This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wille, Babler, Vlach, Weber, Blanton, Hanson, Garrett, Rohland Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3778 Message Board Post: Alan R. Wille, 55 Friday, October 22, 2004 Alan R. Wille, 55, of 122 S. Seventh St., Hudson, and formerly of Medford, died at his home Tuesday, Oct. 12. A memorial service, with the Rev. James Babler officiating, was at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Hemer Funeral Home in Medford. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Medford. He was born in Medford, April 1, 1949, the son of Adolf Gustav and Dorothy (Vlach) Wille, attended grade school in Chelsea and graduated from Westboro High School. Later he attended and graduated as a machinist from North Central Technical College in Wausau. He served in the U.S. Army from Feb. 6, 1969, to Feb. 5, 1971. He moved to Hudson and worked for Remmele Engineering. Since 1993 he had been employed by 3M in St. Paul and Minneapolis. On Aug. 9, 1976, in Wausau, he was married to Dawn Weber. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, photography, boating and doing home projects and was a member of the National Rifle Association. Survivors are his wife, Dawn Wille of Hudson; a daughter, Wendy (Andrew) Blanton of Star Prairie; two sons, Timothy of Hudson and Robert (Sheila) Hanson of Wausau; his mother, Dorothy Wille of Chelsea; two grandchildren; three brothers, Roger, David (Christine) and Ralph, all of Chelsea; three sisters, Barbara of Bayfield, Colo., Linda (Jerry) Garrett of Edgewater, Fla., and Nancy (Rich) Rohland of Medford. Preceding him in death were a daughter, Michele Ann Wille, on Dec. 5, 1977; a brother, Dennis R. Wille, in 1964; and his father, Adolph Wille. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=12013&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1