Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameDexter Aloysius THUSIUS 
MemoAlzheimer’s
Burial12 Jan 2012, Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Watertown, Wisconsin1153
OccupationNorthern Paper Co, University of Wisconsin
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
ReligionLutheran
Alias/AKADex
FatherHeinrich Gotthold Ferdinand THUSIUS (1894-1982)
MotherViola Lenora ZARLING (1903-1989)
Spouses
Marriage10 Jul 1954, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Census notes for Dexter Aloysius THUSIUS
1940 Wisconsin, Dodge County, Watertown City, Emmet Township, ward 5, E.D. 14-54, sheet 3B
522 North Washington Street, household 70, owns, $2250
Thusius, Henry G., head, male, white, age 43, 4 yrs college, born South Dakota, lived in same house in 1935, manager of retail dairy products
----------, Viola L., wife, female, white, age 37, married, 2 yrs high school, born Wisconsin, lived in same house 1935
----------, Dexter E., son, male, white, age 8, single, 2nd grade, born Wisconsin, lived in same house in 1935
522 North Washington Street, household 70, owns, $2250
Thusius, Henry G., head, male, white, age 43, 4 yrs college, born South Dakota, lived in same house in 1935, manager of retail dairy products
----------, Viola L., wife, female, white, age 37, married, 2 yrs high school, born Wisconsin, lived in same house 1935
----------, Dexter E., son, male, white, age 8, single, 2nd grade, born Wisconsin, lived in same house in 1935
Obituary notes for Dexter Aloysius THUSIUS
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), 8 January 2012
Deceased Name: Thusius, Dexter "Dex" Aloysius
MADISON - Dexter "Dex" Aloysius Thusius, age 80, of Madison, died on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Oakwood Village, after a long illness with Alzheimer's.
Dex was born June 10, 1931, in Watertown, the son of Viola (Zarling) and Henry Thusius. His younger years were spent in Watertown attending Luther Prep High School, graduating from high school in 1949. Furthering his education, Dex graduated in 1954 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a bachelor of science degree in business. Dex also served two years in the armed forces (Army - Transportation) during the Korean War from 1954 to 1956. Dex married Patricia Mae (Manley) on July 3, 1954, in Madison and lived in Virginia, Ill. and Wisconsin, spending the last 45 years in Madison.
In addition to a very successful business career with Northern Paper Company, the University of Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin, Dex was also very active in the church, serving on many committees and assisting with various projects to ensure the future of both churches he was so devoted to, both Eastside Lutheran Church and Holy Cross Lutheran Church. In June of 1997, he married Diane Christianson of Madison.
Dex was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia; his mother, Viola; and his father, Henry.
He is survived by his four children, Susan (Paul) Thierfelder of Sturgeon Bay, Mark (Paula) of Kenosha, Sara (Joseph) Marconi of Wheaton, Ill. and Amy (Brett) LaRonge of Green Bay; 12 grandchildren, Matthew, Mark and Sara Thierfelder; Bryan, Stephen and Andrew Thusius; Kathryn, Joseph, Julianna and Anneliese Marconi; and Jacob and Abigail LaRonge; and his wife, Diane.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at 11 a.m. at OAKWOOD VILLAGE EAST, 5565 Tancho Drive, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the time of services. Pastor Byron Bunge will officiate. Friends may call on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, from 5 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3325 East Washington Avenue.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the American Alzheimer's Foundation, 6920 111th Ct., Kenosha, WI 53142.
Deceased Name: Thusius, Dexter "Dex" Aloysius
MADISON - Dexter "Dex" Aloysius Thusius, age 80, of Madison, died on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Oakwood Village, after a long illness with Alzheimer's.
Dex was born June 10, 1931, in Watertown, the son of Viola (Zarling) and Henry Thusius. His younger years were spent in Watertown attending Luther Prep High School, graduating from high school in 1949. Furthering his education, Dex graduated in 1954 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a bachelor of science degree in business. Dex also served two years in the armed forces (Army - Transportation) during the Korean War from 1954 to 1956. Dex married Patricia Mae (Manley) on July 3, 1954, in Madison and lived in Virginia, Ill. and Wisconsin, spending the last 45 years in Madison.
In addition to a very successful business career with Northern Paper Company, the University of Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin, Dex was also very active in the church, serving on many committees and assisting with various projects to ensure the future of both churches he was so devoted to, both Eastside Lutheran Church and Holy Cross Lutheran Church. In June of 1997, he married Diane Christianson of Madison.
