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| Names or sites
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| Ahlborn,
Evelyn |
Ahlborn, Gene |
Ahlborn, Kurt |
Ahlborn,
Tracey |
Ahlborn,
Woody |
| Andersen,
Dorothy |
Andersen,
James |
Andersen,
Rhobie |
Anderson,
Anna |
Anderson,
Cherie |
| Anderson,
Chris |
Anderson,
Donna |
Anderson,
Esther |
Anderson,
Ewald |
Anderson,
Leon |
| Anderson,
Peggy |
Anderson, Roy |
Anderson,
Walter |
Anderson,
Wendy |
Armentrout,
John |
| Arnold, John |
Arnold,
Robert |
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Evelyn Ahlborn
Residency: Born in Phelps, WI
Evelyn was married to Gene Ahlborn
and is the mother of Kurt,
Tracey, and
Woody Ahlborn. She helped in the organization and
management of Ahlborn Equipment, Inc. in Sayner, WI until she
retired. She currently lives in Conover, WI.
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Gene Ahlborn
Residency: Early 1940's
Gene is the
founder of Ahlborn Equipment, Inc, in Sayner, WI. He built this
from a small one-man company into a worldwide distributorship of
chain saw parts and accessories. He is the father of
Kurt,
Tracey,
and
Woody Ahlborn.
Date
deceased: January 23, 2008
Cause of death: Complications of throat cancer
Interment: Plum Lake Cemetery
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Kurt Ahlborn
Residency: Born in Sayner, WI
Kurt is a son of
Gene
and Evelyn Ahlborn and a brother to
Tracey and
Woody Ahlborn. He managed Ahlborn
Equipment, Inc. for several years and is now operating his own
company. He currently lives in Conover, WI.
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Tracey Ahlborn
Residency: Born in Sayner, WI
Tracey is a
son of
Gene
and
Evelyn Ahlborn
and a brother to
Kurt
and
Woody Ahlborn.
He is involved with the
management and operations of Ahlborn Equipment, Inc. in Sayner,
WI.
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Woody Ahlborn
Woody is a
son of
Gene
and
Evelyn Ahlborn
and a brother to
Kurt
and
Tracey Ahlborn.
He is involved with the
management and operations of Ahlborn Equipment, Inc. in Sayner,
WI.
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Dorothy Andersen
Residency: 1946
Dorothy was
married to
Rhobie (Toby) Andersen
and the mother of
James Andersen.
She helped manage their resort on Big St. Germain Lake and is
currently retired.
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James Andersen
iJim
was born and raised on the shores of Big St. Germain Lake on his
parents resort which his father, Rhobie
Andersen, purchased in 1946. Jim is
an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman with a deep an
intricate knowledge of the Big St. Germain fishery.
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Rhobie Andersen
Residency: 1946
Rhobie was better known as Toby and purchased a resort on Big
St. Germain Lake in 1946. This resort was located on Big St.
Germain Drive a short distance from the public boat landing.
Date of death: 1973
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Anna Anderson
Residency: Born here
Anna is a
daughter of
Leon
and
Peggy Anderson.
She purchased the
Peacock Tavern
with her sister,
Cheri Anderson,
and they renamed it Sisters Saloon (The
Peacock).
Anna eventually left the
partnership
and currently owns a gift shop in Sayner, WI.
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Cherie Anderson
Residency: Born here
Cheri
is a daughter of
Leon
and
Peggy Anderson. She
currently owns Sisters Saloon (The
Peacock).
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Chris Anderson
Residency:
Born here
Chris is a
son of
Leon
and
Peggy Anderson
and is a brother to
Cheri
and
Anna.
He currently works in the area lumber industry.
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Donna Anderson
Residency:
Early 1930's
Donna was
married to Ewald Anderson and taught
in the Juve School for many years.
Date deceased:
1967
Cause of death: Emphysema
Interment: Hildegard Cemetery (Conover, WI)
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Esther Anderson
Residency:
1939
Esther was
born September 24, 1914. She married
Roy Anderson
in Mountain, WI in 1935 and is the mother of
Leon Anderson.
She helped in the
operations of Anderson's Cottages on Kosomo Lake and was also a
very good pastry cook. During the 1940's she was employed for
her pastry abilities at
Clear
View Lodge
on Big St. Germain and Vandervort's Lost Lake Resort.
They also ran a business in Florida
during the winter.
