Price-Lincoln County WI Archives Obituaries.....Rhody, Dean Walter September 21, 2001
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THE BEE, Phillips, Wisconsin        9-26-2001      
Dean Rhody, 40, Dean "Shorty" Walter Rhody, Spirit, died Friday, Sept. 21, 
2001, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield as the result of a motorcycle-
deer accident which occurred on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, in Lincoln County, 
at the age of 40.

Born May 25, 1961, in Tomahawk, to Harvey and Bonnie (Nee;Vail) Rhody, he was 
a 1979 graduate of Rib Lake High School. He attended UW-Platteville, where he 
was a member of the Sigma Pi Fraternity. He was currently employed for the 
past 13 years as a painter for Harley-Davidson in Tomahawk and was a certified 
firefighter for the Harley-Davidson Emergency Response Unit. Dean also 
currently owned and operated Maple Ridge Farms, which is a multi-faceted 
enterprise that includes a beef cow/calf operation, custom forage harvesting 
and forest management. He was involved in public speaking competitions for 10 
years while in school and in 4-H. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing darts, 
music-listening as well as singing, traveling, especially on back roads and 
riding his Harley. He was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, past-
president of the Tomahawk Sunday Night Dart League, member of the PACE Union 
Local #7-0460 serving twice as union steward, member of HOG and was currently 
a member of the Land Use Committee for the Town of Spirit.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, at 11 a.m. at the 
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in the town of Spirit with Rev. Roger Sloan 
officiating. A gathering will be Saturday morning at the church from 9:30 a.m. 
until the time of the service. Inurnment will be at the Hillcrest Cemetery in 
the town of Spirit.

Mr. Rhody is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Donna Rhody and her 
husband Mac Marland, Monte Sereno, Calif.; special friend, Nancy Bushar, town 
of Spirit; former spouse, Lynn Burnett-Archer; and aunts, uncles, many cousins 
and many special friends throughout the US and other countries. He was 
predeceased by his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Hope Hospice of 
Taylor County.

Dallmann-Kniewel Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake serving the family.


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