For the Hub City Times

MARSHFIELD – Marshfield’s former city administrator Mike Brehm has died.

Brehm passed away on May 13, at the Marshfield Medical Center. He was 72.

Brehm served as Marshfield’s administrator from 1998 until his retirement in 2010. Before that, he served for more than 20 years as the city’s comptroller.

Brehm was a Medford native, and graduated from UW-Marathon County in 1968 and UW-Madison in 1971.

A private family memorial service for Mike Brehm will be held on May 19 at the Rembs Funeral Home in Marshfield. Friends may call there from 9:30 a.m. until service time.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the family to be used in Mike’s name for the Wildwood Park & Zoo, where he was a big part of the fundraising for the Kodiak bear exhibit.