Her husband, Roy, passed away suddenly in December 1961 and she
sold the Florida business. In 1965 she sold the resort to her
son, Leon. She lived in Florida until 1988, then returned to
St. Germain and lived at the Senior Housing Project until 2006.
Date deceased: 2006
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Mountain, WI
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Ewald Anderson
Residency:
1935
Ewald was born and raised in Conover and
worked for the Wisconsin Department of Conservation (now known
as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources). In December
1933 he was invited to be Santa Claus at
Juve
School.
Two years later, he married
Donna (Wilcox) Anderson,
who was teaching at the school. He purchased forty acres of
land and the house on it from a family known as Erdmann on Hwy
155. He was very active in community affairs and served as
clerk of the St. Germain School, town supervisor, and town tax
assessor. He was one of the founders of the Sayner/St. Germain
Wildlife Club. He was also a lead figure in the development of
the bass ponds and spent much time and energy in their
development and maintenance.
Date deceased:
August 21, 1997
Cause of death: Heart attack
Interment: Hildegard Cemetery (Conover, WI)
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Leon Anderson
Residency: Born here
Leon is well known in our area as
"Buckshot" Anderson. He is the son of Roy
and Esther Anderson and was raised
on his father's resort on Kosomo Lake. He is married to
Peggy Anderson
and the father of Anna,
Cherie,
Wendy,
and Chris.
Buckshot is the last of the real northwoods guides in our area
and has been inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame
in Hayward, WI. WI.
He taught in the Red Brick School
in St. Germain for several years, then went to North Lakeland
school and taught there for over twenty years. He was one of
the first members of the Northland Pines School Board and a
long-time and very active member of the
Vilas Historical Museum
in Sayner, WI. He is also the author of several books related to
the northwoods.
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Peggy Anderson
Residency:
1957
Peggy met
her husband,
Leon Anderson,
in Superior, WI which is where she lived. She married
Leon and
moved to St. Germain. She
is the mother of
Anna,
Cherie,
Chris,
and
Wendy.
She managed the First National Bank of St. Germain for many
years until retirement.
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Roy Anderson
Residency: October 1939
Roy was
married to
Esther Anderson
and the father of
Leon (Buckshot) Anderson.
He homesteaded on Dollar Lake (now Kosomo Lake) and in 1943 he
started to operate a resort on the lake. The resort was called
Anderson's Cottages. Life was not particularly easy back then
and electricity did not reach them until 1946. It was not until
1950 that they had a telephone.
Roy started to winter in Florida in 1956 where he bought and
operated the business each year from October to April. Then he
and his wife, Esther, would return to the resort on Kosomo Lake.
Date deceased: December 1961
Cause of death: Unknown (Sudden & Unexpected)
Interment: Mountain, WI
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Walter Anderson
Residency:
late 1940's
Walters was born and raised in
Conover, WI and a brother to Ewald Anderson.
He built and operated St. Germain
Restaurant
in the St. Germain mall/junction area. There is some confusion
as to whether this restaurant was named Walter's Restaurant or
St. Germain Restaurant. This was one of the first four
commercial buildings in the mall/junction, but it was moved away
to make room for the new grocery store (Camp's
Super Valu).
Date deceased:
Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Hildegard Cemetery (Conover, WI)
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Wendy Anderson
Residency: Born here
Wendy is a daughter of
Leon and Peggy
Anderson. Little is currently known about Wendy, except
she apparently lives in Texas.
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John Armentrout
Residency:
Mid-1970's
John purchased and operated Perk's Resort (Sisson's
Resort)
on West Bay of Little St. Germain Lake. He changed the name to
West Bay Resort, operated it as rental for several years, then
sold the cottages. He also operated the Lake Aire Supper Club (Lake
Aire Tavern)for
a time when
Glenn Giese
owned it. He was then involved in area real estate and home
construction. He is currently living in Florida.
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John Arnold
Residency:
1975
John is a son of Robert Arnold
and operated Arnold's Septic Pumping for many years.
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Robert Arnold
Residency:
1975
Bob is John
Arnold's father. He purchased and operated Northern
Waters Resort on Plum Lake in 1975. In the mid-1980's, he
sold/condoed the resort and
purchased
Murmuring Waters
on Lost Lake. He ran this tavern for several years, then sold
it and the name was changed to "Patti's Murmuring Waters."
Date deceased:
Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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