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Wilhelmina Emma “Minnie” <I>Welk</I> Skare

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Wilhelmina Emma “Minnie” Welk Skare

Birth
Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
26 Oct 1978 (aged 78)
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
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Mrs. Olaf Skare, 78, 428 First St., Wausau, died at her home Thursday evening.

Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Helke East Chapel, Wausau. The Rev. Jerry Paul of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Wausau, will officiate. Burial will be in Merrill Memorial Park. Friends may call at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral chapel.

The former Minnie Welk was born May 10, 1900, in Merrill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welk. On Oct. 16, 1923, in Merrill, she married Olaf Skare, who survives. She was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons.

Survivors besides her husband include three daughters, Mrs. Donald Osness, Tomahawk, Mrs. James Schultz, Waukegan, Ill., and Mrs. Wallace Madden, 1721 Monterey, Schofield; a sister, Mrs. Harold Beltz, Oshkosh; two brothers, Herman Zellmer, 1204 Jackson St., and Roger Welk, 203 N. Prospect, both in Merrill; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

(Wausau-Merrill Daily Herald - October 27, 1978)
Mrs. Olaf Skare, 78, 428 First St., Wausau, died at her home Thursday evening.

Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Helke East Chapel, Wausau. The Rev. Jerry Paul of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Wausau, will officiate. Burial will be in Merrill Memorial Park. Friends may call at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral chapel.

The former Minnie Welk was born May 10, 1900, in Merrill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welk. On Oct. 16, 1923, in Merrill, she married Olaf Skare, who survives. She was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons.

Survivors besides her husband include three daughters, Mrs. Donald Osness, Tomahawk, Mrs. James Schultz, Waukegan, Ill., and Mrs. Wallace Madden, 1721 Monterey, Schofield; a sister, Mrs. Harold Beltz, Oshkosh; two brothers, Herman Zellmer, 1204 Jackson St., and Roger Welk, 203 N. Prospect, both in Merrill; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

(Wausau-Merrill Daily Herald - October 27, 1978)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84592222/wilhelmina_emma-skare: accessed ), memorial page for Wilhelmina Emma “Minnie” Welk Skare (10 May 1900–26 Oct 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84592222, citing Merrill Memorial Park, Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Kizzie (contributor 47648959).