Myrna Fae Schofield, 86, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2022 at Stoney River Assisted Living in Marshfield. She was born on the family farm April 12th, 1935 in Spencer, Wi to Archie “Lee” Schofield & Belle (Hulce) Schofield. Myrna graduated from Spencer High School in 1953 and later moved to Camp Douglas where she lived with her sister Vera, brother-in-law Howard & family while she attended Teachers’ College in New Lisbon.
She taught K-8 in country schools in the Spencer area until she moved to Minocqua and taught elementary school & special education. She continued her education at UW-La Crosse where she earned a Master’s degree in Special Education. Myrna settled in Hazelhurst where she had a positive impact on children and families for many years through her teaching and mentoring. Myrna was an amazing artist and brought that skill to the classroom and shared it with her family & friends as well. Her paintings were in great demand in the family & will be cherished for years to come.
Myrna is preceded in death by her parents, Lee & Belle, and siblings Flossie Sook, Nola Seefeld, Betty Fisher, Jeanne Murray, Richard Schofield, Raymond “Sonny” Schofield, Beulah Washkuhn, and Ramona, who died in infancy. She is survived by her sister, Vera Smith, sister-in-law Pat Schofield, best friend Jean Larson, and many generations of nieces and nephews, all who love her dearly & will miss her terribly. Myrna’s greatest joys were being with her extensive family & many friends, visiting the family farm where she grew up, reading, playing cards, doing artwork, & just puttering around her beloved little house in the woods where she lived for many years. Having a fun loving & adventurous spirit, Myrna traveled all over the US & out of the country & went zip lining on her 80th birthday.
Myrna wished to be cremated, and for her family & friends to get together & share fond memories, a good laugh & a cold one, & talk smart. A memorial will be held at Rembs Funeral Home on Saturday, April 30th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Please join us to celebrate the beauty & magic of Aunt Myrt’s life at the Schofield farm in Spencer after the memorial. There will be a get-together in her honor at her neighborhood hangout, Pickles, at a later date for her Hazelhurst friends & family.
Myrna’s family is forever grateful to her Leisure Shores and Hazelhurst/Minocqua friends who were so loving and supportive to her over the years and helped her to live independently for so long.
“The beasts, they hunger, and eat and die; and so do we, and the world’s a sty;
Hush, fellow swine: why nuzzle and cry?
Swinehood hath no remedy.”
– Sidney Lanier
