Clem J. Romenesko, 88, Appleton, father of a Stevens Point man, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Appleton with the Rev. Gerald Falk officiating. Burial will be in the spring in Holy Cross Cemetery in Kaukauna.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Wichmann Funeral Home in Appleton. A parish prayer and scripture service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund will be established for St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
Mr. Romenesko was born Feb. 6, 1911, in Freedom, a son of Joseph and Anna (Conrad) Romenesko.
He was married to Alice Baumann of Mackville on Nov. 21, 1933. They settled in Kaukauna and he worked at Thilmany Paper Mill until purchasing a farm in 1942.
He built a livestock business and operated as a dealer and shipper for 40 years.
In 1957 they moved to Appleton where he owned and operated the Appleton Meat Packing Co. and in 1963 built the Romenesko Mobile Home Park.
He retired from the livestock business in 1980 and the mobile home park in 1996.
Survivors include his wife; five sons, Neil, Stevens Point, Ron and Lee (Darlene), both of Appleton, Del J., Greensboro, N.C., and Dean, Los Angeles, Calif.; four daughters, June Geiger and Noreen (Tommie) Thomas, both of Appleton, Bonnie (Richard) Byford, Toronto, Canada, and Bev, Plainville, Conn.; one sister, Lillian Van Dyn Hoven, Kaukauna; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one son, Wenzel; one daughter, Susan Marie; two brothers, John and Walter; and five sisters, Pauline, Mathilda, Florence, Marion and Gladys.
