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| Radcliff, John |
Radke, Robert |
Radue, Anne |
Radue, Jack |
Radue, Michael |
| Radue, Robert |
Radue, Robert, W. |
Radue, Silvia |
Radue, William J. |
Radue, William L. |
| Rappa, Jerry |
Ray, Jeanne |
Reid, Edward, Jr. |
Reid Edward,
Sr. |
Reid, Joseph, Jr. |
| Reid, Joseph, Sr. |
Reid, Rosie |
Rekau, Charles |
Rekau, Eva |
Richards, Dwight |
| Richards, Elsa |
Richards, Jane |
Richards, Jeffery |
Richards, Joseph, Jr, |
Richards, Joseph, Sr. |
| Richards, Michael |
Richards, Timothy |
Rogers, Floyd |
Rollmann, Robert |
Rohner, Adele |
| Rohner, Donald |
Rohner, William |
Rose, Laurel |
Rose, Mark |
Rose, Richard |
| Rossi, Anthony |
Rossi, Audrey |
Rossi, Thomas |
Rothing, James |
Rux, Bradley |
| Rux, Clarence |
Rux, Esther |
Rux, Eugene, Jr. |
Rux, Eugene, Sr. |
Rux, James |
| Rux, Jenny |
Rux, Laura |
Rux, Lionel |
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John Radcliff
Residency: 1893 in Eagle River
John Radcliff has a Memorial Page
John
Radcliff never lived in the St. Germain area, but he rates being
included here. He was the only Vilas County sheriff killed in
the line of duty. In the years that followed, no judge, no
sheriff, no member of law enforcement, or person involved with
the courthouse has given this man the slightest
acknowledgement. When the courthouse was redone a few years ago
there was not even a thought of including a memorial for this
man who gave his life in the line of duty.
Date deceased: July 7,
1911
Cause of death: Gunshot
Interment: Eagle River Cemetery
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Robert Radtke
Residency: Late 1970's
Bob moved to St. Germain after retiring and he was well-known in
the area. His car was easily identified by the license plates
"SOBR" which he said stood for "Sweet Old Bob Radtke." He
passed away in 1990 and interment is in the St. Germain
Cemetery.
Date deceased: 1990
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Anne Radue
Residency: Unknown
Anne was married to Robert Radue.
Little else is known about Anne.
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Jack Radue
Residency: Born here
Jack owned and operated Radue's Resort on Pickerel Lake (Hwy J)
from 1954 - 1998.
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Michael Radue
Residency: Born here
Mike is a son of Jack Radue. He is
employed with Woodland Auto and has been for many years.
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Robert Radue
Residency: Born here
Robert is a son of Jack Radue and a
brother to Michael Radue.
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Robert W. Radue
Robert is a brother of Jack Radue.
Little else is known of him.
Date deceased: October 22, 1995
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Silvia Radue
Residency: Mid 1940's
Silvia was married to William L. Radue.
She helped with Radue's Resort on
Big St. Germain Lake.
Date deceased: 1978
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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William J. Radue
Residency: Born here
William is the son of William L. and
Silvia Radue. Very little is
known about him.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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William L. Radue
Residency: Mid-1940's
William owned 3000' of frontage on Big St. Germain which he
purchased right after WW II for 50˘ a foot. He built a summer
home, then built Radue's Resort.
Some years later he sold the resort to a man who's last name was
Voek. Voek changed the name to Clear View. William then built
and operated Radue's Resort on Pickerel Lake (Hwy J).
Date deceased: 1967
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Jerry Rappa
Residency: Early 1980's
Jerry has operated his own construction
business in this area for many years.
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Jeanne Ray
Residency: Born in Phelps
Jeanne was born and raised in Phelps. She leased and operated
the Twilight Tavern for a time.
Later she waitressed at Giese's Indian Lodge (Molgaard's
Indian Lodge) and Blink Bonnie's (Hubba
Hubba). She then operated Jeannes
Weinies Hot Dog Stand. After the death of her
significant other, John Pluhar, she
sold the stand and moved out of the area.
Date deceased: 2007
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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Edward Reid, Jr.
Residency: 1972
Ed is a son of Edward Reid, Sr.
He managed Spang's Italian Restaurant in Minoqua for several
years. He is currently selling real estate in the Minoqua area.
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Edward Reid, Sr.
Residency: 1972
Ed purchased and operated Spang's Italian Restaurant (The
Hearth) from 1972 until he retired. He moved to Florida
and lived there several years before returning to St. Germain
again.
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Joseph Reid, Jr.
