Helen Elisabeth Gatterman, 90, 3380 Bridlewood Drive, Plover, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Whispering Pines Assisted Living in Plover.
Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday at Waid Funeral Home Chapel in Merrill.
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Tuesday until the services.
Condolences may be offered online at www.waidfuneral.com.
Mrs. Gatterman was born Jan. 6, 1922, in Bloomville, a daughter of the late William and Nellie (Evans) Gaedeke. She graduated from Merrill High School and worked at Weinbrenner Shoe Factory during World War II.
She was married to Clifford Gatterman in 1946. He died on Oct. 8, 2010.
She was a co-owner of Gatterman’s Poultry Farm, which she ran with her husband from 1955 to 1976.
Survivors include one son, William (Pat), Waukesha; three daughters, Kathleen (Edward) Martinsen, Stevens Point, Christine (Ronald) Weseloh, Custer, and Lauri Gatterman, California; one brother, Charles (Elaine) Rahlf, Kingman, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-stepgranddaughter.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, Walter Gaedeke; two sisters, Margaret Tanck and Viola Schuster; one stepbrother, Wesley Rahlf; and one stepsister, Irene Kadlac.
