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Vernon Rhodes | Visitation: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM Olson Funeral Home 615 Wilson Avenue Menomonie, WI 54751
Service: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:30 PM St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1100 9th Street Menomonie, WI 54751
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| | | Vernon Rhodes, age 82 of Menomonie died, October 23, 2009 at the Dunn County Health Care Center with his family by his side.
Vernon was born April 21, 1927. He married Dorothy Lemke on January 25, 1949. Vernon served in the Navy and was a WWII Veteran where he gained his interest in cooking. He spent 32 years with UW Stout Student Center with the last several years serving as the Dining Service Manager.
Vernon enjoyed his family, gardening, traveling, collecting antiques and making rugs. After retirement in 1990 he spent winters in Mexico and Arizona. He also enjoyed going to antique shows and auctions.
He is preceded in death by parents, Victor & Effie; sister, Darlene Thompson and many aunts & uncles.
Vernon will be sadly missed by his family including his loving wife of 60 years, Dorothy; his children, Sharon (Jon) Becker, Linda (Steve Lautenschlauger) Shoemaker, Steven (Kate Klass) Rhodes and Susan (Greg) Kaiser; grandchildren, Chad (Janet) Johnson, Aaron (Emily) Johnson, Christel (Ronnie) Clark-Johnson, Alyssa (Cameron Riedelman) Miller, Kristine (John) Davies, Jayson Shoemaker, Matthew (Cari) Greeley, Ethan Kaiser, Nichole (Joel) Roemhild; great grandchildren, Kotter, Jeramiah & Gibson Johnson, Kaelin and Jack Davies, Avery Shoemaker and Cortlyn Greeley along with a very caring sister-in-law, Beverly Seiler.
Visitation will be held on Sunday from 4-7pm at Olson Funeral Home in Menomonie. Funeral Service will be Monday, 1:30pm at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Menomonie with a visitation one hour prior to service at church with Pastor Brett Voigt officiating. Interment will be at St. Paul’s Cemetery.
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