Residency: Born here
Joe is a son of Joseph Reid Sr. He
has helped in Spangs Italian Restaurant (The
Hearth) for many years.
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Joseph Reid, Sr.
Residency: 1972
Joe is a son of Ed Reid, Sr. He
took over the management and operation of Spang's Italian
Restaurant (The
Hearth) in St. Germain after
his father retired. He eventually purchased Spang's Italian
Restaurant in Minoqua as well until it was sold.
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Rosie Reid
Residency: 1972
Rosie is married to
Edward Reid, Sr. and helped with the
operations and management of Spang's Italian Restaurant (The
Hearth) in St. Germain until she
and her husband retired.
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Charles Rekau
Residency: Unknown
Charles and his wife, Eva, were
caretakers of Walter E. Olson's
large amount of property and buildings on Big St. Germain Lake,
Little St. Germain Lake, and Alma Lake. He was the father of
Elaine Enlow.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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Eva Rekau
Residency: Unknown
Eva was the wife of Charles Rekau, a
sister of Walter E. Olson,
and the mother of Elaine Enlow.
She and her husband were caretakers of
Walter E. Olson's large amount of property and buildings
in this area.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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Dwight Richards
Residency: 1940's
Dwight is a son of Joseph Richards, Sr.
He and took over management of Richards Resort on South Bay of
Little St. Germain Lake from 1975 - 1994.
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Elsa Richards
Residency: 1940's
Elsa was the wife of
Joseph Richards, Sr. and the mother of
Joseph Richards, Jr. and
Dwight Richards. She helped with
the operations of Richards Resort (Now Black Bear Lodge) on
South Bay of Little St. Germain Lake until 1975.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Jane Richards
Residency: Born here
Jane is a daughter of
Dwight Richards
and a sister to Jeffery,
Michael,
and Timothy Richards.
She currently works at Pub and Prime (Max's
Tavern).
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Jeffery Richards
Residency: Born here
Jeff is a son of Dwight Richards and
a brother to Michael
, Jane, and
Timothy Richards He helped with the
maintenance of Richards Resort until it was sold and now works
for Richie Oil Company.
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Joseph Richards, Jr.
Residency: 1940's
Joseph is a son of
Joseph Richards, Sr. and a brother
of Dwight Richards. He operated a
bowling alley in Eagle River for many years.
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Joseph Richards, Sr.
Residency: 1940's
Joseph owned and operated Richards Resort (Now Black Bear Lodge)
on South Bay of Little St. Germain from 1940's until he passed
away in 1967.
Date deceased: 1967
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Michael Richards
Residency: Born here
Michael is a son of
Dwight Richards and a brother to
Jeffery, Jane,
and Timothy Richards. He has been
employed at Camps Super Valu (First Grocery)
for many years.
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Timothy Richards
Residency: Born here
Tim is a son of Dwight Richards and
a brother to Jeffery,
Jane, and
Michael Richards. He operates, Timmy's, a hamburger
stand in Eagle River which used to be known as Elcho's.
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Floyd Rogers
Residency: 1950
Floyd was a brother of Janet Jackson
and well known throughout the community as "Pancho." He and
Janet arrived here with their parents, who purchased a resort on
Dam Lake in 1950. During WW II, he flew a P-52 fighter. After
the war he returned here and built and operated
The
Hearth. Years later, when
he sold The
Hearth to Ed Reid, Sr. he
operated a manual car wash in St. Germain. This was located on
the current site of the Waldmann Construction office building.
Date deceased: 1981
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Uknown
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Robert Rollmann
Residency: 1950
Robert played softball with the St.
Germain Softball League for many years and was an avid golfer.
He owned a mobile home dealership in or near Shawano, WI, but
lived here on Found Lake.
Date deceased: May 8, 1998
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Adele Rohner
Residency: Late 1950's
She is the mother to Donald (Veg) and
William (Wee Willie) Rohner.
She was known by and called affectionately, "Granny" by most
people in town.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Complications of Dementia
Interment: Unknown
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Donald Rohner
Residency: 2000
Donald is a son on of Adelle "Granny"
Rohner. Although officially a resident in 2000, "Veg" is
well-known here and been considered a "resident" for many
years. He taught mathematics in J. I. Case High School in
Racine (spending most of each summer and holidays here) until he
retired in 2000 and moved here permanently.
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William Rohner
Residency: MId-1980's
Willie was a son of Adelle "Granny" Rohner
and brother to "Veg."
Willie worked for J. I. Case in Racine, WI for many years. He
moved to St. Germain permanently in the mid-80's.