Dex was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia; his mother, Viola; and his father, Henry.
He is survived by his four children, Susan (Paul) Thierfelder of Sturgeon Bay, Mark (Paula) of Kenosha, Sara (Joseph) Marconi of Wheaton, Ill. and Amy (Brett) LaRonge of Green Bay; 12 grandchildren, Matthew, Mark and Sara Thierfelder; Bryan, Stephen and Andrew Thusius; Kathryn, Joseph, Julianna and Anneliese Marconi; and Jacob and Abigail LaRonge; and his wife, Diane.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at 11 a.m. at OAKWOOD VILLAGE EAST, 5565 Tancho Drive, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the time of services. Pastor Byron Bunge will officiate. Friends may call on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, from 5 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3325 East Washington Avenue.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the American Alzheimer's Foundation, 6920 111th Ct., Kenosha, WI 53142.
Military notes for Dexter Aloysius THUSIUS
Army Transportation in Korean War 1954 to 1956
Notes for Dexter Aloysius & Patricia Mae (Family)
The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), 5 July 1954, Monday, page 8
Mrs. Dexter Aloysius Thusius
Speaking their vows in Calvary Lutheran University Chapel Saturday afternoon, Miss Patricia Mae Manley and Lt. Dexter Aloysius Thusius were united in marriage before the Rev. Oscar Thusius, the bridegroom’s uncle.
A reception for 150 guests at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon S. Manley, Marshall, followed the 2 p.m. rite. The couple left afterwards for their home in Williamsburg, Va.
Informally attired in a white shantung suit with a veiled white velvet hat, the bride carried a white orchid on a white Bible. As her sister’s maid of honor, Miss Marjorie Manley, wore an ice blue linen suit with a matching velvet hat. She carried white carnations and pale blue pompons.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Thusius, Watertown, chose his college roommate, Jack Bartingale, Eau Claire, as best man. LaVerne Milunovich, Watertown, and Michael Manley, the bride’s brother, ushered.
Reception assistants were Misses Joan Younglove, Leila Schmidt and Marilyn Johnson and Mmes. Conrad Young, Russell Kendall, P.C. Phillips, Howard Hoffman, Herbert Siegert, and A.D. Clark.
For traveling the bride changed into a white and brown linen print frock with a brown shrug jacket. Her accessories were white. For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs. Manley chose a green print with a white linen jacket and white accessories. The bridegroom’s mother wore aqua with white and both had corsages of pink glamellias.
The new Mrs. Thusius received her bachelor’s degree in English education at the University last month. Her husband, a member of Alpha Delta Sigma, was graduated in February with a degree in commerce. He is now stationed with the Army transportation corps at Ft. Eustis.
Mrs. Dexter Aloysius Thusius
Speaking their vows in Calvary Lutheran University Chapel Saturday afternoon, Miss Patricia Mae Manley and Lt. Dexter Aloysius Thusius were united in marriage before the Rev. Oscar Thusius, the bridegroom’s uncle.
A reception for 150 guests at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon S. Manley, Marshall, followed the 2 p.m. rite. The couple left afterwards for their home in Williamsburg, Va.
Informally attired in a white shantung suit with a veiled white velvet hat, the bride carried a white orchid on a white Bible. As her sister’s maid of honor, Miss Marjorie Manley, wore an ice blue linen suit with a matching velvet hat. She carried white carnations and pale blue pompons.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Thusius, Watertown, chose his college roommate, Jack Bartingale, Eau Claire, as best man. LaVerne Milunovich, Watertown, and Michael Manley, the bride’s brother, ushered.
Reception assistants were Misses Joan Younglove, Leila Schmidt and Marilyn Johnson and Mmes. Conrad Young, Russell Kendall, P.C. Phillips, Howard Hoffman, Herbert Siegert, and A.D. Clark.
For traveling the bride changed into a white and brown linen print frock with a brown shrug jacket. Her accessories were white. For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs. Manley chose a green print with a white linen jacket and white accessories. The bridegroom’s mother wore aqua with white and both had corsages of pink glamellias.
The new Mrs. Thusius received her bachelor’s degree in English education at the University last month. Her husband, a member of Alpha Delta Sigma, was graduated in February with a degree in commerce. He is now stationed with the Army transportation corps at Ft. Eustis.