Fourth Generation

24. Norbert Cyril PRECHEL was born on 18 December 1922 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴³ He was baptized on 8 January 1923 in Monroe County, WI.⁴³ He died before June 2003 at the age of 80.¹²

Norbert Cyril PRECHEL and Alice Marie ROSCOVIUS were married on 29 June 1946 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^44,45 Alice Marie ROSCOVIUS, daughter of Edgar Rudolph ROSCOVIUS and Ella Alma ROSENOW, was born on 8 February 1926 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^33,45 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She died on 18 March 2016 at the age of 90 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.⁴⁵

Obituary Notes: "Alice Marie Prechel, 90, of Kendall and Westby passed away peacefully Friday, March 18, 2016, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born Feb. 8, 1926, to Edgar and Ella (Rosenow) Roscovius in the township of Adrian. She was baptized Feb. 21, 1926, and confirmed March 17, 1940, at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church in Tomah. She graduated in 1944, from Wilton High School.

She was united in marriage to Norbert C. Prechel on June 29, 1946, at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church. She worked at Fort McCoy, Ray O’Vac and was a salesperson for Watkins Products.

Alice was a faithful and devoted member of St. John Ev. Lutheran Church and served on the Ladies Circle. She also was a member of the Kendall Firettes and received her EMT certification. In her spare time, Alice enjoyed looking into her family genealogy, scrapbooking, sewing, needle point, spending time in her garden, cooking, most of all Alice loved to dance and listen to her music. Alice loved to be with her family. She had a caring and generous heart; she dearly loved being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and extended her love outside her family to help others. She would do anything she could for her grandchildren and enjoyed sharing life lessons with them. Her wise words of “Do your best, that is all you can ask of yourself” will stay close to their hearts. Alice also had a great sense of humor, sharing a laugh with her family and a friend was always welcomed. Above all, Alice always would see the good in people and remind others, that “you never know what is in another person’s heart, so you can’t judge; God is the only one to do that.”

She is survived by her children, Verlyn (Diane) of Kendall, Harland of College Station, Texas, LaDon (Patricia) of Stoughton, Karen (Olen) Jensen of Janesville, Rodney of Los Angeles, Calif., and Diane (Vernon) Daines of Westby; grandchildren, Michelle (Braddy) Bohlman, Helen and Kellie Prechel, David (Rustie) and Matthew Prechel, Josh (Chrystal) Erhardt, Brandon (Michelle) and Erik (Aimee) Jensen, Allyson, Kelsey and Ryan Daines; great-grandchildren, Seth, Bryce, and Fiona Prechel, Shianne and Donovan Erhardt, Audrey, Dayne, and Grady Jensen; a sister, Arlene Waege of Tomah; two sisters-in-law, Cheryl Roscovius and Sue Roscovius.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Norbert; an infant daughter, Denise Ann; two sisters, Joan Olson and Lorna Emden; two brothers, Robert and Merle Roscovius; three brothers–in-law, Robert Waege, Ronald Olson and Richard “Dick” Emden.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, Kendall. Pastor Steven W. Neuman will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Vernon Cemetery in the town of Tomah."

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Norbert Cyril PRECHEL and Alice Marie ROSCOVIUS had the following children: