Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Elaine Lundt
December 29, 1998
To be joined with her birth Father and Mother in Heaven, Elaine R. Lichte Lundt was unexpectedly taken from her sons, family and friends on Tuesday, December 29, 1998.Elaine R. Lundt, born January 14, 1957, was killed as a result of an automobile accident on her way to work. She was raised and loved by her uncle and aunt, Lyle...

Jabin Lawson
December 25, 1998
Jabin J. Lawson, 71, of Brandon WI, died Friday morning December 25, 1998, at his home.Jabin was born December 26, 1926, in the Town of Rosendale, son of the late John and Anna Blackburn Lawson. He married Cora Turner in Brandon on June 3,1948. Jabin and Cora celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 3, 1998. Jabin served his country during...

David Brittain
December 16, 1998
David B. Brittain, age 72, of Brandon died Tuesday, December 15, 1998, at his home after one helluva life. He was born December 24, 1925, in Chicago. He graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy and briefly served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He then attended DePauw University in Greencastle, IN, where he received his bachelor of arts and master...

Alfred Penke
December 15, 1998
Alfred Otto Penke, age 79, of theTown of Ripon, died December 15, 1998, at University Hospital in Madison.He was born October 16, 1919, in Ripon, a son of the late Otto andJulia (Hopp) Penke. He attended school in Ripon, and served in the U.S.Army during World War II. Alfred had worked as a machinist at SpeedQueen in Ripon for 30...

Irene Gneiser
December 13, 1998
Irene E. Gneiser, age 81, of Green Lake, died Sunday, December 13, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born November 24, 1917, in Markesan, a daughter to Earl and Mary (McCullough) Lee. She was a graduate of Green Lake H.S. and Berlin County Normal, and for several years taught in county elementary schools. On October 5, 1940, she married Frederic...

Rose Belling
December 5, 1998
Rose M. Belling, 93, passed away Saturday evening December 5, 1998, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home, in Fond du Lac.She was born April 28, 1905, in Town of Lamartine, a daughter to the late Louis and Sophia (Russ) Hilt. Rose married Alfred Frank Belling November 21, 1925. She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church at Rosendale, WI.Rose...

Erlyn Liptow
December 2, 1998
Erlyn Lauren Liptow, known as Shorty, age 71, of Ripon, WI, died Tuesday, December 2, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center after a long illness. He was born February 18, 1927, in Ripon, a son of the late Elmer and Ida (Quast) Liptow. He was a graduate of Ripon High School. Shorty was a truck driver for Nellis Limestone Quarry prior...

Ruby Kaufman
December 2, 1998
Ruby M. Kaufman, age 88, of Ripon, WI, died Wednesday, December 2, 1998, at Parkview Care Center. She was born June 1, 1910, in Oakfield, a daughter to the late Peter and Francis (Kattler) Kaufman. She was a graduate of Oakfield High School and St. Agnes School of Nursing in Fond du Lac. Ruby was a registered nurse in the...

Robert Sweeney
November 29, 1998
Robert H. Bob Sweeney, age 67, of Ripon, died November 29, 1998, at his home.He was born May 3, 1931, in Fond du Lac, a son to the late Dan J. and Emma (Holmes) Sweeney. He attended school in Fairwater and was a graduate of Ripon High School. On May 2, 1953, he married the former LaRayne Schmuhl. As a...

Daniel Schultz
November 27, 1998
Daniel David Schultz, age 79, of Ripon, died Friday, November 27, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.He was born September 19, 1919, in Dorchester, WI, a son of the late Gustave N. and Lyda (Lietzow) Schultz. Dan moved to Ripon in 1929, and went through the Ripon Schools and graduated from Ripon College in 1941. He served 5 years in the...

Edwin Prellwitz
November 23, 1998
Edwin G. Prellwitz, 85, of Ripon, died early Monday morning, November 23, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.Edwin was born on March 5, 1913, in Ripon, the son of Albert and Edith (Butler) Prellwitz. He graduated from Ripon High School. On June II, 1936, he married Louise Waltenberry. He was a devoted member of lmmanuel United Methodist Church of Ripon. Edwin...

Leola Klingbeil
November 18, 1998
Leola A. Klingbeil, age 87, formerly of Ripon and currently of Parkview Care Center, died Wednesday, November 18, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born December 30, 1910, in rural Ripon, a daughter toRudolph and Amelia (Klawitter) Hahn. She received her education atPrairie Lawn School. On June 2, 1956, she married Harold Klingbeil andthey made their home in Ripon. Leola...

Rosemary "Rosie" Farvour
November 9, 1998
Rosemary Rosie Farvour. 77, reached eternal peace at Mercy Medical Center on November 9, 1998. Her death came as the result of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurism on November 1.Rosemary was born October 5, 1921, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Lester I. and Lillian C. DuMez. She attended the Wauwatosa public schools and graduated in 1939. She attended Ripon College...

Frederick Butler Jr
November 1, 1998
Frederick D. Butler, Jr., age 79 of Green Lake, died Sunday, November 1, 1998, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon after a brief stay.He was born December 22, 1918, in Alton, IL, a son of the late The Rev. Frederick and Marie (Nelson) Butler, Sr. He graduated from University High School in Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an then...

Jack Congdon
October 31, 1998
Jack Congdon, age 63, a resident of the Ripon Area Residential Center, died Saturday, October 31, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born April 15,1935, in Palmyra, WI, a son to Mr. & Mrs. Roy Congdon. Jack has made hishome at the residential center since March of 1992.There will be no visitation or funeral service, and cremation will take...

John Mickle Jr
October 30, 1998
John Lewis Mickle, Jr., age 78, of Fond du Lac, passed away Friday, October 30, 1998, at home.He was born October 4, 1920, in Fond du Lac, the son of the late Gladys Cochrane Mickle and John Lewis Mickle, Sr. He graduated from Ripon High School in 1938. He married Norma Lee Dugger Mickle on August 15, 1943, in Corpus...

Hazel Stanbery
October 29, 1998
Hazel Stanbery, age 88, Puckaway Rd, Markesan, died Oct. 29, 1998, at the home of her son in Ripon. Private visitation was held at the Butzin-Marchant Funeral Home on November 1, 1998, and funeral service and interment was November 3, 1998, in DeKaib, IL.

Bernice Mosolf
October 20, 1998
Beatrice Mosoif, age 82, of Ripon, died Tuesday, October 20, 1998, at Parkview Care Center.She was born July 2, 1916, in Princeton, a daughter to Anton & Catherine (Marshall) Polus. She received her education in Princeton. On May 4, 1937, she married Percy Mosolf. Bernice had lived in Princeton and Fond du Lac prior to moving to Ripon in 1978....

Carl Giese
October 18, 1998
Carl Giese, 72, of Markesan, died Sunday, October 18, 1998, at Waupun Memorial Hospital.He was born August 30, 1926, in Fond du Lac, a son to the late Otto and Laura (Strelow) Giese. He was educated in Springvale and Oakfield, and graduated from Rosendale High School. He later served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1944-1945. On January 7,...

Helen Duzinske
October 17, 1998
Helen Duzinske, 90 of Ripon, died at her home on October 17, 1998.Helen was born on April 10, 1908, in Germany the daughter of Ben and Anna (Burger) Felirath. Her family moved to the United States when she was two years old. Helen attended the Fond du Lac Schools, and on April 22, 1926, she married Albert King who died...
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