Obit: Wiersma, Raymond (1948 - 2009) 

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surname: Brewer, Henricks, Neumann, Pacewicz, Schmidt, Wickham, Wiersma
 

----Source: The Tribune Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., WI) Wednesday, August 26, 2009, Online Edition 
 

Wiersma, Raymond (June 16, 1922 - August 20, 2009)   
 

Raymond Wiersma, 81, of Abbotsford, died at the Golden Living Center- Continental Manor in Abbotsford, on Thursday, August 20, 2009. 
 

He was born June 26, 1928, in Lake Geneva, to Andrew and Marcia (Wickham) Wiersma.  
 

He received his education at the Kingsley One Room County School in Woodstock, Ill., and graduated from Alden High School.  
 

He married Beverly Henricks, on April 10, 1954, at Faith Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, Ill.  
 

He served his country by enlisting in the Army, where he served from 1955 to 1956. 
 

He is survived by his wife, Beverly; and their children, Polly Pacewicz of Palatine, Ill., and Daniel (Terri) Wiersma of Colby; six grandchildren; one great-grandson; and his sister, Martha (Lawrence) Schmidt of Colby. 
 

He was preceded in death by his daughter Pamela Brewer; and his brother, Wilbur Wiersma.

 
Funeral services were held at Zion Lutheran Church on Aug. 24. The Rev. Mark Neumann presided. Burial was at Abbotsford Public Cemetery with Military Rites conducted by Colby VFW Post 2227.

 
In lieu of flowers memorials are appreciated to the Zion Lutheran Church in Colby.