Obit: Themar, Anna M. (1897 – 1988)

Contact: Linda Mertens

Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Themar, Enders, Hamback, Tuma, Quast, Brost, Seidel, Zirngibl

--- Source – Private Collection; The STAR NEWS, Medford, WI, Wed., Nov. 2, 1988

Anna M. Themar (21 Nov 1897 – 31 Oct 1988)

Funeral services will be held here at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church for Mrs. Anna M. Themar, 90-year-old Medford resident who died Monday morning at Memorial Nursing Home, Medford, where she had resided the past three months.
Rev. Dennis Meulemans will officiate and burial will take place in Medford Catholic Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The body lay in state at Hemer Funeral Home, Medford, where a rosary service was held Tuesday evening.

The former Anna M. Enders, daughter of the late Lambert and Margaret (Hamback) Enders, was born November 21, 1897, at Chicago and as a child moved with her parents to Taylor County. She attended the Rib Lake area schools.

Her marriage to Jerome A. Themar, who preceded her in death November 5, 1953, took place November 7, 1921, at Medford.
After their marriage the couple moved to Sheboygan where they resided until 1929 when they moved to the Medford area. Mrs.Themar, a homemaker and mother, had lived in the City of Meford since 1962.

She was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, its Rosary Society and the Ladies of Holy Rosary.

Surviving her are two daughters, Evelyn, Mrs. Charles Tuma, West Allis, and Jeanette, Mrs. Marvin Quast, Keshena; two sons, Pete (Rosemary), Medford, and Jim (Rose Marie) Muskego, 13 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Other survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Brost, Medford, Mrs. Marie Seidel, Milwaukee, and Gertrude, Mrs. Elmer Zirngibl, Menomonee Falls, and a brother, Pete Enders, Milwaukee.

She was also preceded in death by a daughter, who died in infancy in 1933, three brothers and two sisters.