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- Elsie M. Timmers, 90, passed on Friday morning, April 30, 2004 at a local nursing home. Elsie was born March 30, 1914, in Maple Grove, Wis., a daughter to Allen and Effie Begotka. She married Claude M. Timmers in Menominee, Mich., on Oct. 24, 1934, and was married for 49 beautiful years.
To her, the most important role was being a loving wife and mother to four children. She was always dedicated to her vegetable garden and her flower beds were a sight to behold. Elsie instilled in her children and grandchildren a love of nature and animals.
Through a lot of illness, she showed she was a very strong-willed person that could handle more than her share.
Elsie is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Floyd Bucher; two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Mary Ann Timmers and John and Carol Timmers; nine grandchildren, Rodney and his wife, Karen Bucher, Gregory Bucher, Christopher and his wife, Whee Bucher, Bradley and his wife, Jennifer Bucher, Tammy and her husband, Kevin Carpenter, Tonya and her husband, Walter Techmeier, Tina Timmers, Terina and her husband, Jerry Swayze, and Teri Timmers; 12 great-grandchildren, Amanda, Michael, Jake, Ryan, Austin, Dalton, Karyssa, Lydia, Marcus, Isaiah, Joshua and Jordan; two brothers, DuWayne Begotka and Robert Begotka.
Elsie was preceded in death by her husband, Claude "Bud" Timmers; a daughter, Carol Mae Timmers; two sisters, Ethel Coleman and Gladyce Stone; two brothers, Ervin Begotka and Lloyd Begotka.
Friends may call at Blaney Funeral Home, 1521 Shawano Ave., from 2 until 5 p.m. Sunday and also from 10 until 11 a.m. Monday. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Keith Swanson officiating. Burial will be in Fort Howard Memorial Park.
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