Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Leonard Kopitzke
April 15, 2009
Leonard Theodore Kopitzke, age 91, of Pickett, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at his home. Leonard was born on December 5, 1917, in Pickett, the son of Theodore and Theresa (Messerschmidt) Kopitzke. He was a dairy and crop farmer. Leonard married Mildred Laabs in 1952 in Oshkosh. He was also a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
Owen "Gramps" Searl
April 14, 2009
Owen “Gramps” Searl, age 94, of Ripon, passed away on April 14, 2009, at American House in Ripon, WI. Owen was born on August 8, 1914, in Hancock, WI, the son of Emmit and Josephine (Lipkin) Searl. He graduated from Green Lake High School and in 1933, he married Loretta Liebke. Owen was a factory laborer for 55 years, on...
Dr. James Barbour
April 10, 2009
Dr. James Humphrey Barbour, 98, passed away at Kindred Hearts of Green Lake on Friday, April 10, 2009, following a long and fruitful life. Born to Harris Barbour and Bessie Drew Barbour on November 5, 1910, in Walleston, Massachusetts, he was the oldest of four children. The family moved to Wisconsin in 1913, settling in Ripon by 1922. Jim graduated...
Sally Woeckner
April 9, 2009
Sally A. Woeckner, 76, of Green Lake, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon, with her family at her side. Sally was born on May 7, 1932, in Princeton, the daughter of Max “Moxie” and Florence Mae (Yerk) Ladwig. She graduated from Green Lake High School and Ripon College. She worked at and...
Eugene Stindt
April 7, 2009
Eugene Stindt, age 80, of Markesan, formerly of Fairwater, passed away on April 7, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh. Eugene was born in Fond du Lac on November 29, 1928, the son of Irwin and Mabel (McCourt) Stindt. He graduated from Goodrich High School in Fond du Lac and Fond du Lac Business College. Gene served his country...
Madonna Oakes
April 3, 2009
Madonna “Donna” Arlene Oakes, age 86, of Ripon, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2009, with her family by her side. Donna was born on April 7, 1922, in the Township of Metomen, WI, the daughter of Emil and Leona (Hein) Zimdars. She graduated from Ripon High School and on November 22, 1942, Donna married Milton V. Oakes in the...
Andrea Werzinske
April 3, 2009
Andrea M. Werzinske, 78, of Ripon, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, with her family at her side. Andrea was born in Berlin, WI on December 6, 1930, the daughter of Andrew L. and Katherine L. (Parker) Markofski. She attended St. Michael Catholic School and graduated from Berlin High School in 1948. Andrea...
Barbara Cline
March 26, 2009
Barbara A. Cline, age 77, of Green Lake, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at Ripon Medical Center in Ripon. Barbara was born in Chicago, IL, on July 14, 1931, the daughter of George Elroy and Sue Louise (Feryo) Cox. She married William Cline and was a loving and caring mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Barbara loved to laugh and...
David Kasuboski
March 26, 2009
David Kasuboski, age 70, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday morning, March 26, 2009, at Ripon Medical Center with his family at his side. David was born at home in Rosendale, on August 3, 1938, the son of Leonard and Margaret (Sina) Kasuboski. He graduated from Ripon High School, and in 1960 he married Joyce Shrock at St. Michaels Catholic...
Yvonne Kelm
March 16, 2009
Yvonne M. Kelm, age 84, formerly of Ripon, and currently of Manor Care, 465 S. National Ave., Fond du Lac, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2009. She was born on September 8, 1924, in the Town of Sheilds, Marquette County, the daughter of Arthur and Esther (Beyer) Hoeft. Yvonne graduated from Princeton High School, and worked at Berlin Glove....
Dennis Morris
March 10, 2009
Dennis “Denny” Morris, age 70, of Ripon, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at the University Hospital in Madison, with his family at his side. Denny was born in Randolph, WI on March 27, 1938, the son of Leo and Mabel (Born) Morris. He graduated from Ripon High School and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy. On...
Roberta Comfort
March 5, 2009
Roberta Madeline Robinson Comfort, age 93, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon. Roberta was born on April 3, 1915, the daughter of Robert Samuel Fannie Cadwell (Neeley) Robinson, in Stillwell, OK. She graduated from the University of Arkansas, in Fayetteville, AK. On June 28, 1938, she married Edwin H. Comfort...
Gene Downs
March 3, 2009
Gene A. Downs, age 61, of Ripon, died on Tuesday, March 03, 2009, at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh. Gene was born on June 9, 1947 in Oshkosh, the son of Wesley and Viola (Cundy) Downs. He graduated from Ripon High School in 1965, and served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp from 1966 to 1969, and was in...
Orville Hoth
March 1, 2009
Orville E. Hoth, age 84, of Ripon, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2009, at HCR Manor Care in Fond du Lac. Orville was born on May 9, 1924, in Ripon, the son of Elmer and Frieda (Washkoska) Hoth. He was educated in Ripon schools and served in the National Guard. In 1965, he married Vera Ganson. He was a...
Mildred Luedke
February 26, 2009
Mildred I. Luedke, age 89, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2009, at Berlin Memorial Hospital in Berlin with her family at her side. Mildred was born on November 16, 1919, in Brandon, the daughter of Herman and Mary (Quast) Berger. She married Raymond “Pete” Luedke on March 4, 1939. Mildred was employed at Ripon Foods and remained...
Alma Stevens
February 25, 2009
Alma K. (Dukes) Stevens, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at the Markesan Resident Home in Markesan, WI. Alma was born on February 11, 1915, in Carrollton, GA, the daughter of John and Abigail (Williams) Dukes. She graduated from Georgia State University, and later worked as a postal clerk and Post Master in Sagola, MI. On November...
Lavern Decramer
February 23, 2009
Lavern A. “Deak” DeCramer, age 82, of Princeton, formerly of Rosendale, died on Monday, February 23, 2009, at Michalene’s in Ripon. Deak was born in Oshkosh, on October 1, 1926, the son of Arthur and Emily (Cramer) DeCramer. He graduated from Rosendale High School in 1944, and on June 21, 1947 he married Margaret Vollbrecht at Peace Lutheran Church in...
Meita Page
February 20, 2009
Meita E. Page, age 95, of Ripon, passed away on Friday, February 20, 2009, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon, WI. Meita was born on February 23, 1913, in Ripon, the daughter of Charles and Hulda (Bandt) Kuehn. She graduated from Ripon High School and on November 1, 1941, Meita married Ardin Page at Immanuel Church in Ripon. She...
Mardelle Schultz
February 15, 2009
Mardelle M. Schultz, age 80, of Ripon, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2009, at Ripon Medical Center with her family at her side. Mardelle was born in Ripon on May 13, 1928, the daughter of Harvey and Lorena (King) Fenner. She married Allen Schultz in Ripon in 1949, and was a homemaker. Mardelle was very proud to be a...
Eugene Pischke
February 14, 2009
Eugene Alfred Pischke, age 71, of Ripon, WI. passed at Ripon Medical Center on February 14, 2009. He was born on May 27, 1937, to Alfred and Ione (Zimmerman) Pischke. He attended grade school at Peace Lutheran Church and graduated from Green Lake High School in 1955. Eugene married Kathleen Joyce Jordan on May 1, 1987. He was a charter...
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