OBITUARIES: Katherine (LEIBEL) DEMERS, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Kent Robarge 03 August 2007 ************************************************************************ Obituary of Katherine (Leibel) Demers in Nov. 4, 1981 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI) Katherine Demers Funeral services were held Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church in Dobie for Katherine Demers, 79, of Rt. 1, Rice Lake. Rev. Jerry Harris officiated and burial was in the church. Mrs. Demers died last Thursday at Lakeview medical center. The former Katherine Leibel was born Aug. 10, 1902 at St. Mary's Ridge, Wis. She lived in the Rice Lake area most of her life. She was a member of the Women of the Moose. Mrs. Demers is survived by her husband, Isadore. They are married April 25, 1922 at Dobie. She is also survived by four sons, Cyril of Rice Lake, Anthony of Spooner, Frederick of Prescott and Michael of Inver Grove Heights, Minn.; six daughters, Odelia Christensen of Brainerd, Minn., Bernadette Fagen of Rice Lake, Donna Anderson of St. Paul, Rena Kult of South St. Paul, Emily Kzapil of Libby, Mont. and Judy Moore of Haugen; a sister, Margaret Januscheski of Rice Lake; and by 63 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.