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Marie A “Mary” <I>Hafemann</I> Lewitzke

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Marie A “Mary” Hafemann Lewitzke

Birth
Hewitt, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
28 Aug 1978 (aged 78)
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
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Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Mary lived in the same house all her adult life after her husband, George died. George gave her a life estate in the house which stated that if she ever remarried or moved, the house would go to the kids. On visits to her house, her grand-nieces recalled being allowed to try on their Aunt Mary's old jewelry- which they loved. Her house on the east side of Wausau was very much a stopped clock. The well-cared-for furnishings were from the 1920's. There was a heavy lacquered lamp with fringed shade and bead pull string. She had a heavy, old black telephone which amplified her voice on the other end. When she called her niece on Thomas St., you could hear Mary through the ear piece from the other side of the room. Her great-nephew remembers her mostly from the polka weddings in places like the Sunrise Ballroom in Nutterville. There she twirled the night away with a short, older boyfriend by the name of Nick. She smiled her benevolent smile as relatives shouted their greetings to her. She often had rouged cheeks and wore dresses with black fringe on the bottom, a black hairnet to hold her thick, jet-black hair and a peacock feather. She always seemed so quaint to the editor who wondered what she was like as a young woman- way back in the 1920's. She must have been quite fashionable!
Mary lived in the same house all her adult life after her husband, George died. George gave her a life estate in the house which stated that if she ever remarried or moved, the house would go to the kids. On visits to her house, her grand-nieces recalled being allowed to try on their Aunt Mary's old jewelry- which they loved. Her house on the east side of Wausau was very much a stopped clock. The well-cared-for furnishings were from the 1920's. There was a heavy lacquered lamp with fringed shade and bead pull string. She had a heavy, old black telephone which amplified her voice on the other end. When she called her niece on Thomas St., you could hear Mary through the ear piece from the other side of the room. Her great-nephew remembers her mostly from the polka weddings in places like the Sunrise Ballroom in Nutterville. There she twirled the night away with a short, older boyfriend by the name of Nick. She smiled her benevolent smile as relatives shouted their greetings to her. She often had rouged cheeks and wore dresses with black fringe on the bottom, a black hairnet to hold her thick, jet-black hair and a peacock feather. She always seemed so quaint to the editor who wondered what she was like as a young woman- way back in the 1920's. She must have been quite fashionable!

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