Fifth Generation


59. Robert Llewellyn "Bob" HABELMAN Jr.59 was born on 21 June 1942 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.28,83 He died on 12 April 2006 at the age of 63 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.41

Obituary Notes: "Robert L. Habelman, age 63, of Tomah and Millston, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at Franciscan-Skemp Healthcare Center, La Crosse.

He was born to Robert and Jean (Hoag) Habelman on June 21, 1942 in La Crosse, WI. He attended high school at Tomah and Sparta and graduated from Sparta. He majored in mechanical engineering and attended the University of Wisconsin at Stout, and at River Falls. He also attended the University of Arizona at Phoenix, and at Tucson.

He was united in marriage to Mary Ellen Romano. Two children were born to his union - a son and a daughter. He was united in marriage to Carolyn Wildes on Nov. 28, 1970.

Bob was part owner of the Habelman Brothers Cranberry Co. Millston Marsh. He loved to travel with his father, and recently traveled to India and Africa. He enjoyed the outdoors and competed in trap and skeet shooting. He was talented in woodworking; he also collected exotic cars.

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn; his father, Robert L. Habelman; a son and daughter and several grandchildren living in the Boston, MA, area; cousins Raymond (Kris) Habelman, Jeffrey and Julie Habelman; a sister-in-law, Elizabeth (Gael) Meyers of Onalaska; a brother-in-law, Dr. Laurence (Maureen) Wildes of Sun Prairie; other relatives, extended family Denis, Tanya and Bogdan Vassilinin and friends.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Jean, and a brother, Arthur John.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 18, at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 1105 Butts Ave., Tomah. Pastor William F. Swan will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Relatives and friends are invited to call on Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, 801 E. Monowau St., Tomah, and at the First United Methodist Church on Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the services."
He was buried on 18 April 2006 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.41 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Robert Llewellyn "Bob" HABELMAN Jr. and Mary Ellen ROMANO were married on 28 August 1959 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.8,56,83 Mary Ellen ROMANO59 was born on 18 September 1942 in Madison, Dane County, WI.8

Robert Llewellyn "Bob" HABELMAN Jr. and Mary Ellen ROMANO had the following children:

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Robert Anthony HABELMAN.

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Loris Ann HABELMAN59 was born on 22 December 1960 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.8,83

Robert Llewellyn "Bob" HABELMAN Jr. and Elinor Carolyn WILDES were married on 28 November 1970 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.49,56,83 Elinor Carolyn WILDES59, daughter of Orville Ellwin WILDES and Rosa Dail NELSON, was born on 3 June 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia.56,83 She graduated in 1959 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.83 from Tomah High School.