Arlene M. Unferth, 85, of the town of Lomira, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at Grancare Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fond du Lac.
She was born on June 4, 1925, in the town of Lomira, the daughter of the late Edwin and Lillie (Ott) Marquardt. Arlene was a 1943 graduate of Mayville High School and graduated from the Dodge County Normal School in 1945. She taught for a couple years at Rock Ledge School near the Horicon Marsh and two years at the Lomira Grade School. She left teaching to help her brother, Rueben, and her aging parents on the farm. On August 29, 1953, she was united in marriage to Lester Unferth.
Arlene was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Lomira. She was active in the Associated Milk Producers, South Byron Grange and East Y Badgers 4-H Club.
Arlene will fondly be remembered for her passion for cooking and baking, along with her raspberry patch. Together with her husband, Lester, and family, she would harvest 400 to 800 pints of berries a year and sell them to grocery stores in Fond du Lac and Lomira. She enjoyed going to the Fireside Dinner Theater where Arlene and Lester had season tickets for 17 years, and she especially enjoyed the wonderful Fireside dining.
Those Arlene leaves behind to cherish her memory include her husband of 57 years, Lester; three daughters, Vickie (Boris Pritychenko) Unferth of LaCrosse, Julie (Jeff) Richter of Waukesha and Debra Unferth of Bay Side; three grandchildren, Craig, Kelsi and Carly Richter; two sisters, Lois Marquardt of Ripon and Eunice Frisbie of Beaver Dam, other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents, Arlene was preceded in death by two brothers, Rueben and an infant brother, Roy and three sisters, Florence Metke, Ruth Panzer and Marie George.
Funeral services for Arlene were held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 300 Church Street in Lomira. Rev. Kerry Wilson officiated and burial followed the service in Ebenezer Cemetery in the town of Lomira.
Relatives and friends called on Sunday at the church from noon until the time of services.
The Kietzer-Miller Funeral Home in Lomira was entrusted with Arlene’s arrangements.
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She was born on June 4, 1925, in the town of Lomira, the daughter of the late Edwin and Lillie (Ott) Marquardt. Arlene was a 1943 graduate of Mayville High School and graduated from the Dodge County Normal School in 1945. She taught for a couple years at Rock Ledge School near the Horicon Marsh and two years at the Lomira Grade School. She left teaching to help her brother, Rueben, and her aging parents on the farm. On August 29, 1953, she was united in marriage to Lester Unferth.
Arlene was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Lomira. She was active in the Associated Milk Producers, South Byron Grange and East Y Badgers 4-H Club.
Arlene will fondly be remembered for her passion for cooking and baking, along with her raspberry patch. Together with her husband, Lester, and family, she would harvest 400 to 800 pints of berries a year and sell them to grocery stores in Fond du Lac and Lomira. She enjoyed going to the Fireside Dinner Theater where Arlene and Lester had season tickets for 17 years, and she especially enjoyed the wonderful Fireside dining.
Those Arlene leaves behind to cherish her memory include her husband of 57 years, Lester; three daughters, Vickie (Boris Pritychenko) Unferth of LaCrosse, Julie (Jeff) Richter of Waukesha and Debra Unferth of Bay Side; three grandchildren, Craig, Kelsi and Carly Richter; two sisters, Lois Marquardt of Ripon and Eunice Frisbie of Beaver Dam, other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents, Arlene was preceded in death by two brothers, Rueben and an infant brother, Roy and three sisters, Florence Metke, Ruth Panzer and Marie George.
Funeral services for Arlene were held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 300 Church Street in Lomira. Rev. Kerry Wilson officiated and burial followed the service in Ebenezer Cemetery in the town of Lomira.
Relatives and friends called on Sunday at the church from noon until the time of services.
The Kietzer-Miller Funeral Home in Lomira was entrusted with Arlene’s arrangements.