Obit: Sonderegger, Martha C. (1921 – 2017)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Sonderegger, Beerli, Wells

Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, WI) – 24 May 2017

Sonderegger, Martha C. (6 SEP 1921 – 14 MAY 2017)

Martha Catherine Sonderegger, 95, Miami, Dade County, Fla., died on Sunday, May 14, 2017, in Miami. Funeral services were held on Thursday, May 18, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Burial was in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Miami.

Martha was born on Sept. 6, 1921, to Jacob and Martha (nee Beerli) Sonderegger, in Greenwood. She attended elementary and high school in Greenwood. After graduating from high school, she attended and graduated from Luther School of Nursing in Eau Claire in 1943. In 1962, she received a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Peabody Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. She worked in various nursing positions in hospitals and doctors’ offices, but most of her career was in public health nursing in El Paso, Texas, and 26 years with the Dade County Department of Health. After she retired in 1987, she did volunteer work for many years.

She is survived by a sister, Kathryn I. Wells of Greenwood; a nephew, Michael B. Wells of Marshfield; and a niece, Marcia (Bill) Horn of Loyal; and their families.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother-in-law, Donald Wells.

 

 


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