A former Wenona couple were among four people killed in a series of tornadoes in central Wisconsin Saturday night.
Gaylord Malmfelt, 80, and his wife, Evelyn, 76, were found in the wreckage of their rural Arkdale, Wis. home after a tornado ripped through a 13-mile area of Adams County near Big Flats at about 9:30 p.m.
The county is a retirement and tourist area about 20 miles north of the Wisconsin Dells.
The Malmfelts, both raised in the Rutland area, first moved to Arkdale in 1947. They returned to the Wenona area in the mid-60s where they lived until 1978, when they moved back to Arkdale.
Funeral services are pending at the Roseberry Funeral Home, 512 Main St., Friendship, Wis. and at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in nearby Adams, Wis.
Gaylord Malmfelt died from trauma to the body and Evelyn Malmfelt died from trauma to the head, according to Adams County coroner Ed Baron. The roof was blown off the couple's home.
Gaylord Malmfelt, retired after several years with International Harvester in Chicago, was known as a handy man with a variety of experiences including hauling pulp to a paper mill and worked in a canning factory. He often helped friends with projects in their homes.
His wife, the former Evelyn Brennan, a homemaker, was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and a member of the St. Joseph's Parish of Catholic Women.
Married on June 17, 1939 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Chicago, the couple had three daughters: Janet Hellerman of Streator; Ruth Malmfelt of Madison, Wis. and Mary Lou Lyons of Mundelein; four granddaughters; and one grandson.
--taken from: The Times (Streator, Illinois) 29 Aug 1994, Mon, page 8--
Gaylord Malmfelt, 80, and his wife, Evelyn, 76, were found in the wreckage of their rural Arkdale, Wis. home after a tornado ripped through a 13-mile area of Adams County near Big Flats at about 9:30 p.m.
The county is a retirement and tourist area about 20 miles north of the Wisconsin Dells.
The Malmfelts, both raised in the Rutland area, first moved to Arkdale in 1947. They returned to the Wenona area in the mid-60s where they lived until 1978, when they moved back to Arkdale.
Funeral services are pending at the Roseberry Funeral Home, 512 Main St., Friendship, Wis. and at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in nearby Adams, Wis.
Gaylord Malmfelt died from trauma to the body and Evelyn Malmfelt died from trauma to the head, according to Adams County coroner Ed Baron. The roof was blown off the couple's home.
Gaylord Malmfelt, retired after several years with International Harvester in Chicago, was known as a handy man with a variety of experiences including hauling pulp to a paper mill and worked in a canning factory. He often helped friends with projects in their homes.
His wife, the former Evelyn Brennan, a homemaker, was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and a member of the St. Joseph's Parish of Catholic Women.
Married on June 17, 1939 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Chicago, the couple had three daughters: Janet Hellerman of Streator; Ruth Malmfelt of Madison, Wis. and Mary Lou Lyons of Mundelein; four granddaughters; and one grandson.
--taken from: The Times (Streator, Illinois) 29 Aug 1994, Mon, page 8--
A former Wenona couple were among four people killed in a series of tornadoes in central Wisconsin Saturday night.
Gaylord Malmfelt, 80, and his wife, Evelyn, 76, were found in the wreckage of their rural Arkdale, Wis. home after a tornado ripped through a 13-mile area of Adams County near Big Flats at about 9:30 p.m.
The county is a retirement and tourist area about 20 miles north of the Wisconsin Dells.
The Malmfelts, both raised in the Rutland area, first moved to Arkdale in 1947. They returned to the Wenona area in the mid-60s where they lived until 1978, when they moved back to Arkdale.
Funeral services are pending at the Roseberry Funeral Home, 512 Main St., Friendship, Wis. and at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in nearby Adams, Wis.
Gaylord Malmfelt died from trauma to the body and Evelyn Malmfelt died from trauma to the head, according to Adams County coroner Ed Baron. The roof was blown off the couple's home.
Gaylord Malmfelt, retired after several years with International Harvester in Chicago, was known as a handy man with a variety of experiences including hauling pulp to a paper mill and worked in a canning factory. He often helped friends with projects in their homes.
His wife, the former Evelyn Brennan, a homemaker, was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and a member of the St. Joseph's Parish of Catholic Women.
Married on June 17, 1939 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Chicago, the couple had three daughters: Janet Hellerman of Streator; Ruth Malmfelt of Madison, Wis. and Mary Lou Lyons of Mundelein; four granddaughters; and one grandson.
--taken from: The Times (Streator, Illinois) 29 Aug 1994, Mon, page 8--
Gaylord Malmfelt, 80, and his wife, Evelyn, 76, were found in the wreckage of their rural Arkdale, Wis. home after a tornado ripped through a 13-mile area of Adams County near Big Flats at about 9:30 p.m.
The county is a retirement and tourist area about 20 miles north of the Wisconsin Dells.
The Malmfelts, both raised in the Rutland area, first moved to Arkdale in 1947. They returned to the Wenona area in the mid-60s where they lived until 1978, when they moved back to Arkdale.
Funeral services are pending at the Roseberry Funeral Home, 512 Main St., Friendship, Wis. and at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in nearby Adams, Wis.
Gaylord Malmfelt died from trauma to the body and Evelyn Malmfelt died from trauma to the head, according to Adams County coroner Ed Baron. The roof was blown off the couple's home.
Gaylord Malmfelt, retired after several years with International Harvester in Chicago, was known as a handy man with a variety of experiences including hauling pulp to a paper mill and worked in a canning factory. He often helped friends with projects in their homes.
His wife, the former Evelyn Brennan, a homemaker, was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and a member of the St. Joseph's Parish of Catholic Women.
Married on June 17, 1939 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Chicago, the couple had three daughters: Janet Hellerman of Streator; Ruth Malmfelt of Madison, Wis. and Mary Lou Lyons of Mundelein; four granddaughters; and one grandson.
--taken from: The Times (Streator, Illinois) 29 Aug 1994, Mon, page 8--
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