Nila E. Peskie, age 75, of Amherst, WI passed away Thursday evening, September 16, 2021 at her home after a long battle with cancers.
She was born August 26, 1946, the daughter of Martin and Elaine (Rusch) Krause. Nila graduated from Almond High School in 1964. On May 20, 1972, she married Patrick “Pat” Peskie at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Town of Lanark, Portage Co., WI. Nila worked several years at Portage County Bank, Sorenson’s Floral in Stevens Point, and at the International Bank of Amherst before her retirement. She enjoyed making chocolate chip cookies, and making and decorating cakes for weddings and birthdays. Bird watching, volunteering her time to read at daycare and school, ceramics, plastic canvas crafts, and wordfinds were some of her pastimes, too. She was involved in the Badger Homemakers where she made quilts, the Ladies Aid at church where she cooked dinners, and working the beer stand and charcoal chicken dinners for Lanark Baseball. Nila was very active in her family’s activities, as well as her own. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, and working on the farm. While her husband, Pat, was working, Nila was able to rake and bale hay, take care of the cattle, watch both her son, Nate, and her husband, Pat, play sports and attend her daughter, Stef’s, craft shows. She also loved to watch her grandchildren, Haley and Ethan, in all of their sports and rodeo events. Nila loved her family, friends, and flowers. She was a wonderful, caring, kind wife, mom, grandma, sister, aunt and friend. She will be greatly missed!
Nila is survived by her husband of 49 years, Pat Peskie of Amherst, WI; a daughter, Stef Peskie of Plover, WI; a son, Nate Peskie of Amherst, WI; her two grandchildren, Haley and Ethan Peskie of Amherst, WI; one brother, Roy (Pam) Krause of Almond, WI; one brother-in-law, Al Erdman of Plainfield, WI; and also by many nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Nicholas Peskie; her parents, Martin and Elaine Krause; and a sister, Vera Erdman.
A visitation for Nila will be on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Jungers-Holly Funeral Home in Amherst, WI where there will be a Rosary Service Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. A visitation will also be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Almond followed by her funeral mass at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery in the Town of Lanark following the mass on Wednesday. The Jungers-Holly Funeral Home of Amherst is assisting the family with arrangements.