Full Obituary

     DONALD C. BERTHOLD, age 95, of Greenwood, WI, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield, WI.  Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at St. Mary Catholic Church Hall (Basement), in Greenwood, with Mr. Travis Wagner and Miss Linda Woolum officiating.  Visitation will be held in the church hall 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.
     Donald Charles Berthold was born on September 10, 1929 in Willard, WI to Morris H. and Celia R. (Clintsman) Berthold.  He was raised on the family farm and received his education at Wildwood School in the Town of Seif.  After completing his schooling, Don worked on the family farm, and other farms, until his marriage to Nettie E. Williams on November 1, 1950 in Adams, WI.  They moved and lived in Colorado for a short time before returning to Neillsville, WI where he worked for a while as a plumber.  Don later went to work for Speich Tractors in Greenwood, where he worked for more than 30 years as a diesel mechanic until the business closed.  He then went to work for Bushman Enterprises in Greenwood for a couple years, also as a mechanic.  In 1988, Don went to work for the Greenwood Public Schools as a custodian until retiring in 2010.  He also served his community as a member of Greenwood Fire & Ambulance from 1957-1976, and later just continued as a fireman and mechanic from 1982-1999.
     He had many interests, but especially loved spending time with his family and friends, hunting, feeding the deer, and being outdoors.
     Don will be dearly missed by his children: Gloria (Bob) Beyer of Shawano, Jean Zimmer of Greenwood, James Berthold (fiancé Lana Nueske-Lutynski) of Wausau;  9 grandchildren: Lisa (Josh) Hughes of Bonduel, Andrew Beyer of Shawano, Jill Zimmer of Charleston, WV, John Benjamin (Samantha) Zimmer of Greenwood, Jessica (Sirena) Kurth-Rindt, Jennifer (Josh)  Kurth-Machi, Jeffrey Kurth, Mikayla Berthold and Noah Berthold, all of Wausau;  5 great-grandchildren: Greyson Beyer, Lila Hughes, Theodore Hughes, Eli Zimmer and Zoey Zimmer; one brother: Victor (Winifred "Winnie) Berthold of Backus, MN; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
     He was preceded in death by his wife, Nettie, in 2019; his parents; and his siblings: Lorraine Lillyblad and Leonard "Jim" Berthold.