This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Van Haren, Kanitz, Swanson, Fox, Ullman, Gibson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2EC.2ACE/2508 Message Board Post: Transcribed from the Wausau Daily Herald - Tuesday, 9/26/1989. Grace E. Van Haren, 79, 1209 Cedar St., Merrill, died Friday, Sept. 22, 1989, at Pine Crest Nursing Home, Merrill. She was born June 17, 1910, in Merrill, daughter of Elmer and Annie (Kanitz) Swanson Sr. She was married to Lawrence Van Haren on April 21, 1930. He died July 28, 1981. She was a member of St. Stephens United Church of Christ, Merrill. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marlene (Harold) Fox, Merrill, a brother, Elmer Swanson Jr., Merrill, two sisters, Mrs. Hilma (Martin) Ullman and Mrs. Laura Gibson, both of Merrill; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services were held today at St. Stephen's United Church of Christ. Burial was in Merrill Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation was Monday at Taylor Mann-Stine Funeral Home, Merrill, and today at the church.