Obit: Toelle, Kayla Joy (1997 - 2013)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Toelle, Gordon, Otters, Castillo, Maier, Myer, McGuire, Anderson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 10/23/2013

Toelle, Kayla Joy (4 August 1997 - 16 October 2013)

Kayla Joy Toelle, 16, passed away in her sleep Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in her home in Amherst Junction. She was born Aug. 4, 1997, in Stevens Point, daughter of Michael and Kris (Gordon) Toelle. Kayla enjoyed playing volleyball, baking, shining deer, painting jigs, gardening, driving the jet-ski and four-wheeler, and crafts. She really did enjoy spending time outdoors and soaking up nature at her family cottage on Lake Alice in Tomahawk. While there, she enjoyed catching frogs, toads, tadpoles and turtles. She would fish off the dock and jig for walleyes with her dad. Kayla vacationed over spring break each year to Panama City Beach, FL, where she enjoyed listening to spring break songs, catching crabs at night and walking by the ocean. Kayla worked for the afterschool program and loved all the little children there. She enjoyed babysitting her two favorite little boys, Trekk and Jett. Kayla had told her family she had already decided she wanted to attend UW-Stevens Point to pursue an education degree to be a 4K teacher. Above all, she loved her family and spending time with them. Kayla was a member of the Nelsonville Lutheran Church in Nelsonville. She will be deeply missed by all of her loving family and many friends.

Kayla is survived by her parents, Michael and Kris Toelle of Amherst Junction; two brothers, Adam Lee and Marcus Toelle of Amherst Junction; grandparents Rosemary and Fred Toelle-Otters of Adams, and Gale and Ruth Gordon of Nelsonville; aunts and uncles, Sheryl (John) Castillo of Madison, and her children, Kyle (Maddie Maier) Judd, Scott (Lisa Meyer) Judd, and Abbie Vance, Brian (Susan) Toelle of Amherst, and their children, Ezra, Caleb, Rachael and Zach Toelle, Mark (Christy McGuire) Toelle of New Lisbon, and his children, Mason, Marshal and Isabel Toelle, Jay (Deb) Gordon of Nelsonville and their children, Taylor and Rachel Gordon of Nelsonville and their children, Kyle (Klair) Gordon of Nelsonville and their children, Austin, Chase and Afton Gordon.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Dale Toelle, and her aunt, Rhonda Toelle.

A funeral service was held Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. at the Amherst High School Gymnasium in Amherst. The family asked that everyone please wear blue and white in honor of Kayla’s school spirit. Reverend Dwight Anderson officiated. A visitation was held Sunday evening, Oct. 20, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Amherst. A private family burial was held at Nelsonville Lutheran Cemetery in Nelsonville.

In lieu of flowers, a scholarship is being established in the name of Kayla J. Toelle.

The Jungers-Holly Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements, 262 S. Main St. Amherst, WI 544406, www.hollyfuneralhome.com.