Community mourns highway victim Marcus Wydeven

TOMAHAWK, IRMA - Marcus Wydeven, 50, was a nearly 20-year employee of the Lincoln County Highway Department. He was also a husband, son, father, brother, coworker, neighbor and friend, but he died Tuesday afternoon after he was struck by a car while flagging traffic on Highway 17 in Merrill.

Wydeven is survived by his wife, sister, mother, son and two step-sons. Friends said he was soon going to be a grandfather.

"He was such a great person," said Kevin Koth, Wydeven's friend. "It's sad someone that young is taken away so quickly on a tragedy."

Full story: WJFW

Add new comment

Warning
Please refrain from adding URLs to unrelated or commercial websites. This site is moderated and comments with inappropriate links are rejected. Thank you for your understanding.

No profane language is allowed! Posts that contain profanity will not be published.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.