Valita Clare Radtke

Valita C. "Vi" Radtke, age 90, of Menomonie, WI went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN.

Vi was born July 21, 1919 in the Township of Hay River, Dunn Co., WI to Clarence and Iva (James) Williams and was the third of four children. She graduated from Downing High School in 1937 and on May 5, 1938 she married Earl Radtke of Downing. Earl and Vi had four children: George, Gene, Judy and Susan.

She graduated from Dunn County Normal School and University of Wisconsin, River Falls and was a teacher in the Spring Valley and Menomonie School Districts, retiring in 1980.

Vi has been mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, nurse, teacher, mentor and spiritual advisor to innumerable people during her life and we will all miss her. Never the less each of us who have known her will continue to rejoice reliving our heartwarming experiences in her company. Thank you Vi for a wonderful life.

Vi is survived by her sons, George (Edith) Radtke of Concord, CA, Gene (Ann) Radtke of Norfolk, VA; sister Ida Martinson of Napa, Idaho; six grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Earl, daughters, Judy and Susan, grandson Dean, brother Orville and sister, Millie.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Menomonie Alliance Church, 502 21st St. N., Menomonie, with Pastor Brent Costello and Pastor Jack Stimmel officiating. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery in Downing, WI. There will be visitation from 4:00 to 8:00 pm Monday at Olson Funeral Home 615 Wilson Ave., Menomonie and at the church one hour prior to the service on Tuesday.