Obituaries in Ripon, WI

August 7, 2003

August 1, 2003

Lois Gay Steiner, age 72, formerly of Ripon, died August 1, 2003, at her residence on N. Port Washington Rd in Bayside.She was born April 25, 1931, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Ralph and Eleanor (Voss) White. She was a 1953 graduate of Ripon College. On December 21, 1953, she married Carl William Steiner in Milwaukee. Gay had lived in...

July 31, 2003

Lester John Berger, age 88, passed away Thursday morning, July 31, 2003, at Maplecrest Manor in Ripon. He was born May 2, 1915, in Ripon, the son of John Otto and Emma (Heschke) Berger. Lester served our country during WWII, from 1941-45, in the Army 32nd Field Division and spent 2-1/2 years in the South Pacific. He was a lifelong...

July 31, 2003

David Peter Gittens, age 66, of Ripon, passed away July 31, 2003 in Ripon. He was born February 7, 1937, in the city of La Crosse, WI, to Joseph M. & Valeria E. (Gautsch) Gittens of La Crescent, MN. On August 29, 1964, he married Patricia Ann Boese of Ripon. He graduated from La Crosse Aquinas High School in 1955...

July 26, 2003

Raymond “Pete” William Luedke, age 86, of N5619 Spaulding Hill, Ripon, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2003 at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. Pete was born June 19, 1917, in Ripon, a son of Reinhold and Elsie (Bierman) Luedke. He attended Prairie Lawn Grade School and graduated from Ripon High School. Pete married Mildred Berger on March 4, 1939, at Scott...

July 25, 2003

Mary Jane Hilscher, age 73, of the American House of Ripon, died Friday morning, July 25, 2003, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born November 20, 1929, in Beaver Dam, the daughter of Henry and Henrietta Beyer. Mary Jane was educated in Beaver Dam. On September 3, 1949, she married Lester Hilscher, Sr. She had been employed at Medalist Sand...

July 24, 2003

GREEN LAKE – Sandra Jean Huber, age 61, of Green Lake, died Thursday, July 24, 2003 at home. She was born July 5, 1942 in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Walter Carr and Caroline Belle Merigold. The Merigold family moved from South Bend to Portage, Wisconsin, then to Ripon and finally to Green Lake in 1952. Sandi graduated from...

July 23, 2003

Miss Odessa J. Frank, age 81, died Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born September 21, 1921, in Illinois, the daughter of Arthur Karl and Mabel Jean (Ludtke) Frank. When she was a child, her family moved to the Town of Brooklyn to farm. Prior to moving to Parkview, Odessa had farmed with her brother,...

July 21, 2003

Florence M. Miller, 95, passed away Monday, July 21, 2003, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born May 10, 1908, in Ripon, a daughter to Herman W. and Bertha (Tabbert) Meinke. Florence was educated through 8th grade in the Town Line School. On June 30, 1934, she married William Robert Miller. She had been employed at Ripon Advertiser’s...

July 19, 2003

Leonard Anthony Stein, affectionately known all of his life as “Skip Stein” died on July 19, 2003. Skip was born on November 19, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Anthony Leonard Stein and Hazel Braatz Stein. Skip and his parents moved to Ripon when he was a young boy. Skip left Ripon High School at the age...

July 10, 2003

Judith Ann Theodozio, 63, of 500 Pleasant Ct., Berlin, passed away peacefully at home in the early morning on July 10, 2003, with her family at her side. Judith was born on October 18, 1939 the daughter of Chester and Anna-Mae (Russell) Habermann in West Allis, WI. She graduated from West Allis High School. Judy lived in Sussex, WI and...

July 10, 2003

Marcella Ruth Bluemke HoffmannMrs. Marcella “Mars” Hoffmann, 96, died July 10, 2003, at Markesan Resident Home. She was born June 27, 1907, in the village of Rosendale, the ninth of eleven children of August H. and Emma Schmidt Bluemke. She was educated there and after marriage to William J. Hoffmann of Marshfield, Wisconsin, lovingly reared five children. She lived her...

July 5, 2003

Grace G. Jonas, age 96, of Ripon, pased away Saturday, July 5, 2003, at the Markesan Resident Home. Grace was born July 31, 1906, in Berlin, a daughter of Frank and Theresa (Strebelinski) Grota. She graduated from Berlin High School. On October 6, 1930, she married Erwin E. Jonas in Berlin. Grace was employed as a Bookkeeper at Speed Queen...

July 3, 2003

Edmund (Big Ed) H. Luebke, age 91, Ripon, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2003 at Parkview Care Center. Ed was born December 24, 1911, on the family farm near Juneau, as an only child to Herman and Bertha Luebke. Ed attended school in Juneau. As a boy growing up on the farm, Ed learned to fly his father’s Curtis Jenny....

June 25, 2003

Lorraine “Andy” Hughes, 83, of W11590 Center Rd, Ripon, died June 25, 2003, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born February 21, 1920, in Tarrytown, NY, the daughter of Evard H. and Lillian (Millett) Anderson. After graduating from high school, she attended college in Illinois. On December 14, 1946, she married William Douglas Hughes in Cincinnati, OH. They lived in...

June 25, 2003

James G. Blank, age 57, formerly of Ripon, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at Clearview Long Term Care & Rehabilitation in Juneau where he had lived the past 6 years. He was born May 18, 1946, in Ripon, a son to Gordon and Viola (Berger) Blank. After graduating from Ripon High School, he attended Fox Valley Technical School. James had...

June 24, 2003

George Elmer Fitzwater, Jr, age 78, of 433 W Oshkosh St, Ripon, died Tuesday morning, June 24, 2003, at Michalene’s in Ripon. He was born February 10, 1925, in Greenville, Texas, a son to George Elmer and Margaret (Van Sickle) Fitzwater, Sr. He was educated in Corpus Christi, Texas. George entered the U.S. Army in 1943, and served in the...

June 16, 2003

Florence B. Van Kirk, age 94, of Ripon, died Monday evening, June 16, 2003, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born March 30, 1909, in Berlin, the daughter of Furman and Ella (Armstrong) Van Kirk. She received her early education at Clark Elementary School in Berlin. In 1921, along with her parents and brother, Gilbert, moved to Ripon where...

June 14, 2003

RAMONA JEAN KOHL KESSLER, 90, formerly of Ripon, passed away on June 14, 2003, in Spooner, WI.Ramona Jean Kohl was born October1, 1912 to Ceylon and Mildred Kohl in Ripon Wisconsin. Mona attended Layton Art School, Milwaukee. She married Alex (Bud) Kessler on March 2, 1935 in Plymouth, WI. They had three children, William, Judith and Jean. They lived in...

June 14, 2003

In Loving Memory ofJohn Clarence PowlessNovember 5, 1941 – June 14, 2003John Clarence Powless, age 61, of Redgranite and Milwaukee, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly early Saturday morning, June 14, 2003 at his home in Redgranite.John was born November 5, 1941 in Rushville, NE to Clarence M. Powless and Ethel N. (Maxwell) Powless. He lived with his parents on the...