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Gerald Biefeld
1943 - 2005
Gerald
L. Biefeld, 62, of Montello, died
Funeral
services will be held at Fellowship Baptist Church in Watertown with the Rev.
John Moore and elder J. C. Stanaland
officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
The
Hafemeister Funeral Home of Watertown is in charge of
arrangements.
Gerald
was born
Gerald
was a 1962 graduate of Watertown High School. For 20 years, he had been
employed at Bethesda Lutheran Home. He
and his wife also owned and operated Freunden Haus in
lxonia, Watertown and Waterloo for 17 years. He was a volunteer for Alpha Pregnancy
Counseling Center of Watertown and a board member of Creative Community Living
Services.
Gerald
enjoyed his gardens, cooking and spending time with his family.
Surviving
are his wife, Irene Biefeld of Montello; a daughter,
Kari (Lou) Savath of lxonia;
two sons, Kraig (Christine) Biefeld and Souane Vachakone, both of
Watertown; five grandchildren, Saxon Savath, Alex Savath, Desiree Savath, Lynsey Biefield and Kirstan Biefeld; his father, Otto Biefeld
of Watertown; a brother, Ken (Nancy) of Waukesha; two sisters, Pat and Kathy of
Watertown; a special aunt, Gladys (Mike) Frentzel of
Jefferson; and numerous loving nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his mother and grandchildren.
Irene M. Biefeld
1943 - 2019
February 23, 1943 -
December 21, 2019
Pardeeville
- Irene M. Biefeld, 76, of Pardeeville, passed away
on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Aurora Medical Center in Summit.
Irene
Margaret Strauss was born on February 23, 1943 on the family farm in Ixonia to Edgar and Irma (nee Hesse) Strauss. Irene was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church in Ixonia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Nursing
from the Milwaukee School of Nursing. On
October 2, 1965 she married Gerald L. Biefeld at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ixonia. She was a career nurse and worked at Bethesda
in Watertown and in Nursing Adminstration at
Shorehaven in Oconomowoc, and Beverly Terrace in Watertown. She and her husband also owned and operated Freunden Haus in Ixonia,
Watertown and Waterloo for 17 years. She
retired in 2004.
Irene
always kept busy with projects. She
enjoyed fishing and games with her sisters and spending time with her family
and grandchildren. Irene liked canning
and making food for her family. In her
retirement she helped the Amish community near where she lived in Pardeeville. She was a very giving person and had assisted
with Mission work in Haiti.
She
is survived by a daughter, Kari (Lou) Savath of Ixonia; two sons, Kraig (Christine) Biefeld
and Souane (Patti Braasch) Vachakone both of Watertown; seven grandchildren: Saxon
(Angeline) Savath, Alex (Traci) Savath,
Desiree (Brandon Tetzlaff) Savath,
Lynsey (Zach) Gensch, Kirsten Biefeld,
Skyler Biefeld, Ashlynn Biefeld;
six great-grandchildren: Natalie Savath, Ellie Savath, Aria Savath, Landon Savath, Emma Gensch, Harper Gensch; one brother, Wallace (Carol) Strauss of Watertown;
two sisters, Ruth Yerges of Portland, Linda Milbradt of Prentice; sister-in-law, Patti (Kathy Murawski) Biefeld; brother-in-law,
Kenneth (Nancy) Biefeld; nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
She
was preceded in death by her father in January of 2004, her mother in January
of 1986, her husband on December 26, 2005, and one grandson Brandon Savath in infancy.
A Celebration of Life
will be held on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Hafemeister Funeral Home in Watertown with a service beginning
at 5:30 p.m. with Rev. Jared Furnish officiating. Memorials, if desired, would be appreciated to
the family. Burial will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery in
Watertown at a later date.
History of Watertown, Wisconsin