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BENSON, Leona A. d. 1/24/2010
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William H. Appleyard was born in Neillsville, Wisconsin on September 29th, 1935. After graduating from Neillsville High School in 1953, he served in the U.S. Navy. He then attended the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire for 3 years. On June 8, 1963 he was married to Patricia Hasse in Eau Claire while serving his internship at the Stokes & Sons Funeral Home. They then moved to Milwaukee where he completed his education in Funeral Service in 1964. At that time he was employed at the Schmidt-Bartelt Gerber Funeral Home in Wauwatosa. In 1968 they moved to Rice Lake where he was employed by William and Evelyn Mason at the Mason Funeral Home. In 1976 Bill and Patricia established Appleyard's Home for Funerals at its present location of 19 West Messenger Street. They are the proud parents of 3 children - Kimberly (Gilbertson), Krista (Tillung), and Kent Appleyard.

Jon was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. In 1986 he graduated from High School in Bloomington, MN. He moved to Rice Lake in August of 1986 and attended University of Wisconsin - Barron County. Jon then started to work for Appleyard's Home for Funerals and met Mr. Appleyard's daughter, Krista in December of that same year and were married in April of 1991. They moved to Chicago in August of 1991 and Jon started Mortuary School at Worsham's College of Mortuary Science and graduated in September 1992. He has been a Licensed Funeral Director ever since. Jon also works with Northern Granite Company in Barron, Wisconsin as a salesman. Jon and Krista have 2 children; a daughter, Kailey born in April 1996 and a son, Evan born in April 2000. Jon is very family oriented and enjoys spending quality family time with his 2 children, wife and dogs.

Born to Richard & Ila (nee, Olson) Gilbertson and raised in Rice Lake. Boyd has many ties to Rice Lake and enjoys golfing and spending time with family. A 1975 graduate of Rice Lake High School and a 1987 graduate of WITC-Rice Lake, Boyd has periodically worked for Appleyard's Home for Funerals since 1979. Boyd has been office manager since 1988. In 1998 Boyd was certified by the State of Wisconsin as a Certified Prearrangement Counselor (CPC), and approved to sell insurance funded burial agreements. Boyd was married in 1987 to Kimberly Appleyard. Kimberly is a graduate of Rice Lake High School and has owned and operated Cosmetology..P.S. in Rice Lake since 1986. Kim and Boyd are also the proud parents of two daughters, Ashley Ila, born in 1996 and Megan Ann, born in 1999. Boyd, Kim and the girls hope to make Rice Lake their lifelong home.