She was born on February 26, 1943, in Butternut, the daughter of William and Ella (Scherwinski) Wartgow. She was raised in Butternut and attended Butternut School. Nancy lived in the Milwaukee area for a time before returning to Butternut where she worked on the dairy farm with her family. She was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker who enjoyed cooking, baking and canning. On March 29, 2008, she married Clement Dippel in Park Falls. She then lived in Manitowish Waters and Park Falls. She worked as a CNA in the Park Falls area. She also enjoyed traveling with her husband Clem, visiting Africa, Italy, and France among other places. Nancy enjoyed fishing with Clem and was well known in the fishing industry. She was a very kind and fun-loving person and very much adored her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She will be sadly missed.
She is survived by her husband Clem of Park Falls, eight children: Mark (Barb) Linsmeyer of Mayville, David (Sandy) Linsmeyer of Mauston, Barb Ochs of Schofield, Joy (Bob) Weinberger of Butternut, Lisa (Chuck) Woelfel of Wausau, Daniel (Lori) Linsmeyer of Rhinelander, Deborah Linsmeyer of New Berlin, and William Dippel of Rhinelander, 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, her sister Carol Bruch of Brookfield, her brother Don (Arlene) Wartgow of Ft. Atkinson, her sister-in-law Jeanie Wartgow of Columbus and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Ella Wartgow and three brothers: William, Roger, and Wayne Wartgow, and son-in-law David Bortz.
This originally appeared at birchstreetfuneralservice.com.
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