Obit: Mayer, Margaret A. (1930 – 2018)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Mayer, Draeger, Luchterhand, Griesbach, Weyer, Paasch, Rabehl, Weiler, Schill, Bathke, Pongratz, Unertl, Hamschild

Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, WI) 21 Nov 2018

Mayer, Margaret A. (18 MAY 1930 – 16 NOV 2018)

Margaret A. Mayer, 88, Marshfield, passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at Marshfield Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Marshfield, with Rev. Keith Kitzhaber and Deacon Ray Draeger officiating. Burial will take place in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons: Joe Luchterhand, Dana Mayer, Eric Mayer, Bob Griesbach, Derek Weyer, Mark Paasch and Jesse Rabehl. The visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday at Rembs Funeral Home, Marshfield, and Sacred Heart Parish Council of Catholic Women will recite the rosary at 7 p.m. Visitation will also
be held from 10 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Margaret Schill was born on May 18, 1930, in Marshfield, the daughter of Wenzel and Clementine (nee Weiler) Schill. She was a graduate of Auburndale High School and Wood County Normal Teachers College. She later attended the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. She married Jerome E. Mayer on Feb. 26, 1952, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Auburndale. They celebrated 44 years of marriage. Margaret taught school a total of 26 years in her teaching career, beginning in a one-room school and finishing at St. John’s Parochial School in Marshfield. Margaret and Jerome farmed 35 years in Chili, town of Fremont, Clark County, where they raised their 11 children. The farm remains in the family with their oldest son, Allen, as owner, operating along with his son, Dana, and nephew, Bob Griesbach. Margaret was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was always positive, understanding, and compassionate and accepting to all. She was a C.C.D. teacher and a 4-H leader. She taught all of her daughters how to crochet and she sewed as well.

She is lovingly survived by 11 children: Susan (Lynn) Luchterhand of Granton, Allen (Terri) Mayer of Chili, Anthony “Tony” (Mary Jo Mayer) Mayer of Chili, Richard Mayer of Saxon, Sally (Mike) Griesbach of Chili, Shirley (Terry) Weyer of Loyal, Bob (Cheryl) Mayer of Marshfield, Sheila Paasch of Marshfield, Sara (Shane Sibley) Mayer of Marshfield, Jerome Jr. (Shelly Hughes) Mayer of Marshfield, and Shari (Jerry) Rabehl of Marshfield; 27 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; her brothers and sisters: Katherine Bathke of Wisconsin Rapids, Mary (Harvey) Pongratz
of Minocqua, Matt Schill of Wisconsin Rapids, and Jerome (Betty Joch) Schill of Auburndale; and sisters-in-law: Beatrice Schill of Wisconsin Rapids, Laura Schill of Vesper, Ida Unertl of Theresa, and Irene Haumschild of Handover, Minn.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jerome Sr., who died on May 10, 1996; three brothers: Fred, Jack and Ted Schill; and a sister, Joan Tremmel. Memorials may be directed to Sacred Heart Building Project. Condolences may be sent online to www.rembsfh.com.