Obit: DeForth, Myron (1918 - 2005)
Poster: Crystal Wendt
 

Surname: DeForth, Zwiky

Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Fri, Jan 14, 2005

-DeForth, Myron (2 June 1918 - 15 Jan. 2005)

MILAN -Myron DeForth, 86, Milan, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005, at Memorial Health Center in Medford. Funeral services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at Abbotsford Evangelical Free Church. Burial will be in Sylvan Cemetery in town of Reseburg, Clark County.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Maurina Funeral Home in Abbotsford and from 11:30 a.m. until time of services Saturday at the church.

Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin) Jan 2005 (uncertain with location)

Myron was born June 2, 1918, in Thorp. He married Irene Zwicky, who preceded him in death April 6, 1994. Myron worked as a cheese maker in Somerset and in 1954 moved to Edgar where he worked for the Edgar Cheese Factory. In 1958, he and his family moved to Bismark, N.D., where he worked as a cheese maker until returning to Owen in 1962. He moved to his hobby farm near Milan in 1967.

Myron is survived by one son, Gary DeForth of Dorchester; and one brother, Roman DeForth of Norman, Okla.

Wausau Daily Herald (Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin) 14 Jan. 2005

Myron DeForth

Myron DeForth, 86, Milan, died Thursday, January 13, 2005, at Memorial Health Center in Medford.

He was a cheese maker for the Edgar Cheese Factory and in Bismark, N.D.

Survivors include one son, Gary DeForth, Dorchester; and one brother, Roman DeForth, Norman, Okla.

Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Abbotsford Evangelical Free Church. Burial will be in Sylvan Cemetery in town of Reseburg. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Maurina Funeral Home in Abbotsford and from 11:30 a.m. Saturday until time of services at the church.