Majorie June Brahmer

Marjorie June Meier-Brahmer 1927 - 2015 Marjorie June (Meier) Brahmer, 87, passed away on April 18th, 2015. She was born on December 16, 1927 in Milwaukee Wisconsin to Anna Svehla of Fifield and Fred Meier of Butternut. The Svehla-Meier family returned to Northern Wisconsin when she was still a small child and settled just south of Fifield. Marjorie was named after a friend of her mother but in an attempt to avoid teasing by a neighbor boy, she and her mother decided to use June as her given name. This “name change” stayed with her for the next eighty years. She attended school in Fifield and was a proud attendee of the annual Fifield Class Reunion. After leaving school, June moved to Chicago briefly to work as a nanny and then to Michigan where she worked for her aunt and uncle (Frank and Gretchen Svehla). In June 1945, June married Edward Seifert. Ed and June eventually settled in Lymantown and had four children together. Mary Ann (Michael Hilgart), Diane (Peter Kronberger), Robert (Barbara Bodoh) and Michael (Marilyn Altman). In 1957 June married Aubrey Brahmer of Medford. June and Aubrey moved to Milwaukee but returned to the Park Falls frequently and eventually purchased a home in Lymantown where June would live for the rest of her life. Aubrey passed away in 1987. June understood to appreciate the small gifts we receive in life. Any blossom in her flower garden was a diamond for her, any struggling plant represented potential and any kind word or compliment she received for her cooking was a Michelin star. Nearly fifty years after he passed, she recalled how Johann Seifert, her father-in-law, complimented her dumplings. She was close to her mother her entire life and the two could often be spotted “fishing” at Hicks’ Landing on Sailor Creek Flowage. She described those evenings some of the best vacations she ever had. June often showed you that she loved you by making something for you or doing something to help you. When one of her grandchildren asked her to talk about the story of her life she wrapped it up with a request that went as follows: It hasn’t always been an easy life but it’s a very good one. I made mistakes and I wish I could change some things but one thing is for sure - I love my kids and never stopped loving them. Tell them this when I am gone one day. June is survived by her four children, thirteen grandchildren and nine great-children. She is loved and will be missed.

Majorie June Brahmer

December 16, 1927 - April 18, 2015