Shirley A Kewit February 21, 1933 – March 05, 2019 Share this obituary Sign Guestbook| Send Sympathy Card Shirley A. Kewit, 86, of Tomah, died Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Cranberry Court Assisted Living in Tomah. She was born to Otto and Louisa (Rosenow) Wagner on February 21, 1933 on the family farm in the town of Adrian. She was baptized on April 30, 1933, and confirmed on March 21, 1948 at St. Paul Ev.
Lutheran Church. Shirley was united in marriage to Jim Kewit on June 26, 1954 at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, after high school she moved to Milwaukee and worked at a cookie factory.
When she moved back to Tomah she worked for Van Pack, then sorting cranberries for Habelman’s, and at Decamat in Sparta. Shirley was an Avon sales woman for 20 years and reached the Mrs. Albee level of recognition. She was always in the kitchen cooking or baking something, and trying new recipes.
She loved to travel on family vacations and took trips to Las Vegas, Nashville, and South Carolina, where she always enjoyed stopping by a T. J. Maxx. She will be sadly missed by all that new and loved her. She is survived by her children Tom Kewit of Tomah, Robert (Connie) Kewit of Tomah, Kathy (David) Allard of Radcliff, Kentucky and Paul Kewit of Tomah, 2 grandchildren Jerry Kewit and Josh Allard, and a great-granddaughter Marie Allard, many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a granddaughter Christina Kewit, 5 brothers and sisters-in-law, Beatrice and Chet McCollough, Harold Wagner, Marcella and Benno Scholze, Alice and Burton Jacobson, Arnold and Shirley Wagner A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 11:00 A.M. at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, 525 Superior Ave. Tomah.
Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Monday from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, 801 E. Monowau St. Tomah, and at the church on Tuesday from 10:00 A.M. until the time of the service. Online condolences may be sent to www.
sonnenburgfamilyfh.com. The family would like to thank Gunderson Lutheran Hospital and the Cranberry Court for the kindness and caring for Shirley. They would also like to Thank the Pastors of St. Paul Ev.
Lutheran Church for their many visit’s and continued caring of Shirley and the Kewit Family. SERVICES Visitation Monday, March 11, 2019 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home 801 East Monowau Street Tomah, Wisconsin 54660 Get Directions on Google Maps Funeral Service Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church 525 Superior Ave.
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