Paula Hoar

1925 - 2006  (80 years)

• Name	Paula Hoar
  Born	9 Apr 1925	Shell Lake, Washburn Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930
  Died	5 Jan 2006	Spooner, Washburn Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Shell Lake, Washburn Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I9050	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Kenneth Hoar,   b. 8 Aug 1901, Shell Lake, Washburn Co, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1980, , Washburn Co, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Valetta Appleby,   b. 8 Nov 1900, , Grant Co, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1980, Shell Lake, Washburn Co, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1922	Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA
  Family ID	F4026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Morris Charles Mercier,   b. 8 Aug 1924, Rice Lake, Barron Co, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1995, , Barron Co, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1944	Pine City, Pine Co, Minnesota, USA
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F4028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [[ https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE60230 "Peggy" Paula/Margaret Hoar, daughter of Kenneth S. Hoar and Valetta Ruth Appleby, was born at Shell Lake, Wisconsin 9 April 1925, She married at Pine City, Minnesota 4 January 1944, Morris "Bud" Charles Mercier, son of Charles Mercier and Delphine Chartier. He was bom a t Rice Lake, Wisconsin 8 August 1924, They were divorced at Eau Clair , Wisconsin 23 December 1951 and she removed t o Los Angeles, California with her daughter; living at 5312 Certeen Place, Apt, 21, North HoHywoed, C a l i f o m i a . Their daughter wasi- 809o 1. Paula Diane Mercier narried Vaughn Wamon Birdwell, Obituary: Published in the Spooner Advocate 14 Jan 2006 Page: " Paula "Peggy" Mercier, 80, of Shell Lake, died on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at Spooner Health System Residential Care. She was born on April 9, 1925, in Shell Lake to Kenneth and Valetta (Applebee) Hoar. She graduated, with honors, from Shell Lake High School and was prom queen. Paula attended Superior Business College, graduating sixth in her class of 84. She had many friends and loved to dance. This is how she met her husband, Bud Mercier, from Rice Lake. During World War II while her husband was at war, she began to pursue her career. Moving between Wisconsin, Chicago, and California, she became a very independent career woman, working in executive positions during the 1950s and 60s -? a feat rarely achieved by women during this era. Paula was very successful in her career, establishing new sales offices throughout America for various corporations. When she moved to Los Angeles in 1962, she went to work for Budget Rent-a-Car. She was a key person involved in establishing this fledging company and instrumental in its success of becoming an international company. During her career, Paula was a single mom who also helped raise her granddaughter. She returned to Shell Lake in 1980 to take care of her father after her mother died. Paula worked at Spooner Bank and then as a caregiver, before heart problems and Alzheimer?s disease forced her to retire. She is survived by one daughter, Paula (Kevin) Kessler-Christensen, of Shell Lake, and one granddaughter, Kimberly Kessler, of Honolulu, Hawaii. She was preceded in death by her sister, Jean Schullo. The funeral was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at St. Alban Episcopal Church, Spooner. Rev. Robert Rodgers officiated. Burial of cremains was in Shell Lake Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were handled by Pockat Funeral Home of Shell Lake."