SCO7

Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery
Section 10, Scandinavia Township, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Located on County G north of Nottleson Road

Obituary & Death Notices

Last updated September 7, 2014

If you have obituaries you would like to submit please contact the county coordinator.

Click here to return to Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery

Return to cemetery index Return to homepage

____________________________

Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - November 22, 2002
Eunice S. Romales

Eunice S. Romales, 93, Waupaca, formerly of Scandinavia and sister of an Amherst Junction woman, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002, at the Crystal River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Waupaca.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Scandinavia Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Mark Sabin officiating. Burial will be in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Monday at the church until the services.

The Voie Funeral Home in Iola is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Romales was born June 18, 1909, in the town of Scandinavia in Waupaca County, a daughter of the late Albert and Martha (Sodersten) Trinrud.

She attended Central Wisconsin College at Scandinavia and graduated from the Oshkosh Business School.

She was married to William Romales on Aug. 20, 1962, in Nevada. He died on June 15, 1989.

She was a bookkeeper for the Whitecomb Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. Survivors include two sisters, Dolores (Ed) Carr, Amherst Junction, and Belva Gurholt, Iola.She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Alice Olson and Hildegard Gurholt.

____________________________

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - May 9, 1957
Maren Engebretson

Burial Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery, Scandinavia ?

Mrs. Maren Engebretson, 85, Town of Lawrence (Waupaca County), died at 3:15 this morning in Iola, at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Morten Tackman.

She had been ill for nine months.

Mrs. Engebretson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sven Christianson, was born in the Town of Scandinavia {Waupaca County) on Dec. 13, 1371. In 1890, she was married to Tobias Olson, who died In 1894.

On Sept. 30, 1897, she was married to Peter Engebretson, who also preceded her in death.

Surviving are three daughters; five sons; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Andrew Holtebeck, Scandinavia.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Iola, with the Rev. J. P. Hulterstrum officiating, and burial will take place m the parish cemetery.

The body is at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola.

____________________________

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - June 25, 1962
Irving O. Gottschalk

Funeral services for lrving O. Gottschalk, 77, Scandinavia blacksmith who died suddenly Friday night, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Scandinavia Lutheran Church.

Mr. Gottschalk dropped dead on the street while shopping in Waupaca.

Born in Waupaca Oct. 19, 1884, he spent nearly all his life in Scandinavia and was active as a blacksmith until his death. He had been in ill health the last month.

On Oct. 14, 1914, he was married at Iola to the former Hilda Engebretson, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Islo, Leavenworth, Kans.; two grandchildren; two brothers, Chester, Brookings, S.D. and Elmer, Scandinavia, and a sister, Mrs. Gayhart (Mabel) Erickson, Green Bay.

The Rev. Eldon Person will officiate at the funeral, and burial will take place in the Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home.

Services For Mr. Gottschalk
Funeral services for Irving O. Gottschalk, 77, Scandinavia blacksmith, were held recently at the Scandinavia Lutheran Church, with the Rev, Eldon C, Person officiating,

Burial took place in the parish cemetery,

During the service, Miss Ann Trinrud sang "Open the Gates to the Temple" and "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth." She was accompanied by Mrs. Evelyn Voight

Pallbearers were Paul Chady, R. J, Dean, Sylvan Gurholt, Emil Hanson, H. P. Rasmussen and Knut Upland,

Relatives and friends attended fron Leavenworth, Kan,, Brookngs, S.D., Amherst, Green Bay, Nelsonville, New London, Iola, King, Waupaca and other nearby communities.

____________________________

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - October 16, 1970
Mrs. Irving Gottschalk

Mrs. Irving Gottschalk, 83, Scandinavia, died at 1 p.m Thursday at the Bethany Home, Waupaca.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Scandinavia Lutheran Church. The Rev. Arthur Reesnes will officiate. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Voie Funeral Home.

Mrs. Gottschalk (Hilda Engbretson) was born Aug. 1, 1877, in Scandinavia, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Engbretson.

She was married to Irving Gottschalk on Oct. 14, 1914, in Iola. Her husband died on June 22, 1962.

Mrs. Gottschalk was a lifelong resident of Scandinavia.

Survivors include one son, Islo, Leavenworth, Kansas; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Petra Bestul, Portland, Ore.; three half-brothers, Norman Engebretson, Scandinavia, Jonas Engebretson, Amherst, and Obert Engebretson, Waupaca; three half-sisters, Mrs. Alida Tesson, Waupaca, Mrs. Lester (Palma) Olson, Scandinavia, Mrs. Morten (Julia) Tackman, Iola, and one step-brother, Oliver Olson, Iola.

____________________________

Portage County Gazette - Portage, Wisconsin - November 3, 2006
Orwin B. Draeger

Orwin B. Draeger, 55, Scandinavia, father of a Stevens Point woman, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006, at St. Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Scandinavia Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Mark Sabin officiating. Burial will be in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

A memorial fund has been established.

Mr. Draeger was born Nov. 23, 1950, in Clintonville, a son of the late Raymond and Erna (Krueger) Draeger. He grew up on the family farm. He graduated from Marion High School in 1968.

He attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where he received a bachelor's degree in secondary education.

In July 1973, he was hired by Marion State Bank, now Premier Community Bank, where he was still employed.

He was married to Wanda M. Kielblock on Sept. 12, 1981, in Tigerton.

Survivors include his wife, Scandinavia; three daughters, Heather, Stevens Point, Lindsay, De Pere, and Ashley, Scandinavia; two brothers, Raymond (Judith), Rockford, Ill., and Byron (Donna), Mosinee; and two sisters, Darlene Rucinski, Oshkosh, and Karen (Charles) Geiger, Clintonville.

____________________________

Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - December 2, 1896 fp
Rollef Rollefson

An Obituary

Rollef Rollefson, who was killed at his home in the town of Scandinavia, Waupaca county, November 16, was buried on the 20th from the Lutheran church at Scandinavia, Rev. Nelson, the pastor, officiating and the remains were interred in the little cemetery near by. It will be remembered that Mr. Rollefson, with a number of other men, were engaged in slaughtering some beeves, and were in the act of raising one of the carcasses with the aid of a windlass, when ones of the handles broke and let the windlass go. The windlass unwound with terrific force and another handle struck Rollefson on the back of the head as he was bending over. His death was instantaneous, his skull being crushed in.

The deceased leaves a wife and two children, a boy aged 11 and a girl of 6. He was born in Scandinavia 41 years ago, his birthday having been celebrated the day before bis tragic death. His father died last April and his mother some years ago. He also had a sister, Mrs. John Christiansen of Sheridan, and a brother, H. Rollefson of Scandianvia. A foster sister, Mrs. Wm. Cooper, lives in this city. The funeral is said to have been the largest held from the little church in many years and bore testimony to his great popularity among his townsmen. The pallbearers were Nels Oleson, E. Nelson, Louis Murat, Louis Jacobson, Louis Brakke and Rasmus Bestul.