Maryellen (Guldan) Larsen
October 18, 2011

Maryellen Larsen, 75, died Friday, July 18, 2008, at a Green Bay nursing home. She was born on June 15, 1933 in Iron River, Michigan to the late Alfred and Esther (Edwardson) Houg. In 1992, she married Vernon Larsen. Maryellen grew up in Rhinelander and graduated from high school there. In 1951, she married Malcolm Guldan, Jr. and they had five children. After moving to Green Bay in 1970, she worked for many years at Montgomery Ward. Maryellen was always proud to be called a Hodag.
Survivors include four children: Eldri (Steven) Zahn, Oneida, Joe (Mary) Guldan, Green Bay, Allen Guldan, De Pere, and Tracy (William Vaughan) Guldan, Thorton, CO; her grandchildren: Jennie (Karl) Hansen, Kathy (Chris) Held, Marshall Zahn, Elizabeth (Rick) Lehman, Anne (Alex) Younger, John Guldan, James Guldan, Nicole (Louie) Tardiff and Nick Guldan; her great grandchildren: Stephanie Hansen, Chelsea VanDenElzen, Olivia Held, Henry Held, Grace Lehman, Jackson Lehman, Zachary Guldan, Libby Guldan, Alexander Younger, Dakota Belonge and Reanna Tardiff; her brothers: Alfred Bucky (Mary Jean) Houg, Rhinelander, and Jim (Margie) Houg, Three Lakes; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Vern Larsen, her ex-husband, Malcolm Guldan, and her son, Malcolm Buzz Guldan.
Friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Monday, July 21, 2008 at Calvary Lutheran Church, 1301 S. Ridge Rd., Green Bay, where funeral services will be held at 6:30 p.m. with the Rev. Gail Sowell officiating. Visitation will resume after 12:00 noon Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, 235 N. Stevens St., Rhinelander, where funeral services will take place at 1:00 p.m. Interment will take place at Forest Home Cemetery, Rhinelander. Lyndahl Funeral Home, Green Bay, and Carlson Funeral Home, Rhinelander, are serving the family.
The family would like to thank Woodside Lutheran Home for the wonderful care that Maryellen received while she was there and a special thanks to her pastor, Rev. Gail Sowell, for all her care and concern.
I AIN'T DEAD YET
My hair is white and I'm almost blind,
The days of youth are far behind
My neck is stiff, I can't turn my head
Can't hear one-half what's being said
My legs are wobbly, can hardly walk,
But glory be I can surely talk;
And this is a message I want you to get
I'm still a-kicking and I ain't dead yet.
My joints are stiff, won't move in their sockets,
And nary a dime is in my pockets.
So maybe you think I'm a total wreck,
(To tell you the truth, I do look like heck)
But still I do have a whole lot of fun
And my heart with joy is still overrun.
I've lots of good friends so kind and so sweet
And still many more that I'll never meet.
Oh, this is a wonderful world of ours,
Shade and sunshine and beautiful flowers.
So you just take it from me, and you bet,
I'm glad I'm living and I ain't dead yet.
I've got corns on my feet and ingrowing nails,
And do they hurt? Here plain language fails.
To tell you my troubles would take too long,
If I tried you surely would give me the gong.
I go to Church and Sunday School too,
For I love the story that is ever new.
And when I reach the end of my row,
I hope to my heavenly home I will go.
And when I leave this house of clay,
If you listen closely, I'm quite apt to say
Well, folks, I've left you, but don't you forget.
I've just passed on, but I ain't dead yet.
-P.Y. Luther

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