Obit: Afkend, Hazel (1908 – 1968)
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Surnames: Afkend, Kutcher, Dankemyer, Johnson
----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 18 Apr 1968
Afkend, Hazel (24 FEB 1908 – 15 APR 1968)
Mrs. Clayton Afkend, 69, of Abbotsford, died following a lingering illness at
12:03a.m., Monday, April 15, 1968, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, where
she was a patient since February 24.
The body lay in state at the Polnaszek Funeral Home, Abbotsford, from Tuesday
afternoon to Wednesday , when it was taken at eleven o'clock to Christ Lutheran
Church for services at 2 o'clock. The Rev. F.H. Sprengler officiated, and burial
was made in the Abbotsford Cemetery.
Hazel Kutcher was born February 24, 1908 at Minneapolis, Minn., and was baptized
and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She went with her parents to Wisconsin and
lived in Jackson County, then to Chili, where she received her grade school
education. She attended McKinley High School in Marshfield.
Her marriage to Ervin Dankemyer took place June 6, 1929. He died August 9, 1945.
On October 1, 1947, she and Clayton Afkend were married at Dubuque, Iowa. Soon
after, they went into the grocery business in Marshfield, and in 1949 moved to
Abbotsford and operated an IGA Store. They built the present IGA Foodliner on
Highway 13, and in 1960 sold it and retired.
Mrs. Afkend was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and a charter member of the
Priscilla Guild.
Surviving are her husband and one sister, Mrs. Lester Johnson of Marshfield.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, her parents and a brother.
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