Raymond Omernick
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Raymond Omernick (1923–2007) was a member of the
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Biography

Omernick was born on May 24, 1923, in Franzen, Wisconsin. He was a farmer and logger. He married Victoria Zoromski on October 13, 1953, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Torun, Wisconsin. They would reside in
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, and have five children. Omernick died on August 22, 2007, in an automobile accident. He is buried in
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Career

Omernick was elected to the Assembly in 1978, defeating incumbent Laurence J. Day. He was defeated for re-election in the Republican primary in 1980 by John L. McEwen and in the general election as a
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. Previously, he had been a municipal judge from 1977 to 1979.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omernick, Raymond People from Marathon County, Wisconsin People from Wittenberg, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Municipal judges in the United States 1923 births 2007 deaths Road incident deaths in Wisconsin 20th-century American judges 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature