Marian
Paradis, 66
 Plummer
- Marian Paradis, 66, of Plummer, died on
Saturday, July 03, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center
in Thief River Falls.
Mass
of Christian Burial was
held
on Tuesday, July 6, at the St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Brooks, with Father Tim Bushy
officiating. Casket bearers included Randy Olson,
Tyrone Olson, Barry Humphrey, Randy Clausen, Glenn
Ahlers and Roger Fournier. Interment will follow in
the St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery of Plummer.
Marian
Agnes Schams was born on December 30, 1937 on her
family farm near Mauston, Wis. to William Charles
and Hazel Anne (Mineard) Schams. She grew up and
attended the Fairview country school near Mauston
and graduated from Mauston High School in 1955.
During
her high school years she worked at the Mauston
Hotel cooking, cleaning, and waitressing. She
attended Juneau County teachers' college in Mauston
and did her student teaching at the Lemonweir
Township School. While she was student teaching she
met Joseph Paradis.
Marian
was united in marriage to Joseph Henry Paradis on
June 27, 1959 in South Milwaukee, Wis. They made
their home in Racine, Wis. where Marian and Joseph
started their family. She then left her teaching
career to stay at home with her children.
In
1965 they made their home five miles west of
Plummer. After moving to Plummer, Marian and Joe
began farming, raising Registered Polled Herefords.
They also owned and operated Paradis Recycling. She
taught catechism at the Catholic Church in Plummer,
Terrebonne, and Brooks for several years.
The
time most precious to her was visiting and spending
time with her family and friends, especially her
grandchildren. She had a talent for oil painting.
Marian most recently purchased a computer and was
discovering the internet world, e-mailing her
family, playing games and surfing the net. Marian
enjoyed other crafts, photography and reading.
Marian also liked to keep up with current events,
the news and listening to talk radio. She enjoyed
baking bread and donuts.
She
is survived by seven children, Bonnie (Barry)
Humphrey of Bismarck, N.D., Ann Paradis of Gibbon,
Linda (Randy) Olson of Gibbon, Kathy (Randy)
Clausen of Redwood Falls, John (Valerie) Paradis of
Plummer, Nancy (Glenn) Ahlers of Brownton, William
(Danielle) Paradis of Oklee; 15 grandchildren; two
sisters, Joan Maytum of Hillsboro, Ore. and Wilma
(Eugene) Brockmiller of Madison, Wis.; and special
friends, Sylvester Novak and Fern Christianson.
Marian
was preceded in death by her husband Joseph in
1993; one son, James William Paradis; one brother,
William Schams and her parents.
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