2005 Winter - Wisconsin Writers Association

Wisconsin Regional Writers’ Association2016 Leonard Ct.Eau Claire, WI 54703-9000For and About Wisconsin WritersSherrie Avery-King by Kathleen McGwinherrie LeeS Avery King isgone to us on thisearth but ever presentin our hearts andthoughts. She becamemerely light on Sunday,September 25,2005.Sherrie was bornon August 11,1949, in St.Joseph MissouritoImogene Umberand JosephRaymond.Herhomes includedGlidden,Wisconsinwhere shewas raised,Crockett,California, and Watertown.(Continued on page 21)Paula Delfeld by Boyd SuttonPaula A. Hoffmann Delfeldpassed away on August 15 at theFond du Lac Lutheran Home. Shewas 98-years-old. Born in Campbellsport,Wisconsin in 1907 to Dr.Matthias and Beatrice Hoffmann,she married Jerome Delfeld in Milwaukeein 1927.She was employed at Kirby-Kogeshall Co. until shemarried and moved to the Delfeld Homestead Farm inBrownsville with her husband. A member of St. Mary’sParish, she sang in the St. Mary’s choir for 50 years.After raising her family, Paula attended writing coursesat Fond du Lac Vocational School, UW-Fond du Lac, andthe Rhinelander School of the Arts, and began a writingcareer. She joined WRWA in 1957 and was on the association’sBoard of Directors for 10 years. She was a memberof the Fond du Lac Writers’ Workshop; the WisconsinHistorical Society; the Wisconsin, Fond du Lac, and MilwaukeeGenealogical Societies; the National Writers’Club; the Associated Writers of America; and the WisconsinAcademy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters.Paula became a freelance photojournalist in 1956 andauthored The Indian Priest: Father Philip B. Gordon, ahistory of the first Native American to become a priest,(Continued on page 21)