Date deceased: 2004
Cause of death: Heart attack
Interment: Unknown
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Laurel Rose
Residency: Mid-1980's
Known better in our area as "Lolly," she
was married to Richard "Dick" Rose.and
the mother of Mark Rose. When he
passed away from lung cancer, she started the area's branch of
Angel on My Shoulder. She is still much involved with this
organization.
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Mark Rose
Residency: Born in Eagle River, WI
Mark is a son of Dick and
Laurel Rose. He took over the
management and operations of Discover WisconsinŠ after his
father passed away.
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Richard Rose
Residency: Mid-1980's
Dick was one of our most productive and
popular muskie guides. Fishing with Dick was an experience in
learning the world of muskie fishing as no other knew it. He
was deeply involved with Muskies, Inc. and other programs that
supported catch and release before it was popular. He loved the
pursuit of record muskies and guided George Pivar to his
line-class record.
He guided Governor Thompson on Snipe Lake and, in the process,
convinced him of his idea for a TV program geared to showing
interesting aspects of our state and promote tourism. This led
to his Discover Wisconsin TV program which he developed and
organized with his usual enthusiasm.
Date deceased: August 14, 1990
Cause of death: Lung Cancer
Interment: St. Germain Cemetery
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Anthony Rossi
Residency: 1972
Tony is the son of Thomas Rossi. He
served in the Marine Corps and currently works in a motorcyle &
personal watercraft dealership and related sales. He has lived
in Florida for many years.
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Audrey Rossi
Residency: 1990
Audrey is a daughter of Reuben and Dorothy
Baneck. She is married to Thomas Rossi
and manages the Little Saint
Express Mart.
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Thomas Rossi
Residency: 1972
Tom taught for total of 28 years in St. Germain Grade School
(Red Brick) and Northland Pines
Middle School. He was a founder of the St. Germain Fish and
Wildlife Club. He designed the club logo, was its first
president, and was instrumental in obtaining $1500 in donations
for the club's starting cash reserve. He served on St. Germain
Fire and Rescue Department for eight years and was Fireman of
the Year in 1985 for working to bring about a lowering of the
town's homeowner insurance rates.
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James Rothing
Residency: 1980
"Jim Bob" came here for many years and was well-known long
before he moved here. He was the first employee of Waldmann
Construction and he and Brad Waldmann
were the only two for a long time. He is still employed with
Waldmann's during the summer, but winters in the Florida Keys.
In 2002 he had an attack of HuckleberryFinnites and floated down
the Mississippi River on a made-over pontoon boat, 'tooning his
way to Florida.
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Bradley Rux
Residency: Born here
Bradley is a son of
Eugene Rux and was employed at Pukall Lumber Company in
Arbor Vitae, WI. for many years. He and his wife,
Laura, now own and operate a
restaurant in Port Wing, MI.
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Clarence Rux
Residency: Mid 1940's
Clarence came here from Butternut, WI in the mid-1940's. He
built and operated Rux's Service Station
(Standard Oil)
for many years. The station was located on the lot across Hwy
155 from the old Red Brick Grade School
where the Subway now stands. He died from severe injuries
caused by a tire that exploded while he was working on it.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Exploding tire
Interment: Unknown
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Esther Rux
Residency: Born here
Esther is the daughter of Alexander
McGregor, Jr. She was married to
Clarence Rux and is the mother of
Eugene Rux, Sr.
Date deceased: Unknown
Cause of death: Complications of Dementia
Interment: unknown
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Eugene Rux, Jr.
Residency: Born here
Eugene is a son of Eugene Rux, Sr.
Little is known of Eugene's whereabouts.
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Eugene Rux, Sr.
Residency: Born here
Gene is a son of
Clarence and
Esther Rux and was born Oct. 19, 1935, in St.
Germain. He operated Rux's Service
Station for several years after his father passed away.
Date deceased: May 27, 2008
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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James Rux
Residency: Born here
Jim is a son of Eugene Rux, Sr. He
is currently employed in area construction.
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Jenny Rux
Residency: Born here
Jenny is a daughter off
Alexander McGregor, Jr. She was
married to Lionell Rux and helped in
the management and operations of Rux's Cabins on Big St. Germain
Lake. These cabins are a part of what was once
Jack Pine Lodge.
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Lionel Rux
Residency: Mid 1940's
Lionell was a brother to Clarence Rux
and came here from Butternut, Wi. He operated Rux's Cabins
which used to be a part of Jack Pine
Resort on the West shore of Big St. Germain Lake.
Date deceased: 1996
Cause of death: Unknown
Interment: Unknown
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