Obituaries

In Memory Of

Nettie E. Berthold

September 11, 1927 - December 11, 2019

Visitation:
Saturday, December 21st, 2019 - 9:00AM to 11:00AM
Greenwood High School Cafetorium
306 W. Central Avenue
Greenwood, WI  54437

Services:
Saturday, December 21st, 2019 - 11:00AM
Greenwood High School Cafetorium
306 W. Central Avenue
Greenwood, WI  54437

Full Obituary

     NETTIE E. BERTHOLD, age 92, of Greenwood, WI, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Wells Nature View in Marshfield, WI.  Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, December 21, 2019 in the Greenwood High School cafetorium, in Greenwood, with Mr. Robert Eberhardt and Mr. Bruce Shaw officiating.  Visitation will be held at the high school, on Saturday, from 9am until time of service.  Interment will follow in the Greenwood City Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be: Jeff Andrews, Noah Berthold, Andrew Beyer, Tom Dix, Duane Wepfer, and John Benjamin Zimmer.
     Nettie Ethel Williams was born on September 11, 1927 in Thorp, WI, to Rollin H. and Bessie M. (Thompson) Williams.  She was raised on the family farm in the Town of Reseburg, attended Goff School, later graduated from LaSalle Correspondence School, and then completed the librarian A50 course.  Nettie was united in marriage to Donald C. Berthold on November 1, 1950 in Adams, WI.  She worked in Evanston, IL as a nanny and in the kitchen at a hospital.  After her marriage, she worked at the Greenwood Bakery and Greenwood Public Library for many years.
     Nettie had many interests, but especially loved spending time with her family and friends, painting pictures, and baking desserts and bread. 
     She will be dearly missed by her husband, Donald, of Marshfield;  her daughters: Gloria (Bob) Beyer of Shawano, Jean Zimmer of Greenwood; her son: James Berthold of Wausau;  9 grandchildren: Lisa (Josh) Hughes and Andrew Beyer (fiancé Megan Jones), both of Shawano, Jill Zimmer of Pittsville, John Benjamin Zimmer (fiancé Samantha Engebretson) of Greenwood, Jessica (Sirena) Kurth-Rindt, Jennifer (Josh)  Kurth-Machi, Jeffrey Kurth, Mikayla Berthold and Noah Berthold, all of Wausau;  3 great-grandchildren: Greyson Beyer, Lila Hughes and Theodore Hughes;  one sister: Hester Williams of Marshfield; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
     Nettie was preceded by parents; and her siblings: Alvin Williams, Eva Mae Williams, Dewey Williams, Emma Kippenhan, Roy Williams, Walter Williams, Della Williams, Mildred Briski, and Grace Bartlett.