Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Wilbert Retzlaff
October 28, 2001
Wilbert Retzlaff, 86, formerly of Ripon, died Sunday, October 28, 2001, at his home in Crandon, Forest County. He was born October 16, 1915, on the family farm in the rural Pickett/Waukau area, a son to Otto and Emma (Gehrke) Retzlaff, Sr. He attended rural school, and later served his country during World War II from December 26, 1942 –...
Lloyd Prellwitz
October 26, 2001
Lloyd Prellwitz, age 83, of Parkview Care Center in Ripon, died Friday, October 26, 2001. Lloyd was born June 10, 1918, in the Town of Ripon, a son to Herman and Laura (Zasada) Prellwitz. He graduated from Ripon High School and in 1940, married Ardis Abendroth. He farmed in the Markesan area, near Center House, until 1962. He then was...
Jaclyn Reysen
October 24, 2001
Jaclyn M. Reysen, age 30, of Green Lake, died unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon, October 24, 2001, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born August 13, 1971, in Oak Lawn, IL, the daughter of James and Donna (Rodd) Schmidt. After graduating from Oak Lawn High School, she attended dental assistant school and then worked at the Markesan Dental Clinic. The past 2...
Elmer Liefke
October 20, 2001
Elmer A. Liefke, age 94, died Saturday, October 20, 2001, at Markesan Resident Home in Markesan. Elmer was born July 11, 1907, in the Town of Green Lake, a son to Gustaf Frank and Louise (Schwandt) Liefke. He attended Mackford School. He married Mildred Sophia Bauman on October 1, 1928, in Waukegan, IL. They farmed in the Ripon area for...
Eleanor Prellwitz
October 18, 2001
Eleanor Alice Prellwitz, age 88, formerly of Ripon, and presently residing in Berlin, died Thursday, October 18, 2001. Eleanor was born September 15, 1913, in Berlin, a daughter to Claude and Nancy Belle (Ferguson) Corner. She graduated from Berlin High School in 1931, and was a graduate from Green Lake County Normal in 1933, receiving a Teaching Certificate. In June...
Marie Toll
October 18, 2001
Marie Kafer Toll, 99, Ripon, WI, passed away on October 18, 2001, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. Marie was born in Eureka, WI on March 9, 1902, the daughter of George and Betty Weidner Kafer. After graduation from Omro High School in 1921, she taught for two years in Bluebell School, which was a one room rural school near...
Larry Smoody
October 15, 2001
Larry T. Smoody, age 53, of Rosendale, WI, passed away early Monday morning, October 15, 2001, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born September 22, 1948, in Ripon, a son to Clarence and Shirley (Semrad) Smoody. He graduated from Ripon High School. On September 21, 1968, he married Doris Marshall....
Iva Happe
October 14, 2001
Iva J. Happe, age 94, of Ripon, died Sunday afternoon, October 14, 2001.She was born January 15, 1907, in Harvard, IL, the daughter of the Reverend George W. and Esther (Rennison) Zimmerman. She attended Walworth Public School and in 1925, graduated from Sparta High School. In her early years, Iva gave piano lessons. On October 30, 1935, she married Oliver...
Virginia Dahlke
October 13, 2001
Virginia “Ginny” R. Dahlke, 72, of Ripon, passed away on October 13, 2001, at Ripon Medical Center after losing her battle with cancer. She was born on June 14, 1929, the daughter of Anton and Mildred (Lamphear) Dahlke in the Town of Brooklyn, WI. She attended Ripon High School. She married Walter F. Dahlke on May 14, 1948 in Ripon....
Gertrude Briese
October 7, 2001
Gertrude L. Briese, age 86, formerly of Fairwater, died Sunday morning, October 7, 2001, at the Markesan Resident Home in Markesan. She was born October 28, 1914, in Ripon, the daughter of Henry and Minnie (Press) Hielsberg. She was educated in Ripon. On September 16, 1950, she married Paul Briese. Gertrude worked in the Fairwater Cannery and also had a...
