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Anita M. Fraase, 92, formerly of Harvard, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at Valley Hi Nursing Home, Woodstock.
She was born March 30, 1922, to Emil and Edna (Plisch) Krohn, near Wausau, Wis.
On June 4, 1946, she married Cassius “Bud” Fraase in Wausau.
Survivors include three children, Jane (Whitey) Ratzlaff, Wonder Lake, Dale Fraase, Stillman Valley, and John (Jean) Fraase, Malta; seven grandchildren, Jessica (Ratzlaff) Johnson, Elizabeth (Matt) Johnson, Dylan Fraase, Christopher Fraase, Kelly (Scott) Gollan, Matthew (Jenn) Peterson, Mark (Stephanie) Peterson; three great-grandchildren, Brayden, Dayne and Gavin; two sisters, Alice Christian and Marie (Earl) Krohn, Wausau; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Sept. 4, 2003, and her parents.
Visitation and funeral were Feb. 7 at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, Harvard. The Rev. Carol Gates of Trinity Lutheran Church officiated. Burial was at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Harvard.