Clemeth G. Schuessler, 98, Oconto Falls, died Thursday evening, Dec. 19, 2013, at home. She was born Nov. 18, 1915, in Oconto Falls to Antone and Nellie (Tempele) Umentum.
Clemeth grew up in Oconto Falls where she attended public schools, graduating from Oconto Falls High School with the Class of 1934. Following graduation, she worked for WPA earning $40 a month to help support her parents and siblings.
On Nov. 25, 1937, she married Anthony Schuessler at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Oconto Falls. The couple lived most of their married lives in Milwaukee, where Clemeth was employed by Delphi Electronics Corp. (now DELCO) for 25 years. While living in Milwaukee, she was a member of St. Pius Catholic Church and very active in sewing. In 2002, Clemeth moved back to Oconto Falls, where she was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church and volunteered for the CMH Auxiliary. She was also working on an autobiography about life in the early 1900s.
Survivors are her one daughter, Joyce Sukowski, Pound; four grandchildren, Kevin, Keith and Beth Sukowski, and Sue (Robert) Sukowski-Burmesch; seven great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Marie Hensck, Waukesha, Ruby Parve, North Carolina, and Janet Walthers, Florida; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1990; son-in-law, Robert Sukowski; one brother, Emanuel “Chick” Umentum; three sisters, Claudine Peterson, Clistie DeBusch and Zerlena Valentine; and four infant siblings.
Visitation will be held after 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Oconto Falls until the time of service. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Bob Karuhn officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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