OBITUARIES:  Clarence J. DEMERS, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Clarence J. Demers

Obituary from May 19, 1993 Rice Lake Chronotype

 "Clarence Demers, 79, of Rice Lake died Thursday at the Heritage Manor 
Nursing Home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic 
Church with Rev. Brendan Kunda officiating and burial in the church 
cemetery.  Mr. Demers was born March 2, 191 to Eva and Eugene Demers in 
Rice Lake, where he was raised and educated. After marrying Bernice Richter 
of Oct. 5, 1938, they farmed in the Rice Lake area for 18 years.  He quit 
farming in 1956 and went to work for the Johnson Retinning Company until 
1961.  He then moved his family to Red Wing, Minn., where he was employed 
manufacturing cabinets until his retirement.  In 1972, they moved back to 
Rice Lake.

 Survivors include his wife, Bernice; five sons, Ronald of Hickston, Larry 
of Clayton, Clarence Jr. of Red Wing, Minn., Eugene of St. Louis, and John 
of Rice Lake; eight daughters, Mary Ann Ferry, Sylvia Dvorak and Sue Oleson, 
all of Rice Lake, Josephine Wiesmueller of Theinsville, Janice Frazier and 
Beverly Langer, both of Red Wing, Minn., Kathleen Mattocks of Milwaukee, and 
Linda Demers of St. Paul; four brothers, Donald, LeRoy and Eugene, all of 
Rice Lake, and Elmer of Indianopolis; two sisters, Isabelle Bard of Duluth, 
and Leona Richter of Rice Lake; 28 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren."