Obit: Rinka, Sharon L. (1946 - 2008)

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Surnames: Rinka, Logan, Shupe, Griepentrog, Seeman, Babich, Stein, Fontana

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Monday, 17 Nov. 2008

Rinka, Sharon L. (25 July 1946 - 15 Nov. 2008)

LOYAL -- Sharon L. Rinka, 62, of Loyal, died Saturday Nov. 15, 2008, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Loyal. Fr. James Logan will officiate. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Wednesday at the church.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal, is assisting the family with arrangements.

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Tuesday, 18 Nov. 2008

LOYAL -- Sharon Lee Rinka, 62, of Loyal, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Loyal.

Burial will take place at a later date in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the church.

Cuddie Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Sharon was born July 25, 1946, in Milwaukee to Donald Lee and Marie Ann (Babich) Shupe. She married Vaughn Seeman in 1964 and they later divorced. She owned and operated Citgo Gas Station in Loyal from 1978 to 1983. She moved to Black River Falls, where she worked at Moe's Hardware Store for six years. She returned to Loyal in 1992. Sharon was united in marriage to Peter S. Rinka on June 1, 1996, in Loyal. She worked for the past 12 years at Hardware Hank in Loyal, currently Loyal Farm and Home Center.

Surviving are her husband, Peter, of Loyal; son, Todd Seeman, Arpin; sister, Shelly (Dennis) Stein, Altoona; brother, Michael Shupe, Phoenix, Ariz.; two grandchildren; five stepchildren, Tammy (Marcello) Fontana, Singapore, Steve (Holly) Rinka, Valley Village, Calif., Allan (Katie) Rinka, Osseo, Kathy (Jason) Griepentrog, Eau Claire, and Paul Rinka, Loyal; and five stepgrandchildren.

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