed at Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. (now Sentry Insurance) in Stevens Point until her marriage.

She was married to Frederick Wipf on Feb. 20, 1932, in Chicago, Ill. He died Sept. 5, 1986.

They resided in Iola where he was in the lumber business.

After his retirement they moved to Waupaca.

She was a former member of the Iola Historical Society, the Iola Garden Club and the Miriam Circle of the United Methodist Women.

Survivors include one sister, Marjory LaDue, Stevens Point.

She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Kathryn Wight, Elma Jole and Dorothy Hayes.

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Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - May 5, 2006 pg36
Marjorie J. Isaacson Voie

Marjorie J. Isaacson Voie, 77, Stevens Point, a retired elementary school teacher who taught in Rosholt and Stevens Point, died Saturday, April 29, 2006, at St. Michael's Hospital.

Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 8, at Voie Funeral Home in Iola, with the Rev. Albert Houts officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in the town of Iola in Waupaca County.

Visitation will be at the funeral home from 10 a.m. Monday until the service.

Mrs. Voie was born Feb. 20, 1929, in Kirksville, Mo., a daughter of the late Floyd and Mertie (Lewis) Myers. She moved to Wisconsin in 1941.

She was married to LeRoy Isaacson on Dec. 12, 1952, in Rosholt. He died May 5, 1981.

She was then married to Roger Voie on Aug. 7, 1982.

After graduating from high school, she received her bachelor's degree in education from Central State College in Stevens Point (now the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) in 1951.

She received a master's degree in education from Wisconsin State University-Stevens Point in 1967.

She taught elementary education for 36 years in Appleton, Rosholt and Stevens Point.

Survivors include her husband, Roger Voie; one daughter, Pamela (fiance Kenneth McNenny) Harrison, Sturgis, S.D.; five stepchildren, Gerald R. (Betty) Voie, Ellen Voie, Jeanne (R. Carey) Gersten, Dale Voie and Rolf (Michelle) Voie; one brother, Dr. Lewis Myers, Richland, Mo.; one grandson; and seven stepgrandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by six sisters and four brothers.

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Portage County Gazette -July 2001
Lowell Grant

Lowell Grant, 72, Iola, father of a Custer woman, died Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at his residence.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Iola United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Warren Dee officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Iola.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Voie Funeral Home in Iola.

Mr. Grant was born Sept. 9, 1928, in Iola, a son of the late Arthur and Lillian (Waldo) Grant. He graduated from Iola High School in 1946 and was president of his class. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea from 1946 to 1948.He then went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated in 1952 with a degree in agriculture and education.

He was married to Donna Forseth on Aug. 11, 1954, in Dubuque, Iowa. He served as president of the Board of Directors of the Iola Farm Cooperative for five years, the Waupaca County School Committee for three years, president of the Riverside Cemetery Association for 15 years, director on the Board of Farmers Home Administration for three years and director of the Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative for 24 years, serving six of those years as vice president.

He taught Sunday School for six years and was a board member and president for four years at the Iola United Methodist Church. He was also a member of the church choir.

Survivors include his wife; one son, Mark (Julie), Stoughton; one daughter, Gail (Les) Bliven, Custer; four sisters, Lois Stoller, Milwaukee, Marian (Lloyd) Baribeau, Exeland, Eleanor (Richard) Stoller, Glendale, and Joan (Duane) Dobbe, Rosholt; one brother, Robert (Gertrude), Hartland; and four grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by one son, Garret Lee Grant

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - April 17, 1961
Mrs. Rosa McKay

Mrs. Rosa McKay, 89, Iola, died at 5:20 p.m. Saturday at the Iola Hospital, where she had been a patient for six months. She was the widow of John McKay.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the lola Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ardys Van Stavern officiating, and burial will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola until Tuesday noon, when the body will be taken to the church.

Mrs. McKay, a lifelong resident of Iola, was born Dec. 11, 1871, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weinmann Sr. She was married to Mr. McKay in Iola in 1889. Mrs. McKay was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and the Iola Methodist Church.

Surviving are a son, Harold, Manitowoc; a daughter, Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth) Warren, Manitowoc; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Albert Weinmann, lola. and a sister, Mrs. Verena McCollough, Chicago. A son preceded her in death.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal – Stevens Point, Wisconsin - July 17, 1976
Edna Smith

Edna Smith, Iola, died Friday morning at Iola Hospital after having been in ill health.

She was born Dec. 20, 1888, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Guyant, Town of Belmont She lived in Waupaca for many years, moved to Iola in 1969 and has been a resident of the Iola Nursing Home for the last two years.

On Nov. 4, 1907, she married Clayton Smith at Almond and he died in June, 1969. The couple had two sons, Russell and Carroll, both of Iola. Mrs. Smith is survived by her sons, seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola after 3 p.m. Monday. The Rev. David E. Sharpe will officiate at funeral services Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at United Methodist Church, Iola, and burial will be at
Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal – Stevens Point, Wisconsin - October 31, 1995
Elsie Leach

Elsie A. Leach, age 74 of Elderon and formerly of Iola and Fond du Lac died Monday, October 30, 1995 at her home.

Elsie was born April 19, 1921 in the town of Almond, Portage County, the daughter of the late Charles and Cecelia (McIntee) Manley. She married Frank L. Leach on November 1, 1941 in Fond du Lac, WI. He died on August 1, 1983. Elsie worked at Marion Plywood prior to her retirement.

