Baker, Viola

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• Reference Number: 7717
• Obituary: 3 Sep 2011; Appleton Post Crescent

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Buchholz, Viola Augusta
Viola Augusta Buchholz, 94, Weyauwega, went to be with her Lord on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at the New London Family Medical Center. She was born on May 24, 1917, in the Town of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Eldor and Eleonore (Stroschein) Baker. On Feb. 7, 1937, she married Marlyn Buchholz. He preceded her in death on Nov. 10, 1973. On July 16, 1980, she married Floyd Schmidt. He preceded her in death in 1989. Viola farmed for many years with her husband, Marlyn and also drove school bus for over 25 years for the Weyauwega-Fremont School District. She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Weyauwega.
She is survived by a son, Nathan (Mary) Buchholz, Venice, Fla.; three daughters, Joan (Ronald) Engels, Pelican Lake; Janet (William) Field, Chelsea, Vt.; Shirley (Steven) Sternberg, New London; seven grandchildren, Avery Buchholz, Kyle Buchholz, Ryan Engels, Michelle (Joshua) Eberly, Nicholas (Tiffany) Lehman, Curtis (special friend, Hanna) Lehman, Addison (Frances) Field, Carrieanna (Matt) Wax- Krell Field, William Field; six great-grandchildren, Liam Eberly, Grayson Eberly, Lena Field, Aurelia Field, Ethan Lehman, Ariston Lehman. She was expecting two more great-grandchildren. She is further survived by her special companion, Francis Douglas, Weyauwega.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; and a son-in-law, Jerry Lehman on Feb. 21, 1997.
The Christian Funeral for Viola will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at 11 a.m. at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Weyauwega with Rev. Dennis Lemke and Rev. Robbin Robbert officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Weyauwega. Friends may call directly at the church on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Peter's Lutheran Church School Building Fund.
A special thank you to the staff at the Weyauwega Health Care Center and the New London Medical center for their care and concern of Viola.
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Published in Appleton Post-Crescent from September 3 to September 4, 2011

Viola married Buchholz, Marlyn 7 Feb 1937. Marlyn was born 19 Feb 1914; died 10 Nov 1973. [Group Sheet]

Viola married Schmidt, Floyd 16 Jul 1980. Floyd died Abt 1989. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 7717
• Obituary: 4 Jan 2013; Appleton Post Crescent

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Janet Cheryl Field, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend died peacefully on Jan. 1, 2013, at her home of 40 years, the Hyde House in Chelsea Village.
Jan was born on a small dairy farm in Weyauwega, Wisconsin on June 25, 1945, the third of four children of Marlyn Buchholz who died in 1973, and Viola Buchholz who died in 2010.
Jan lived all her life in service to her family and many others in her hometown of Chelsea, in the State of Vermont, the United States of America and in the world.
Following her graduation from high school in Weyauwega, Wis., Jan worked several years in Milwaukee, before volunteering for the Peace Corps in 1966. After training in the Florida Keys, she was the first volunteer to enter the Truk District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Among other duties, she helped manage the Peace Corps first two in-country volunteer training programs. In Truk, she met William Field, a recent law school graduate from out east and they were married in Truk on May 5, 1968. After serving in the Peace Corps, Jan and Bill lived and worked in central Massachusetts for four years before moving to Chelsea, on Tunbridge Fair weekend in 1972.
In February of 1972, they adopted a three-year-old son named William B. (B) Field, and in October of that same year, Jan gave birth to son, Addison Field followed by daughter Carrianna (Carrie) Field in 1975.
Over the next 18 years while raising her children, Jan worked as secretary and paralegal assistant in her husband's law office in Chelsea. Following removal of that practice to Barre, Jan worked for the Institute for Sustainable Communities, supporting environmental programs in Eastern Europe and in a student services office at Norwich University.
In Chelsea, she served at various times as a member of the school board, justice of the peace, Sunday school teacher, youth group leader, Cub Scout leader, Chelsea Parks Commission, and member and chair of the Executive Committee of the United Church of Chelsea. She also served as a trustee of Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. She was parent representative to Vermont Children and Adolescent Service System Program, working on the implementation of state programs for children and adolescents with special needs.
In 1994, Jan began fulfillment of a lifelong ambition to obtain a college education, graduating from Mount Holyoke College in 1997. While at Mount Holyoke College, she worked as a residential life coordinator creating new resource services for adult women enrolled at the college to aid in their adaptation to college life and practices. At Mount Holyoke, she was a classmate of her daughter Carrie, and after a spirited competition to see who would have the highest grade point average, she just edged out Carrie, graduating magna cum laude. College degree in hand, she first worked in student services at Franklin Pierce College in Lebanon, N.H.; she worked as statewide mentor coordination for Central Vermont Community Action Agency providing mentoring and support systems for eligible persons doing business startups. She worked subsequently for New Directions for Barre, working with youth on issues related to alcohol, tobacco and other drug addictions and guiding young people in social adaptations and conflict issues.
In 2005, she joined the Peace Corps Crisis Corps, an organization of returned Peace Corps volunteers with a mission to respond to natural disasters around the world. This became the first Peace Corps program implemented within the United States during the national response to Hurricane Katrina. While in Mississippi with the Crisis Corps, she connected with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and subsequently responded with FEMA to natural disasters in many states including her home states of Vermont and Wisconsin as well as Florida, Alabama, Pennsylvania, California, West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois. In Wisconsin, she was recognized in local papers for assisting in an emergency evacuation of seniors from their homes.
Jan was with FEMA in West Virginia in April 2012, when she was found to have a lung tumor. This was the fourth cancer she battled during her life; although she felt she was in control fighting the other cancers, this time she knew was different.
She leaves behind Bill, her best friend and husband of 44 years; an amazing mother, Jan felt her highest accomplishment was her children and she leaves her son, Addison and his daughters, Lena and Aurelia of Juneau, Alaska; her daughter, Carrie and her husband Matthew Wax-Krell and their son, Grady Wax-Krell of West Hartford, Conn. She also leaves behind her brother and his wife, Nathan and Mary Buchholz of Rock Hill, S.C.; her sister and husband, Joan and Ron Engels of Pelican Lake, Wis.; her sister and husband Shirley and Steve Sternberg of New London, Wis.; the companion of her mother, Fritz Douglas of Weyauwega, Wis.; and many beloved nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother and father, and her son, William B. Field, who died in Miami, Fla., on Dec. 25, 2012; by a brother-in-law, Jerry Lehman; and many other close and enduring friends.
Jan enjoyed reading from an early age, cross-country skiing, swimming for hours at her camp in Wolcott, Vt., being with her Sophia Circle friends and many other friends and family. She had an abiding faith in God and felt she was passing to a different realm of consciousness and being.
Calling hours will be held on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home, 300 VT RT 110, Chelsea, Vt. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at 7 p.m. at the United Church of Chelsea in Chelsea, Vt., with the Rev. Deadra Ashton officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: The Vermont Disaster Relief Fund, P.O. Box 843, Montpelier, VT 05601; The American Cancer Society for lung cancer research, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718; or the Endowment Fund of the United Church of Chelsea, P.O. Box 98, Chelsea, VT 05038.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on January 4, 2013

Janet married Field, William [Group Sheet]