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Derek Joseph Hines, age 31, of Savannah, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022. He was born on May 17, 1990, in Mauston Wisconsin. Son of Kimberly and Roland Seldal and Darrell and Cathy Hines. "Never quit." It was the mantra that drove Derek Hines to accomplish anything he set his mind to. He was a Sergeant in the Marines with many accomplishments. Most notably, Derek was the first one in seven years to complete the Pararescue indoctrination course in the US Air Force as an SSGT. But most of all, he was an incredibly devoted brother, son, and selfless friend to those closest to him. He really, never quit. Derek went above and beyond what anyone expected of him in every sense. With...

Wanda Faye (Adams) Lance will be dearly missed by her loved ones. She passed away peacefully on February 8, 2021, at 95 years old. Wanda was the youngest of 9 children born to Bertha Madge and Arthur Adams in St. Joseph, MO, on September 12, 1925. On Wanda's birthday in 1947, she married Stephen Vailey Lance Jr. She was a city girl who met a farmer boy. Wanda was a homemaker while her children were young, and the family moved to various places in Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin as Steve was transferred for work. When Wanda joined the workforce, she was a nurse's aide at Marquardt Manor in Watertown, WI. Eventually, Wanda helped create a beauty salon in the facility and left her nurse's...

Jacob was born on December 23, 1980 in Ladysmith, WI to Allen Van Seilheimer and Sandra Hatch Seilheimer, ruining his older brother Titus's dreams of life as an only child. Although a mere 8 lbs, 5 oz, at birth, Jacob grew rapidly in New Auburn, WI where he was raised on Clear Lake with his family. Sunny, his paternal grandmother, lived next door and ran a welcoming watering hole where Jacob learned a great deal about life. Jacob impacted the world from an early age: teaching his fellow elementary school classmates poker (games of chance were preferred by his grandmother, but not his teacher) and becoming one of the smartest (although not necessarily the most studious) students in his...