Vickie Poehnelt

Vickie M. Poehnelt-Kremsreiter, at the age of 63, of Colby, peacefully passed away August 5, 2022, at Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield.

Vickie was born August 14, 1958, the daughter of Eugene and Betty Kremsreiter from Wausau.

Vickie married Mike Poehnelt in August 1983, they later divorced. Vickie and Mike gave birth to an awesome daughter, Dana. Vickie also gave birth to a son, Shane, who later passed away.

Vickie graduated in 1977 from Edgar High School. Vickie was an 18-year breast cancer survivor.

Vickie loved working at Colby Elementary and High Schools in the Special Education class, John Deere, AbbyBank, then many years at Marshfield Clinic in the patients assistance department. Vickie made up her mind to retire in 2022.

Vickie enjoyed gardening her flowers, baking, painting ceramics, feeding birds, camping, ATV trail riding, Harley riding with the gang and fishing.

She was one of the most free-spirited, good, strong-hearted, stubborn, bullheaded, independent woman you would ever meet. She had all the love and trust in her heart for her family and friends. She was known as many things: a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a 5 foot firecracker when she was mad, but if you turn her 80’s and 90’s country music on she would never leave the dance floor, even if she was dancing by herself.

Vickie is survived by her daughter, Dana; her mother, Betty; and grandson, Kaden; her siblings: Lee (Jill) Kremsreiter of Mosinee, Cindy (Tom) Armitage of Wausau, Ruby (Gerard) Wadzinski of Marathon and Kelly (Amy) Kremsreiter of Schofield; nieces and nephews: Stacy (Tony, Chase and Riley) Flink of Stratford, Kody (Raquel and Amaya) Kremsreiter of Wausau, Dustin Wadzinski of Marathon and Katie (Kevin, Everly and Hudson) Markstrum of Wausau.

Vickie was preceeded in death by her father, Eugene; son, Shane; and nephew, Shawn.

Special thanks to Mikey for providing loving support for Vickie, Dana and Kaden during this difficult time of need. Love you Dad.

A memorial service will be held on August 27, 2022, at 9 a.m. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church (120500 County Rd. N, Edgar, Wi 54426). A Celebration of Life will follow the service at Cherokee Park in the Town of Frankfort. (Please bring your own chair).

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