Floyd Neubauer's Obituary
Floyd T. “Skip” Neubauer, 63, of Clinton, lost his battle with a brain tumor on Friday, September 12, 2008, at his home. Funeral Services will be 10:00 am, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Fred Schauer officiating. Military honors will be conducted by the Clinton AMVETS Post#28. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Jack Ytzen, Bob Jones, Bill Basil, Jon “Micah” Pickering, Wayne Hill, Steve Taplin, Chris Eyer, Jacob Tenbower, Seamus Wilkerson, Steve Wilkerson, Derrek Goldensoph, and Darren Goldensoph. Visitation will be Monday from 3:00-8:00pm at the funeral home. Following the services the body will be cremated. Floyd Theodore Neubauer, Jr., was born on February 14, 1945 in Saranac Lake, New York, the son of Floyd T. and Elizabeth Wilson (Henkel) Neubauer, Sr. He later moved to Clinton to be raised by his grandparents: Fred and Genevieve Neubauer. Floyd graduated from Clinton High School 1963. He then attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison before being drafted by the United States Marines. He was a Vietnam Veteran and served in the Marines for 12 years. Floyd married Joyce Gilbert on January 24, 1970 and later divorced. He then married Dawn Goldensoph on March 10, 1986. Floyd was an electrician at ALCOA for 25 years before retiring in 2004. Floyd was a member of the Clinton AMVETS Post#28, life member of the National Harley Owners Group, the Mayor’s Informal Advisory Committee, and a member of the Clinton Citizen’s Action Congress. He enjoyed playing with his grandchildren, golf, Harley Davidson motorcycles, and writing numerous “letters to the editor” just to see who he could irritate. Floyd is survived by his wife: Dawn of Clinton; one daughter: Megan (Chris) Gray of Aurora, Colorado, and grandson: Colton Gray; two step-sons: Axel (Jessi) Seikola, III of Grand Mound, Iowa, and Jason Petersen of Clinton; three step-grandchildren: Elora Seikola, Ayden Seikola, and Alexandria Petersen; and his half-sister: Kathy Hopkins of Gulf Breeze, Florida Floyd was preceded in death by his parents, and infant son, a half-brother, and his grandparents who raised him. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the family.
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