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Anthony J. “Tony” Schecklman
Age 93, of Marshfield formerly of Loyal, while surrounded by all his family left this earth and entered into his Lord’s loving arms early in the evening on Monday, March 30, 2015 at Stoney River Assisted Living-Marshfield.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30AM on Monday, April 6, 2015 at Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Loyal. The Rev. Steven Brice will officiate. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday at Life Tributes Funeral Home in Spencer from 4PM until 7PM and on Monday at the church in Loyal from 9:30AM until time of services. A parish rosary service will be held at 6:30PM on Sunday at the funeral home in Spencer. Tony’s pallbearers include: Scott and Joel Dietsche, Jordan and Luke Kromanaker, Dustin, Tyler and Trent Schecklman.
Tony was born June 13, 1921 in the Town of York, Clark County the son of Leo and Mary (Walter) Schecklman. After attending Lincoln School in the Town of York, Tony, at the young age of 17, drove truck both transporting cheese from his brother’s cheese factory to Marshfield and driving a milk route. He married Anita Genskow on Oct. 28, 1950 at Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Tigerton. Together, they farmed and raised their family near Loyal. During that time Tony was always willing to help out his neighbors with field work when needed. In 1981, he retired from milk hauling but continued to own and operate a dairy farm until he retired completely in 1991. Sadly, Anita passed away on August 11, 2013.
In his spare time, he enjoyed reading, watching “Gunsmoke” or other great westerns and never missed an episode of “The Price Is Right” gameshow. For those that knew him, Tony was a dedicated, hardworking farmer with an incredible memory and was a fantastic storyteller. He was a member of Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Loyal.
Survivors include four children: Bonnie Dietsche of Spencer, Jolene (Thomas) Zwicke of Wisconsin Rapids; Patricia (Kenneth) Kromanaker of Marshfield and Tim (Mary) Schecklman of Appleton; 13 grandchildren: Scott (Nicole) Dietsche of Marshfield, Tammy (Larry) Kleinschmidt of Marshfield, Bryan (special friend Michelle) Dietsche of Jeffersonville,IN, Eric (his fiancé Liz) Dietsche of Westboro, Nicole (Joey) Hanneman of Appleton, Joel (Christy) Dietsche of Loyal, Jordan Kromanaker of Minnetonka, MN, Luke Kromanaker of Marshfield, Marissa (Ted) Salzman of Appleton, Tyler and Trent Schecklman both of Appleton, Brandon Schecklman of Eau Claire and Dustin (Kristen) Schecklman of Loyal; 15 great grandchildren; two sisters: Florein Mueller of Latrobe, PA and Rosie Aumann of Butler; two brothers: Robert Schecklman of Las Vegas, NV and James (Jackie) Schecklman of Neillsville; one sister-in-law June Schecklman of Neillsville along with other nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and his extended family at Stoney River Assisted Living in Marshfield.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Anita, one son Richard, one son-in-law Leland Dietsche, one grandson Michael Anthony Dietsche, one great grandson Michael Anthony Scott Dietsche and two brothers: George (Irene) Schecklman and Edward Schecklman
In lieu of flowers, the family is accepting memorials in Tony’s memory for a charity to be determined later. The Schecklman family sends a special “thank you” to Nina, Mallory, Sam, Courtney and Chaplain Rick all from Asera Care Hospice Services for the care and compassion shown to their father and also to the wonderful staff at Stoney River Assisted Living who cared for Tony in these last 26 months.
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