This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TCMitten Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.shawano/16701/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - October 19, 2007 Deceased Name: Raymond A. Urbain CASCADE, Iowa - Raymond A. "Chainsaw" Urbain, 93, of 5346 McAllister Road, Cascade, died at 10:11 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at his home following a brief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church, Placid (Iowa), rural Epworth, with the Rev. Dennis Cain officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Placid. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home, Cascade, where there will be a wake service at 4 p.m. He was born on May 10, 1914, in Placid, son of Michael Charles and Mary Elizabeth "Mayme" (Horsfield) Urbain. He received his education in the rural Placid area schools. He married Helen R. Krapfl on Nov. 24, 1949, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Epworth; she preceded him in death on Feb. 19, 1995. Ray farmed in the Placid area all his life. He was a member of St. John's Parish in Placid. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara (Bruce) Hammons, of Bowler, Wis., and Cecilia (Joe) Bergfeld, of Epworth; a son, Paul (Monica) Urbain, of rural Cascade; five grandchildren, Heidi, Holly, Eric, Jackie, and Travis; a great-granddaughter, Dallas; a sister, Dorothy Burlage, of Dyersville; sisters and brothers-in-laws, Gertrude Urbain and Dorothy Urbain, both of Farley, David (Ann) Krapfl, of Edgewood, Karl (Alice) Krapfl, of Dennison, Luella Krapfl, of Dubuque, and Anselm Willenborg, of Dyersville. He also was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Odeil Willenborg; and two brothers, Earl Urbain and Wilbert Urbain; and three brothers-in-law, Clarence Hoffmann, Elmer Burlage, and Donald Krapfl. A Raymond A. Urbain Memorial Fund has been established. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.reiff funeralhomeinc.com. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.