Merlin C. Alt

Benton, Wisconsin Merlin C. Alt, 79, of Benton, Wisconsin, died Sunday, October 6, 2013, at Epione Pavilion in Cuba City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 11, 2013, at St. Patrick's Church in Benton with Rev. David Flanagan officiating. Burial will be in St. Rose of Lima Cemetery in Cuba City. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Thursday at Casey Funeral Home in Cuba City where the parish wake service will be at 2:45 p.m. Friends may also call from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home before the service. Merlin was born on February 9, 1934, in Cuba City, Wisconsin, the son of Charles and Rose (Vondra) Alt. He married Louise Birkett on September 20, 1952, at St. Francis de Sales Church in Hazel Green. Merlin farmed for 17 years near Hazel Green and trucked for 31 years, hauling out of the mines in his early years and for Mowry Brothers for the last 20 years. Survivors include his wife, Louise; two sons, Glen (Joyce) of Barre, Massachusetts, and Francis (Donna), of Monroe, Wisconsin; a daughter-in-law, Pam Alt, of Benton; two sisters, Melita Oates, of Belvidere, Illinois, and Margaret (Frank) Teuschmann, of Shullsburg; two brothers, Edwin (Anne) Alt and LeRoy (Modesta) Alt, both of Caladonia, Illinois; ten grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren and two on the way. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Ronald; a brother, Gerald; and four sisters, Arlene Hirsch, Marion Redfearn , Hildegarde Wiegel, and Rosella Farrey.