Obit: Palms, Caroline Henrietta (1935 - 2009)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
Email:  dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Palms, Stus, Wiater, Poeschel, Gaede, Ormond

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) March 25, 2009

Palms, Caroline Henrietta (29 June 1935 - 16 March 2009)

Caroline Palms, 72, of Neillsville, died Monday, March 16, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.

Caroline Henrietta Palms was born June 29, 1935, in Illinois, the daughter of Frank and Charlotte (Stus) Palms*. She later moved to the Neillsville area. Caroline was employed at Nelson Industries and was united in marriage to Wilfred Palms in 1973.

She is survived by one daughter; Penny (Robert) Poeschel of Neillsville; four grandchildren, Connie Poeschel, Lance Poeschel and John Gaede, all of Neillsville, and Anthony (Melissa) Gaede of Kailua, HI; and two great-grandchildren, Jesse and Dakota Gaede. Caroline is also survived by two sisters, Mary Ann Ormond of Marshfield and Patricia Wiater of Oshkosh; two brothers, Eugene (Bonnie) Wiater of Buffalo County and Cyril Wiater of Owen-Withee; and a sister-in-law, Sue Wiater of Wausau.

Caroline was preceded in death by a brother, Chester Wiater, and a grandson, Thomas Gaede.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

The Gesche Funeral Home of Neillsville is assisting Caroline’s family with arrangements.

(*Transcriber believes this to be in error, and should be Wiater not Palms see Frank Wiater obit on the website; in my younger days I knew Caroline & several of her siblings, also mention of siblings, George, Leonard, Christine, Anthony and Frances are omitted.)

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