Obit: Westfall, Ralph A. (1935 - 2014)
Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Greiner, Hart, Hennig, Kelley, Kottke, Kramm, Lambrecht, McCharles,
Nehrbass, Nimmerguth, Nowacki, Penney, Scheithauer, Schreiber, Schreiner, Tesch,
Westfall
----Source: The Record - Review (Abbotsford, WI) 11/06/2014
Westfall, Ralph "Rick" A. (13 JUL 1935 - 5 NOV 2014)
Ralph "Rick" A. Westfall, 79, Athens, died in his garage where he lived his life
to the fullest on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. He is now up in heaven with Alis,
family and friends having a country jamboree.
He was born July 13, 1935 in the town of Halsey, son of the late Andrew and
Sofia (Greiner) Westfall.
On September 17, 1959, he married Alis A. McCharles in Stoneham, Mass. She
preceded him in death on July 14, 2003.
Rick was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a member of the American
Legion Chapman-Belter Post No. 4, Athens. For 30 years, Rick worked as a machine
operator for the Marathon County Highway Department until his retirement in
1990. Among his favorite pastimes, he enjoyed hunting, singing and playing
guitar for many years and entertaining and socializing with friends and family
in his garage. Rick loved life, his family and friends and will be deeply missed
by all who knew him.
Survivors include, four children, Kim (Kevin) Kottke, Kelly (Mike Hart) Nowacki,
Rick (Tammy) Westfall and Corey (Kelly) Westfall, all of Athens; eleven
grandchildren, Katrina (Jeramie) Penney, Kris (Jenny) Kottke, Kyle (Bridget)
Kottke, April (John) Schreiber, Heidi Nowacki, Jeremy Hart, Marshall and Connor
Westfall, Brandon (fiancée Karissa Kelley) Westfall and Heather and Autumn
Westfall; seven great-grandchildren, Kierra and Javon Penney, Addisyn and Aubrey
Kottke, Courtney Tesch, and Payton and Parker Schreiber; four siblings, Donald
(Marlene) Westfall, Iris (Frank) Schreiner, Marcella (Joseph) Scheithauer, all
of Athens and Lucinda Nehrbass, Wausau; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents and wife, Alis, he was preceded in death by an infant son;
four brothers, Marvin, Gordon, Harold and Kenneth Westfall; and three sisters,
Clara Hennig, LaVerna Kramm and Myrtle Nimmerguth.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, November 10, 2014 at Trinity
Lutheran Church, Athens. Rev. Jeffrey Lambrecht will officiate. Burial will be
in the Athens Lutheran Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Athens.
Friends may call on Sunday from 3:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Peterson/Kraemer Funeral
Home, Athens and again on Monday from 10:30 a.m. until time of services at the
church. Online condolences may be expressed at
www.petersonkraemer.com .
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