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Florence Heim Obituary
Florence Heim, 97, of Crivitz, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at NewCare Convalescent Home where she had resided for the past year. She was born July 17, 1915 in the Town of Elkhart Lake to the late Albert and Lillian Popp.
After graduation, she gave tap dancing lessons to children in neighboring towns, played piano with a seven piece orchestra for local dances and tended bar for a while at her brother's bar. On August 31, 1941, she married Sylvester Heim, moving with him to Milwaukee where they lived for the next seven years, during which time she worked in a factory on a punch press and in an office for V.W. Danielson. In 1948 the couple returned to Elkhart Lake where they resided at her family's farm. She was kept busy raising goats and selling their milk.
In 1953 they moved to a farm outside of Crivitz where she found a job working at Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Marinette and later worked part time doing bookwork for Joe's Cheese House. Her husband stayed at home to work the farm and care for their herd of goats. Following her retirement in the spring of 1979, she established "Busville", a unique gift and antique shop housed in a Milwaukee trolley bus along with her daughter's doll museum. She spent many years sewing and creating many different and beautiful handmade items for sale. Besides her love for creating things, she also enjoyed gardening and always kept a small vegetable garden. Even in her last years she kept busy crocheting kitchen scrubbies for friends and family. Being in the nursing home was a change for her but she enjoyed playing bingo, cards, volleyball and listening to live music.
Survivors include one daughter, Bonnee Lee, of Crivitz; a brother, Robert Popp (Ruth) of Santa Maria, Calif.; a sister, Bette Belle Libke of Hampton, Va. as well as many nieces and great nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband and an older brother, Charles Popp of Lakewood.
No formal service was held.
Hansen-Onion-Martell funeral home of Marinette assisted the family.
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December 21, 2012
Dear Bonnie, Our deepest sympathy on the death of your mother, Florence. We are the son and daughter-in-law of LaVerne Kaiser. Wayne and Margie Kaiser
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