Obituary of Denise Anne Engevold

Denise A. Engevold

Age 72, of Spencer, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

A Memorial Service will be held at 7 PM on Friday, July 21, 2023 at Life Tributes Funeral Home in Spencer with Rev. Robert Giese officiating. A private committal service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Unity on a future date. Family and friends are invited to gather at the funeral home on Friday from 4 PM until time of services.

Denise was born on June 3, 1951, in Marshfield to John “Jack” and Joanne (Tennis) Pribnow. She graduated from Colby High School, Class of 1969. She was united in marriage to Dennis Engevold on September 13, 1969 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Unity. She was a dedicated wife homemaker.

She was a member Trinity Lutheran Church in Unity.

Denise kept busy working her flower and vegetable gardens, doing puzzles and making treats for her grandchildren. It was noted that much of Denise’s cooking and baking talents were learned from her Grandma Tennis. She enjoyed fishing at Lake Arbutus and Miller Dam and even some salmon fishing. She was a skilled seamstress fixing and mending her children’s jeans or making curtains. She loved spending time with her family and friends or maybe catching an episode of “General Hospital”. If you knew Denise, then you also knew of her famous refrigerator pickles and pickled eggs.

Her memory will be cherished by her loving husband, Dennis of Spencer; her sons, Mike (Kristen) Engevold of Spencer and Mark (Shannon) Engevold of Marshfield; her grandchildren, Brittany (Ben) Slempkes, Brenton (Hannah) Engevold, Blake Engevold, Bristol Engevold, Nicolas Day, Nevada Engevold and Elizabeth Engevold, Taylor Meyer, Izaiha Meyer and Avrey Goralski and her great-grandchildren, Samuel Slempkes and Jaxon Rabine and two great-grandsons-to-be. She is further survived by her siblings, Judy (Russ) Bedroske, Jamie (Bob) Michlig, John (Donna) Pribnow, Tadd (Sandy) Pribnow and Amy (Rick Lechner) Pribnow and 13 brothers and sisters-in-law along with many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her birth parents, Jack and Joanne; her dad, Leon; her stepmother, Grace; her sister, Debbie and two brothers-in-law.

If desired, the family is accepting memorials in Denise’s name for a medical charity to combat cancer which has yet to be determined.

Thank you to the staff at Froedert Hospital, Compassus Home Health and Aspirus Hospital for all the compassionate care for Denise.

Denise’s arrangements are under the care of Life Tributes Funeral Home-Spencer. To share a memory or offer a condolence, please visit www.lifetributesfuneralhome.com.