Wisconsin Community Mourns Three, Priest

Recent obituaries remember four people whose lives were marked by service, family and community involvement. Arlen David Pepke, 85, of Wisconsin, served in the Army, farmed and logged, later drove for Walmart and taught driver education, and was named Wisconsin’s Driver of the Year in 2008. Chad Avery Lohmiller, 46, of Hancock, New Hampshire, helped run his family’s landscaping business, became a skilled stone builder and spent more than 20 years grooming trails at Pat’s Peak. Carri Ann Leyk, 44, of Merrill, Wisconsin, worked in insurance and treasured time with her husband, sons and extended family while facing an eight-year cancer battle. Father James Robert Horath, 81, served the Diocese of Superior as a priest from 1973 until his 2010 retirement, including parish and diocesan leadership roles and ministry to people experiencing poverty.