Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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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...
Marcella Woelfel
February 11, 2009
Marcella E. Woelfel, age 69, of Rosendale, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, surrounded by her family.Marcella was born on February 23, 1939, in Chilton, WI, the daughter of Leonard and Monica (Nett) Goeser. She attended Vocational and Adult School in Fond du Lac. On April 30, 1960, she married Marvin A. Woelfel...
Steve Bennett
February 10, 2009
Steve Eldon Bennett, age 73, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, with his family at his side. Steve was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, on January 27, 1936, the son of Henry J. and Imogene (Copeland) Bennett. He went to Tucson High School in AZ, Era High School in TX, Farragut High School in Chicago, IL,...
Lucille Miller
February 9, 2009
Lucille G. Miller, age 86, of Pickett, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2009, at Evergreen Retirement Community in Oshkosh. Lucille was born in Fond du Lac, on October 25, 1922, the daughter of Herman and Nellie (Manske) Pommerich. She married Leland Miller in Pickett in 1942, and was a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid,...
Viola Knollenberg
February 6, 2009
Viola P. Knollenberg, age 90, of Ripon, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2009, at Fountain View Care Center, Ripon. Viola was born on September 30, 1918, in Fond du lac, WI, the daughter of Gustave and Rose Radtke. She graduated from Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac. On February 2, 1942, she married Homer L. “Jukes” Knollenberg in...
Irvin "Irv" Ott
February 4, 2009
Irvin Joseph “Irv” Ott, age 67, of Ripon, passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, with his family at his side. Irvin was born on July 1, 1941, in Whitefish Bay, WI, the son of Joseph and Harriet Ott. He graduated from Ripon College, and than worked as a Controller for Ripon College for...
Bennett Goettsch
February 4, 2009
Bennett Joel Goettsch entered his heavenly father’s arms on February 4, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI. Survivors include mother Amy L. Goettsch of Ripon, WI; three sisters Emily Louise, Mandy Mae, and Leah Marie Chapman of Ripon, WI; aunt Sara Goettsch; grandparents Roger Goettsch and Mary Kuhrtz of Moorhead, MN; great grandmother Leona Lucia of Bentonville, AK....
Rose Kolbek
February 2, 2009
Rose H. Kolbek, 95, of Ripon, died on Monday, February 2, 2009, at the Barrett House in Ripon. Rose was born on July 22, 1913, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Anton and Anna (Priibil) Bretschneider. She attended schools in Chicago and in Europe. On December 11, 1937 she married Frank Kolbek. Survivors include her daughters, Karen Bush of Ripon,...
Reid Gustin
February 2, 2009
Reid M. Gustin, 77, of Ripon, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2009, at his home with his family at his side. Reid was born on February 20, 1931, in Pine Grove, WI, the son of Reid E. and Nieva (Lusthoff) Gustin. He graduated from Markesan High School in 1950, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1950 to 1954....
Nancy Barbour Vandervelde
February 2, 2009
Nancy Barbour Vandervelde, age 90, was called home on Feb. 2nd, surrounded by her family and the loving staff of the Barrett House in Markesan. She was born on November 16th 1918 in Janesville, Wis. to Harris and Bessie Drew Barbour. The family moved in 1921 to Ripon, Wis. where Nancy grew up. She attended Wheaton College, the University of...
Elsie Barnes
February 1, 2009
Elsie Barnes, age 91, of Princeton, WI, passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2009, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon. Elsie was born in Elizabethtown, PA, on June 4, 1917, the daughter of Amos and Ida (Billet) Morkel. Her life was a busy one, civil service during WWII in Pennsylvania, moved to Chicago in 1949, where she started at...
Paul Dishman
January 30, 2009
Paul Dishman, passed away Friday, January 30, 2009, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born December 25, 1932, the son of Watt and Maudie Dishman, in Slickford, KY. Paul married Vicki Thompson in Caledonia, MN, in 1984. Paul worked for Henkels & McCoy for many years and was self employed in his own contracting business, and went into shallow well...
Violet Fisher
January 29, 2009
Violet Lilla Fisher, age 84, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2009, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon. Violet was born February 20, 1924, to Arthur and Clara (Klawitter) Judas, in the Town of Mecan, Marquette Co. She was baptized at 3 days old and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Princeton in 1938. She was educated in the...
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