Fifth Generation

169. Bernita Lillian MARTEN was born on 19 October 1925 in Monroe County, WI.⁸⁷ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She died on 16 August 2006 at the age of 80 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴

Obituary Notes: "Bernita L. Deichler, 80, of Sparta, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, at Rolling Hills Rehabilitation Center, Sparta. She was born on Oct. 19, 1925, in the Township of Tomah to Elmer and Edna (Shueman) Marten. She grew up in the Tomah area and attended Council Creek Grade School prior to 8th grade when she attended St. Paul Ev Lutheran School in Tomah. She graduated from Tomah High School in 1944.

On Feb. 17, 1951, she married Lewis H. Deichler in Norwalk at St. Jacob’s Lutheran parsonage. After marriage, they farmed in the Norwalk area until they moved to Sparta in 1978. She was a member of St. John’s Ev Lutheran Church, Sparta.

She is survived by two sons, Norman (Margaret) Deichler of Satellite Beach, FL, and Roger (Christine) Deichler of Norwalk; two daughters, Nancy (Gerald) Haney of Norwalk and Bonnie (Steven) Scholze of Sparta; eight grandchildren, Kathy Deichler of Melbourne, FL, Roxanne (Mark) Suchomel of Poynette, WI, Cpl. Jesse Haney USMC of Camp Lejeune, NC, Sarah Haney of Norwalk, Tim Deichler of Tomah, Jenny Deichler of Norwalk, Cole Scholze of Sparta, and Megan Scholze of Sparta; two great-grandchildren, D.J. and Rodney of Florida; two brothers, Reuben (Kathie) Marten of Tomah and Raymond Marten of Tomah; two sisters, Viona Seleski of Spokane, WA, and Gladys Rose of Oakdale, WI.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lewis on Oct. 9, 2001; and a brother, Robert.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church Sparta, with Rev. Mark Wessel officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Cemetery."

Bernita Lillian MARTEN and Louis Herman DEICHLER were married on 17 February 1951 in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.^{14,34,280,281} Louis Herman DEICHLER, son of Herman John DEICHLER and Alice Mary SCHERMERHORN, was born on 17 May 1915 in Monroe County, WI.^23,87 (His name was spelled "Lewis" in the obituary of his father.) He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ He died about 2001 at the age of 86.²⁸¹

Bernita Lillian MARTEN and Louis Herman DEICHLER had the following children:

+337	i.	Nancy E. DEICHLER.
338	ii.	Norman DEICHLER was born (date unknown).
339	iii.	Roger DEICHLER was born (date unknown).
340	iv.	Bonnie DEICHLER was born (date unknown).