Restlawn Memorial Park

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at League Street Church of Christ with Shane Carrington officiating. A private inurnment will be held at Restlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 PM., Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Shurtleff passed away Saturday morning, November 2, 2019 at her residence.Beth Annette Young Shurtleff entered her life on earth on May 25th,1958 and was born in Virginia to Edward and Joyce Young. They did get her back to Texas as soon as they could. After living in El Paso briefly, they moved to Seguin, Texas where she grew up and met her high school sweetheart, Keith Shurtleff. She graduated from Seguin High School in 1976. She married Keith on August 16th, 1980 and graduated from Texas A&M University in the following December of 1980 with a degree in education. She taught before her kids were born, then happily was a stay-at-home mom for several years. In August of 1989, they moved to Sulphur Springs to buy a hog farm which they had for six years. Then she returned to teaching in the Sulphur Springs ISD. Her favorite teaching position was teaching to kids gifted with dyslexia for the last ten years of her career. She enjoyed crappie fishing with her husband and was very competitive with it. They even enjoyed tournament fishing for crappie. She was a member of the Southside Church of Christ where she taught children’s Bible classes and young ladies’ Bible classes.She is survived by her husband Keith, their daughter Kacey Batterton (husband, Kenneth), their son Brandon Shurtleff (wife, Amanda), and their son Brian Shurtleff (wife, Ricki). The joy in her life was her four grandchildren: Cara, Paige, Statler, and Anne. Cara brightened Beth’s life with her artistic abilities that she shared with her. Paige helped her in her declining years and was always willing to do things that might be difficult for others, but she did it with grace. Statler gave her the best hugs and brightened her day with his smile. And then just when she t...

Jerry very privately fought a 2 ½ year courageous battle with pancreatic and liver cancer using conventional and Integrative Medicine.  Jerry was born on March 25, 1941, in Merrill, to the late Edward and Esther (Marquardt) Muck. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Merrill. He graduated from Merrill High School in 1959. After high school Jerry proudly served the National Guard and was reactivated during the Berlin Crisis. On October 8, 1966, Jerry was united in marriage to Sandra Lee Utech. He worked for Thorpe Finance Corporation for 8 years working in several of their offices which include Merrill, Rhinelander, Eagle River, Ladysmith, Adams-Friendship, Wausau, and Shawano. Jerry continued his career in finance at The Bonduel State Bank for nearly 40 years. He became President in 1987 and continued working until his retirement in December of 2011. Jerry was a faithful member of Zion Lutheran Church in Shawano. He loved the summer outdoor weekly church services at Shawano County Park. He was also involved in helping with many organizations including the Shawano County Snowmobile Association, Bonduel Polar Bears, Walleyes for Tomorrow, a charter member of Adams-Friendship Jaycees, Bonduel Rotary Club, Shawano and Bonduel Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Wisconsin Bankers Executive Group, and Pommerscher Verein German Club of Central Wisconsin. Jerry was a diehard Packer Backer since the 1960’s. He loved being in the outdoors spending his time hunting bear in northern Wisconsin, as well as, elk and  mule deer hunting in Colorado and Montana, and whitetail in the Saxon area. Jerry also enjoyed snowmobiling, cooking maple syrup, and playing sheepshead. For over 30 years they attended the Hodag Country Festival where he enjoyed seeing some of his favorite performers including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Merle Haggard. He and Sandy enjoyed camping and taking trips in the summer to the National Parks. They took two trips to Alaska, including up to Inovi...