Rose Garrity
October 3, 2001
Rose Marie Garrity, age 89, died Wednesday afternoon, October 3, 2001, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon, WI. She was born March 25, 1912, in Riverton, IL, the daughter of Stanley and Catherine (Dubinska) Konopka. She graduated from Ottawa High School and attended Browns Business School. On March 3, 1933, she married Virgil Garrity in Ottawa, IL and they farmed...
Bernice Pinnow
September 27, 2001
Bernice Pinnow, 80, of Berlin, WI, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2001, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. Bernice was born on December 24, 1920, the daughter of Archie and Beatrice (Krebs) Lynch in Rush Lake. She attended Ripon High School and worked in the food service at Clay Lamberton School in Berlin. She was a member of Our...
Viola Voelz
September 27, 2001
Viola Voelz, age 82, passed away on Thursday afternoon, September 27, 2001, at Hilltop Manor in Ripon. Viola was born on July 21, 1919, the daughter of Adolf and Arose (Stauss) Bock in Jackson, WI. She attended school in Jackson, and in 1957, she married Stanley Boelz. Viola lived in Menomonee Falls and in Ripon the last 10 years. She...
Christine Graydon-Thiel
September 19, 2001
Christine F. Graydon-Thiel, 64, of Ripon, died Wednesday morning, September 19, 2001 at the Markesan Resident Home in Markesan.She was born July 30, 1937, in Wautoma, a daughter to Arnold and Frances (Muske) Standke. She received her education in Wautoma. In 1988, she married David N. Thiel in Las Vegas, and has made her home in Ripon where she was...
Benjamin "Ben" Diekvoss
September 17, 2001
Benjamin “Ben” A. Diekvoss, 84, of Appleton, died Monday evening, September 17, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton.He was born January 12, 1917, in Portage, Columbia County, the son of the late the Rev. B.J. and Mamie (Francke) Diekvoss. He was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church of Appleton, and formerly a member Zion United Methodist Church of...
Ruth Schlaff
September 11, 2001
Ruth Eleanor (Janes) Thrasher, Schlaff, 84, of Green Lake, passed away unexpectedlY at her home on September 11, 2001.Ruth was born on April 21, 1917, the daughter of Clifford and Alma (Schroeder) Janes in the Township of Berlin. She was a graduate of Berlin High School, Green Lake County Normal, and U.W. Oshkosh. She taught Elementary grades and Special Education...
Duwayne "Duey" Ferch
September 9, 2001
DuWayne “Duey” C. Ferch, age 75, of Montello, died September 9, 2001, at his home.He was born August 25, 1926, in Springvale Township, the son of Charles and Hattie (Gransee) Ferch. He was educated at Town Line Grade School and graduated in May of 1944 from Rosendale Union Free High School. He then served in the U.S. Navy from June...
Alfred Alf
September 8, 2001
Alfred August Alf, 78, of Ripon, passed away on Saturday evening, September 8, 2001, at Juliette Manor in Berlin.Alfred was born on October 21,1922, in Berlin, the son of Lydia (Lichtenberg) and Edward Alf. He married Margaret Bloch on November 17, 1945, in Green Lake and they farmed in the Berlin area for 30 years. They moved to Ripon in...
Maria Roberts
September 3, 2001
Maria Anna Roberts, age 75, of Eldorado died Monday, September 3, 2001, at her home.Maria was born November 19, 1925, in Nekimi Township, a daughter to Lillian (Schultz) and Karl “Charlie” Leichtfuss. She was educated at St. John’s Lutheran and Goldenrod Schools. She married Thomas E. Roberts on January 1, 1944, in Oshkosh, and worked side by side with her...
Milo Klawitter
August 25, 2001
Milo C. Klawitter, age 93, of Ripon died Saturday, August 25, 2001, at Ripon Medical Center.Milo was born December 4, 1907, in Ripon, a son to Fred and Anna (Krause) Kiawitter. On September 28, 1938, he married Birdelle McAuly in Ripon. He farmed in the Ripon area his entire life, and received an award from Fond du Lac County for...
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