Billie Aline Harvey Wiggenhauser
SAYNER- Billie Aline Harvey Wiggenhauser, beloved mother, stepmother, grandmother, neighbor, and friend, passed away on June 24, 2025. She was 81.
Billie was born on February 5, 1944, in Judsonia, Arkansas. After graduation from Judsonia High School, she married and relocated to the Chicago area, where she welcomed the arrival of three sons. After her marriage ended in divorce, she began a career in banking in Illinois.
In 1980, Billie married Vernon J. Wiggenhauser, a banking executive, and together they formed a blended family of six children. After years of vacationing in Northern Wisconsin, Billie and Vern retired to Sayner in 1998. Billie, never one to have time on her hands, worked as a teller at Associated Bank in Minocqua and St. Germain and volunteered at the Plum Lake Library, while Vern served on the boards of the Town of Plum Lake and Vilas County.
Billie enjoyed cooking and baking for friends and family, gardening, and Mondays playing with the Way Up North Bridge Club.
Billie and Vern celebrated their 40th anniversary a few months before Vern’s death in 2020.
Billie is survived by three children, Kevin King (Liz), Eric King (Christy), and Neil King (Lori); three stepchildren, Jennifer W. Gudmundson (Patrick), Jason Wiggenhauser (Nagie), and Julia W. Holohan; thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are sisters, JoAnn James and Debbie La Granger; and brothers Jerry Harvey, Larry Harvey and Glenn Harvey.
Services will be held at Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church in Sayner at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Billie will be buried alongside Vern in Beecher, Illinois.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Plum Lake Library, P.O. Box 229, Sayner, WI 54560.
Bolger Cremation & Funeral Services is assisting the family, www.bolgerfuneral.com PAID OBITUARY
