Rheta Barbara Kurth

Female 1928 - 2017  (89 years)


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  • Name Rheta Barbara Kurth 
    Born 12 Jun 1928  Marshfield, Wood Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 09 Jul 2017  Medford, Taylor Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I103690  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2019 

    Father Franklin J Kurth,   b. 05 Jun 1903,   d. 01 Oct 1985, Medford, Taylor Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Martha Johanna Weyers,   b. 10 Jul 1907, Kennan, Price Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 May 1970  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 02 Jun 1926 
    Family ID F20453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harry Peaker,   b. 02 Sep 1923,   d. 07 Mar 1977  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1947  Crown Point, Lake Co, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F41323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rudolph Alfred Nurminen,   b. 06 Mar 1926,   d. 18 Dec 1990  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1979  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F66599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Steve Anton Simurdiak,   b. 07 Nov 1918, Phillips, Price Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1997, Phillips, Price Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 22 May 1993  Phillips, Price Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F66600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Rheta Barbara Simurdiak, 89, Medford, died in the Aspirus Care and Rehab Center in Medford on Thursday, July 6, 2017. She was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, on June 12, 1928, the daughter of Frank and Martha (Weyers) Kurth. She was married to Harry Peker in December of 1947 and he preceded her in death in 1974. She was married to Rudy Nurminen on September 23, 1992, and he preceded her in death on December 13, 1992. She was married to Steve Simurdiak in May of 1995, and he preceded her in death on July 17, 1997. She served as a foster mother for 13 years. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Catawba, later of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church of Phillips, and most recently of Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Medford. In her free time she enjoyed gardening, sewing, knitting, crocheting, cooking, and baking.
      She is survived by three grandchildren; by one brother, Jerome (Jeanette) Kurth, Marshfield; and by two sisters, Joyce Lukes, Catawba and Mary Ann Protovinsky, Kennan. In addition to her husbands, she is preceded in death by one daughter, Barbara Peker; by two brothers, Marvin Kurth and Vincent Kurth; and by two sisters, Kathryn Koehler and Patsy Peterson.
      Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 12, at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Catawba with Father Gerald Hagen celebrating the Funeral Mass. Interment will be in the Saint Paul’s Cemetery in Catawba.

      Heindl Funeral Home