Thomas Drendel, 63, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, lost his battle with cancer Oct. 13, 2016, with his wife, Laura, and his two sons by his side. He was a retired superintendent of the University of Wisconsin’s Marshfield Agricultural Research Station.
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