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| Ebert, Timothy |
Ebert, Thomas |
Ebert, Wayne |
Eliason, Carl |
Eliason,
Donald |
| Eliason,
Jenny |
Eliason,
Jerry |
Eliason, John |
Eliason, John II |
Eliason, John III |
| Eliason, Lucille |
Eliason, Oscar |
Eliason, Richard |
Enlow, Elaine |
Eldon, Esch |
| Euriga, John |
Euriga, Mary |
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Thomas Ebert
Residency: 1973
Tom is a son of
Wayne Ebert and a brother to
Tim Ebert. He has been a member of
the St. Germain Fire and Rescue Department since 1980.
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Timothy Ebert
Residency: 1973
Tim is a son of Wayne
Ebert and brother to Tom Ebert.
He works for the Town of St. Germain and is the town zoning
officer. He has been a member of the St. Germain Fire and Rescue
Department since 1979 and became Fire Chief in 2004 following
Kent Knitt's resignation.
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Wayne Ebert
Residency: 1973
Wayne operated his own construction company since he moved here
and is now retired.
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Carl Eliason
Residency: Born in Sayner, WI
Carl was a son of
John
and Jenny Eliason.
He is the father of John II Eliason,
who was named after Carl's father. He attended the
Content School
in St. Germain as a child. Fred
Baackus helped Carl and one of
Carl's sisters financially to attend UW-Madison. Carl started a
general store with Elmer Ahlborn in Sayner. This store
eventually burned down, but was located where the Sayner Pub is
today. Carl then founded the Eliason Lumber Company in Sayner,
WI and Fred Baccus helped him financially to get started. He
invented the snowmobile in 1924. This snowmobile is on display
at the Vilas Historical Museum in Sayner, WI.
Date deceased: 1979
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Plum Lake Cemetery
Donald Eliason
Residency: Born here
Donald is a son of
Oscar and
Lucille Eliason. He was the founder of Eliason Realty
with his twin brother, Richard. He
currently operates his own financial investment firm in St.
Germain.
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Jenny Eliason
Residency:
1898
Jennie was married to John Eliason
and they settled here from Sweden. She took part in the
management and operations of Murmuring
Waters Resort, which John founded.
on Lost Lake.
Date deceased: 1951
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Plum Lake Cemetery
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Jerry Eliason
Residency:
Born here
Jerry was a son of Oscar and
Lucille Eliason. He founded the
popular Eliason's Someplace Else
supper club and operated it for over thirty years. The supper
club was sold in November 2004. Jerry was one of the original
founders of the "Stump Dump Queen" contest. He also did much to
help raise funds for the Fire/Rescue Department. Every year for
three decades, he held a fish fry in April with the proceeds
going to the fire department.
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John Eliason
Residency: 1898
John was the first Eliason in the
area, arriving here from Sweden in 1898. He built
Murmuring Waters Resort on Lost Lake
several years after arriving and operated it for many years.
Carl Eliason , his son, suggested
the name of Murmuring Waters from the poem, Hiawatha. He was
also the father of Oscar Eliason
and a member of the town board.
Date deceased: 1956
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Plum Lake Cemetery
John Eliason II
Residency: Born in Sayner, WI
John is a son of
Carl Eliason and a grandson of
John Eliason. He took over the
management and operations of Eliason Lumber Yard when Carl
retired.
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John Eliason III
Residency:
Born in Sayner, WI
John is a son of John Eliason II,
grandson of Carl Eliason, and
great-grandson of John Eliason. He
is involved with the operations and management of Eliason Lumber
Company in Sayner.
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Lucille Eliason
Residency: Unknown
Lucille was married to Oscar Eliason and she was from Merrill,
WI. She was a sister to Lila Kurtz who married
Elwood DeNoyer.
Lucille taught in the both Lakeland and Lac du Flambeau School
Districts.
Date deceased: August 13, 1975
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Oscar Eliason
Residency: Born here
Oscar was the son of John Eliason
and the father of Jerry,
Richard,
and Donald.
He attended Juve School
as a child and was a student of John
Vandervort. Oscar passed the eighth
grade with no problem, but was so nervous about having to go to
high school in Eagle River, that Vandervort let him stay in Juve
School another year. He eventually operated a jukebox/pinball
machine company in the area and took over operations of
Murmuring Waters Resort
when his father, John, passed away. He and
Ed Gabe founded
the Highway 155 Club which evolved into the St. Germain Chamber
of Commerce.
Date deceased: April 3, 1971
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Richard Eliason
Residency: Born here
Dick is the son of Oscar Eliason, a
brother to Jerry, and paternal twin
of Donald. He was a founder of Eliason Realty with Donald. He
currently operates his own real estate development firm in St.
Germain.
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Elaine Enlow
Residency: Born here
Elaine was a daughter of Charles and
Eva Rekau and a niece of
Walter E. Olson. She was a very kind
lady and operated an animal care center at her home, which was
on the corner of Jct. Hwy 70 and Old 70, diagonally from what is
now Bob Katz Bar (Waukegan).
Date deceased: October 24, 1979
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Eldon Esch
Residency: Unknown
Eldon owned/operated Esch's Serenity Bay on South Bay of Little
St. Germain for many years. He turned it into one of the most
popular and top resorts of the area. He sold it and retired in
the late 1990's.
Date
deceased: 2007
Cause of death: Heart attack mowing lawn
Interment: Unknown
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John Euriga
Residency: Mid-1950's
John was a son of Mary Euriga and
operated a bait shop on the same site as his mother's grocery
store on Highway 70. They also had cabins on the other side of
the highway by the Big St. Germain River. He passed away in the
Veteran's Hospital in Milwaukee from kidney problems.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Interment: Unknown
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Mary Euriga
Residency: Mid-1950's
Mary and her husband (first name
unknown) came from Gary, Indiana after he retired from the steel
mills. They ran
Euriga's,
a small grocery store and bait shop in combination with their
home. This was on Hwy 70 on the corner where you would turn on
Normandy Court Road. They also had several rental cabins across
the highway along the bank of the Big St. Germain River. Mary's
husband passed away, but she continued to operate the store and
cabins with the help of her son,
John.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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