Obituaries in Ripon, WI

December 30, 2005

Betty Gibbons Zeratsky, age 93, of Green Lake, died at her home on December 30, 2005 after several years of declining health. Born in Milwaukee on January 5, 1912, she was the daughter of Florence (Molbach) and Alfred George Gibbons. Betty attended high school at the Milwaukee University School and went on to college at the University of Wisconsin in...

December 29, 2005

Elda Louise Page, 95, of 530 N Union St, Ripon, passed away Thursday evening, December 29, 2005, at Michalenes in Ripon. She was born in Ripon on June 17, 1910, the daughter of Reinhold and Elsie (Bierman) Luedke. She attended Prairie Country School. On January 26, 1927, she married James H. Page in Ripon. Elda had been a longtime resident...

December 29, 2005

Lovell “Mac” McCulloch, age 82, formerly of Ripon, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, December 29, 2005, at Cedar Lake Health Care Center in West Bend. He was born August 3, 1923, in Fond du Lac, a son to Lovell G. and Luella (Pommerville) McCulloch. He graduated from Waupun High School. Mac served in the U.S. Navy as a Medical Technician...

December 25, 2005

Elaine M. Kimble, age 81, died Sunday evening December 25, 2005, at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.Elaine was born on September 26, 1924, in Dakota, town of Crystal Lake, Marquette County, the daughter of Albert A. and Elma M. (Kiesow) Meyer. She graduated from Rosendale Union Free High School. On June 18, 1947 Elaine married Roger Kimble...

December 23, 2005

 

Bertha Kosbab, age 99, died Friday, December 23, 2005, at Shore Haven Nursing Home in Oconomowoc, WI.

Bertha was born February 8, 1906, in Milwaukee, WI, to Wilhelm and Meta (Kosbab) Kuester. She graduated from Milwaukee High School and attended one year at Kilburn College. Bertha married William Kosbab in Buffalo, NY. in 1925. She was a clerk and...

December 23, 2005

December 18, 2005

Anita Marie Fuerst, age 90, died peacefully and quietly in her sleep at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home in Fond du Lac, WI, early Sunday morning, December 18, 2005. Anita was born September 12, 1915, in the Village of Germantown, WI, the daughter of the late Albert and Ida (Kohlwey) Greuel. She spent her early years in West Bend and graduated...

December 17, 2005

David A. Steffen, age 49, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2005, at his home at N7744 Radio Road, Town of Ripon. He was born May 3, 1956, in Fond du Lac, the son of Alfred J. and Margaret (Steen) Steffen. He graduated from high school and attended two years at UW Fond du Lac Extension in Fond du Lac. Dave...

December 14, 2005

Sylvia H. Kuehn, age 99, of 50 Wolverton Ave. Ripon, died Wednesday morning, December 14, 2005, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon. Sylvia was born on May 5, 1906 in Eldorado, WI the daughter of William and Willimena (Luebke) Kuhnz. She attended school in Eldorado. She was married to Howard Kroll from 1923 until the time of his death...

December 12, 2005

June Lucille Behnke (nee Giese), 77, of 1002 Thomas St, Ripon, passed away Monday night, December 12, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh. She was born September 20, 1928, in Menominee, MI, the daughter of Lloyd and Lucille (Noll) Giese. June graduated from high school in Menominee. On July 1, 1950, she married Jerome Behnke. She was a homemaker,...

December 10, 2005

Ronald Lee Halverson, 39, formerly of Vermillion, SD, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2005, at his residence in Ripon, WI. He was born February 26, 1966, in Vermillion, the son of Walter and Lola (Armstrong) Halverson. Ronald was a drill press operator at Magnum Products, LLC in Berlin, WI. Services will be held in Vermillion and burial will be in...

December 4, 2005

Eloise (Weckwerth) Nummerdor (nee Ziesmer), age 86, formerly of Ripon, passed away Sunday evening, December 4, 2005, at The Gardens of Green Lake Manor in Green Lake. She was born June 21, 1919, the daughter of Fred and Mabel (Granger) Ziesmer. Eloise graduated from Markesan High School, and on January 10, 1942, she married Bernard Weckwerth at her family home....

December 3, 2005

Otto Bloch, 91, 530 N. Union Street, Ripon, WI, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Ripon Medical Center. He was born October 28, 1914 in Green Lake, WI, a son to Gottlieb and Amelia (Weiss) Bloch. Otto attended school at Peace Lutheran in Green Lake. He served in the U.S. Army as a tank driver from March 21, 1942...

November 30, 2005

Barnette (Betty) Marie Wagner (nee Arndt), age 90, of 418 Walker Ave., Green Lake, passed away Wednesday morning, November 30, 2005, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon under Hospice care. She was born August 28, 1915, in home in the town of Dupont, WI, the daughter of John B. and Mary (Gruenstern) Arndt. She received her education in Marion,...

November 29, 2005

Oleen B. Amsden, 90, 517 Newbury St, #309, Ripon, passed away Tuesday morning, November 29, 2005 at her residence. She was born July 29, 1915, in Marion, IN, a daughter to Robert and Hazel (Druckemiller) Stewart. Oleen was a graduate of Libby High School, Toledo, OH.She was the church secretary for Faith Community Church in Toledo, OH for 21 years....

November 29, 2005

John Scholetzky, Jr., age 72, of 414 Walker Ave., Green Lake, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at Zoblocki V.A. Medical Center in Milwaukee. He was born September 27, 1933, in New York, NY, a son to John and Olga (Buckhowski) Scholetzky. He received his education at RCA Institute in NY. He served his country in the U.S. Army from...

November 28, 2005

W. G. “Van” VandeStreek, age 72, passed away Monday morning, November 28, 2005, at his home on Heritage Dr., Green Lake, under the care of Affinity Hospice. He was born March 11, 1933, in Alto, a son to Marie and Garret VandeStreek. He graduated from Waupun High School, and attended the Art Institute in Chicago and Art School in Los...

November 26, 2005

Leone Marie Hoffman, 101, of Ripon, passed away on Saturday, November 26 2005, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon. She was born May 22, 1904, on a farm in the Town of Ripon, one of 7 children of William and Marie (Heidtman) Hoffman. Leone was a graduate of Ripon High School in 1922 and Ripon College in 1926, with...

November 23, 2005

Eileen Marquardt, age 85, of Princeton, died on November 23, 2005 at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac. Eileen was born on February 8, 1920 to Reinhold and Dora (Reetz) Dumke in the Township of St. Marie. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Princeton. Eileen graduated from Princeton High School and attended a...

November 23, 2005

Ella Mae Jane (nee Hielsberg) Wizner, age 87, of Amherst, OH died peacefully on November 23, 2005 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home. She was born December 9, 1917 the daughter of Frank and Ella (Schindleholz) Hielsberg. Ella Mae married Duke Wizner on November 24, 1938 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Ripon, WI. Ella Mae worked for the Green Giant...