Survivors include one daughter, Barbara (Ronald) Oppermann, Campbellsport; one son, Kenneth (Mary) Leach, New London; a special friend, Lawrence Riedl, Elderon; one sister, Dorothy Stacey, Waukesha;
two brothers, Lewis (Isabelle) Manley, Algoma and Robert (Pat) Manely, Hartland; two grandsons, Shannon and Nicholas Leach, both of New London. She was preceded in death by four sisters, Cora Leach, Florence Chase, Fern Wallner, and Margaret Pagel and three brothers, Ed, Ben and Fred Manley.

Services were held Wednesday, November 1, 1995 at Hitterdahl Lutheran Church in the Town of Iola. Rev. Gilbert Halverson officiated with burial in the Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI - February 7, 1976
Sadie Ihlenfeld

Mrs. Sadie Ihlenfeld, Route 2, Iola, died Friday afternoon at the Iota Hospital at the age of 72.

She and her late husband, Allen, were restaurant operators. Mrs. Ihlenfeld, the former Sadie Shoenick, was born in Weyauwega Oct. 29, 1903.

She was married in Michigan Sept. 30, 1924. The couple lived in Evanston, I11., and Shawano before moving to Iola in 1964. Before retiring, the couple operated restaurants in the Shawano and Clintonville areas,

Mr. Ihlenfeld died May 1,1967. Mrs. Ihlenfeld was also preceded in death by her parents and a son, Russell.

Nephews are her closest surviving relatives.

The funeral will be held Monday morning at 11 at the United Methodist Church in Iola, with the Rev. David Sharpe officiating Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Iola. Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola after 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI - July 18, 1908
Joseph Worby

DIED AMONG FRIENDS.

A letter from Tularosa, New Mexico, to the children of the late Joseph II. Worby, who died there on July 8, states that the deceased was taken sick on Friday, July 3d. It was a very warm day, and Mr. Worby worked rather hard during the morning, and it is thought drank too much water. He became ill during the afternoon, but remained on the ranch until morning. He then went to town, four miles distant, to consult his friend, Dr. Long, but nothing could be done to check his illness, and he died on Wednesday and was buried by the Grand Army post. He remained at Tularosa from Saturday until his death, and was made as comfortable as possible by friends. Some one will be sent from here to close up his affairs in New Mexico and bring the body home.

MR. WORBY DIED AT TULAROSA.

A second telegram received from Tularosa, New Mexico, states that Joseph HI. Worby, whose serious illness was mentioned in Thursday night's paper, died at that place on Wednesday, July 8, and was buried there temporarily. Arrangements will be made to have the body brought, to Iola for interment.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI - November 7, 1930
Ann Janette Worby

Mrs. Ann Janette Worby, a resident of Wisconsin since early days, who came from a pioneer American family, died at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. W. Vaughan, 1417 Main street, where she had lived the past 10 years. Her death was caused by a general breaking down of her health. She had been confined in bed for four weeks and her condition was critical during that time.

Mrs. Worby, whose maiden name was Ann Janette Whitaker, was born at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., on February 29, 1840. She remained there until 16 years of age when the family came to Winnebago county and located at Oshkosh, where they lived for two years. They then removed to the town of Plover. Mrs. Worby's father, the late William Whitaker, was an early day resident of the Maine neighborhood. Her marriage to William Tate of
that district took place in 1859. Mr. Tate died of measles, in camp, after a year of service in the Civil war.

In 1866 the widow married Joseph H. Worby, also a Civil war soldier who had been in the service for four years. He was a local resident at the time of their marriage but they immediately located at Iola, where the family lived for 40 years. Mr. Worby was engaged in blacksmithing for a time but his health did not permit him to continue in this occupation, as the result of wounds he had sustained in the war, and he subsequently became a salesman and a mail carrier. He had a star route from Iola to Stevens Point, using a team when the roads were open and at other times covering the distance on foot. The journey one way often required two days to complete. Mr. Worby went to New Mexico to establish a government claim and his death occurred it Tula Rosa in that state on July 8, 1906. His remains were brought back to Iola. Mrs. Worby made her home during the next 12 years with a daughter, Mrs.
Florence Smith at Clintonville and Oshkosh, and for the last 10 years had lived with Mr. and Mrs.- Vaughan here.

She is survived by the following daughters and sons: Mrs. Nellie Vaughan, city; Mrs. Rettle Taylor, Everett, Wash.; E. M. Worby, New London; Charles E. Worby. Milwaukee; Mrs. Mable Larson, Omro; Mrs. Florence Smith, Oshkosh. Another daughter, Mrs. May Smith, died here in 1922. Mrs. Worby also leaves two brothers, Schuyler Whitaker of Buena Vista and Warren Whitaker of Milwaukee in addition to 26 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Taylor came here three weeks ago because of her mother's serious illness.

Since girlhood Mrs. Worby had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and during her residence in Stevens Point was a member of St. Paul's M. E. church. She also was a member of the Women's Relief Corps, at Iola and later at Clintonville. She had a wide circle of friends here.

A short service will be conducted at the Vaughan home at 1 p. m. Saturday, with Rev. Carl Asmus officiating. The remains will then be taken to Iola, where services will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Asmus at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will follow beside the remains of the late Mr. Worby in Riverside cemetery there.