Joyce Ernestine WORTHINGHAM

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Graduate of the Grandview School of Nursing.

Joyce married Herbert Walter SMEVOG on 11 Dec 1925 in Winona County, Minnesota. Herbert (son of Knud Olaus Knudsen SMEVOG and Kristianna Pedersdatter BAE) was born on 9 Dec 1903 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 14 Oct 1991 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin; was buried in Medical science. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2005-MN-000949

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Marilyn J. (Smevog) St. Mary, 78, of Caledonia passed away Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, with family and friends at her side at Tweeten-Lutheran Health Care Center in Spring Grove, Minn.

Marilyn was born in La Crosse on Sept. 5, 1926, to Herbert and Joyce (Worthingham) Smevog. She married Donald St. Mary on Nov. 18, 1948, in Winona, Minn. The oldest of five children, she got an early start in her lifelong career as a caregiver. Marilyn selflessly devoted her life to the care and nurture of others - first as a sibling, then as a nurse for 42 years, primarily at Caledonia Hospital, a wife for 56 years and a mother for 54 years. She was the greatest woman that we knew. After a lifetime of living to care for others, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend was stricken with Alzheimer's Disease.

Marilyn is survived by her beloved husband, Donald J. St. Mary; her children, Jeanne (Owen) Skelly of Chicago, Steven of San Jose, Calif., and Sharon St. Mary (Tom Lind) of St. Paul, Minn.; two grandchildren, Breanna (Bryan) Radtke of Vernon Hills, Illinois, and Elizabeth (Joseph) Cerrentano of Evergreen Park, Ill.; one great-granddaughter, Sydney Skelly of Evergreen Park, Ill.; one brother, John (Diane) Smevog; two sisters, Carol (Jack) Preeschl and Lynette (Donald) Svoboda; and nieces and nephews.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Wayne Smevog.

Note that her obit does not mention her surviving half-sister, Joan Hengel Buehrle.

Marilyn married Donald James ST. MARY on 18 Nov 1948 in Houston County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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By June of 1972, he was Cmdr. Herbert W. Smevog, in command of Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group 56 at Quonset Point NAS in Rhode Island. He graduated from USC with a bachelors degree in international relations and from George Washington University with a Masters in international affairs.

His obit does not mention his surviving half-sister, Joan Hengel Buehrle.

Family/Spouse: Johanna REINDL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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GLENDALE, Ariz./WEST SALEM — Carol (Smevog) Preeshl, 83, left this world on July 30, 2012, to join her husband, Jack, who passed away in 2001. She is survived by her three daughters, Nancy Kaufmann of Lake St. Louis, Mo., Susan Preeshl of Mesa, Ariz., and Jackie Piekarz of Glendale, Ariz.; one brother, John Smevog of California; five grandchildren, Nathan, Chad, Aaron, Keith and Kimberly; and five great-grandchildren. Carol has donated her body to Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn.

Note that her obit does not mention her surviving half-sister, Joan Hengel Buehrle.

Carol married John Francis PREESHL on 29 Nov 1947 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. John was born on 30 Jun 1925 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 22 May 2001 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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All-State football player, an end, in 1947 at La Crosse Central High School.

Enlisted in the Air Force in March of 1951 and took his basic training in San Antonio.

He and Diane lived in Orange, California, at the time of his father’s death in 1991.

He and Diane lived in Corona, California, at the time of her father’s death in La Crosse 2009.

John married Diane Fay BRUESKE on 7 May 1952 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lynette "Red" F. (Smevog) Svoboda, 72, of La Crosse passed away Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, at Lakeview Health Center in West Salem after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

Lynette was born Oct. 27, 1936, at home in La Crosse to Herbert and Joyce (Worthingham) Smevog. She graduated from Central High School in 1954. On May 14, 1955, she married her high school sweetheart, Donald "Donnie" C. Svoboda, also of La Crosse. She was employed by Franciscan Skemp Healthcare as a housekeeper in the Professional Arts Building and retired in 2001. Lynette and Donnie raised their four children in La Crosse and attended St. Luke's United Methodist Church.

Lynette is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Donnie; four children, Danette Svoboda of La Crosse, Roshelle (Paul) Easterday of Galesville, Gary (Linda) Svoboda of Sparta and Lori (Mark) Thesing of La Crescent, Minn.; seven grandchildren, Nina Malzacher (Rick Thiesse), Stacy (Aaron) Bulman, Derek Remen, Brandon Thesing, Brent (Christi) Thesing, and Jenifer and Lane Svoboda; and two great-grandchildren, Blake Malzacher and Sayla Remen. She is also survived by a sister, Carol Preeshl; a brother, John Smevog; and many nieces and nephews.

Lynette was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Joyce Smevog; a brother, H. Wayne Smevog; and a sister, Marilyn St. Mary.

Lynette was a loving and devoted wife who was a constant companion to her husband, Donnie. They worked in the yard together, bowled, fished, camped, and even shared a hunting shack together when she kept him company during deer hunting season. They were truly best friends, and she took exceptional care of him over the years. Donnie was able to return the countless acts of love when Lynette became ill. He lovingly cared for her every need while at home and spent countless hours holding her hand and spending quality time with her while in the nursing home.

Lynette enjoyed spending time with her family, and Christmas was always an extra-special time for her. She absolutely loved buying presents, and everyone had a stack in front of them on Christmas Day. Over the past several years, Lynette and her daughters, granddaughters and great-grandchildren would gather for the annual Christmas cookie baking weekend, which was sure to include a lot of laughter and more cookies than one could possibly eat. The annual family summer vacation up north to cabins for a week of fishing, campfires, s'mores, cards, conversation and lots of laughter was something Lynette always looked forward to each year. She also delighted in spending time with her big sister, Carol, during the summer months at Carol's Lake Neshonoc home. She loved to bowl and was a member of two bowling leagues. Lynette made many memories and lifelong friends through her 30-plus years of bowling. Lynette also worked security at the La Crosse Center for many years, and it was a time she remembered fondly. She was an avid football fan and loved her Green Bay Packers, especially Brett Favre.

Lynette will be remembered for her loving devotion to Donnie, her love of family, her sense of humor, her strength of character, her abiding friendship, her selfless giving, her adventurous spirit, her beautiful "Red" hair, and her "whistle" that meant it was time to come home. Lynette "Red" was loved by everyone who knew her and will forever live on in our hearts and memories.

A special thank you to all the nurses, doctors and staff at Lakeview Health Center for the wonderful care and respect they gave to Lynette while in their care. We will always be grateful.

Note that her obit does not mention her surviving half-sister, Joan Hengel Buehrle.

Family/Spouse: Donald SVOBODA. Donald was born on 26 Aug 1934 in Wisconsin; died on 26 Nov 2017 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]