Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Wilfred "Bill" Ainsworth
February 16, 1998
Wilfred “Bill” J. Ainsworth, age 58, of Ripon, died Monday, February 16, 1998, at St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan.He was born November 25, 1939, in Flint, Michigan, a son of the late Wilfred L. and Josephine (Menns) Ainsworth. He graduated from Grand Blanc High School and attended Baker Business College in Flint, Michigan for 3 years. Bill then served in the...
Robert "Mac" Mcelroy
February 14, 1998
Robert “Mac” McElroy, 62, of Ripon, passed away Saturday, February 14, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.Robert was born the son of Bernard “Mac” and Elva (Barnett) McElroy in Berlin on October 4, 1935. He graduated from Ripon High School, and entered the U.S. Air Force. Mac had 30 years of dedicated service working for the Ripon Postal Service. He enjoyed...
Arthur Leese
February 13, 1998
Arthur E. Leese, age 82, of Ripon, WI, died Friday, February 13, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born July 26, 1915, in the Town of Brooklyn, the son of Ernest and Ella Leese. He received his schooling in Berlin. On December 27, 1950, he married the former Laila Gneiser. Arthur farmed in the Rush Lake area until retirement....
Richard Foelske
February 13, 1998
Richard A. Foelske, age 71, of Green Lake, WI, died unexpectedly Friday, February 13, 1998, while ice fishing at the Princeton Locks. He was born February 18, 1926, in Marquette Co., a son to Fred and Martha (Zick) Foelske, Sr. He graduated from Princeton High School and attended Platteville College, and was a livestock buyer for Oscar Meyer in Illinois....
Earl Hammen
February 11, 1998
Earl A.Hammen, 74, of the Town of Ripon, died at his home on February 11, 1998.Earl was born on January 11, 1924 in Ripon, the son of the late Arnold and Lillian (Zimmerman) Hammen. He graduated from Ripon High School and attended Ripon College prior to serving in the Army during WWII. After his discharge in 1945, he married the...
Floyd Anthony Sr.
February 9, 1998
Floyd Leon Anthony, Sr., age 81, died Monday, February 9, 1998, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon where he has resided for six and a half years. He was born June 15, 1916, in Roodhouse, IL, a son to Jacob and Lucy (Carter) Anthony. He attended school in Roodhouse where he graduated from high school. He served his country during...
Elmer Barr
February 1, 1998
Elmer Barr, 84, died Sunday, February, 1, 1998, at his home in Green Lake. He was born August 10, 1913, in Chicago, IL, the son of Joseph and Pearl Kozerski Barr. He was educated in Chicago, and on July 4, 1939, he married the former Kathleen Gorman. Until his retirement, Elmer had worked 44 years in quality control at Hammond...
Catherine Terrio
January 30, 1998
Catherine Jane (Everhard) Terrio, 80, of Milwaukee, WI, died Friday, January 30, 1998, at Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee. She succumbed to a ten year battle with cancer.Catherine, known as “Tackle” (by her nieces and nephew), was born in Park Ridge, IL on June 26, 1917, the daughter of the late Frederic Upham and Harriet (Stade) Everhard. She lived and went to...
Lilas Schram
January 26, 1998
Lilas Parmelee Schram, age 87, Ripon, died Monday, January 26, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born July 18, 1910, in Ripon, the daughter of Franklin and Alice (All) Parmelee. She graduated from Ripon High School, and was married toKenneth G. Schram. Lilas was employed by the State of Michigan from 1952-1980. Since 1995, she has resided at Michalene’s in...
John Kessen
January 23, 1998
John Kessen, 64, of Ripon, passed away on January 23, 1998, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. John was born on March 14, 1933 the son of Joseph and Mathilda (Schmidt) Kessen.John was a farmer. Graveside services will be held at Holy Name of Mary Cemetery, Maplewood County, Wisconsin, on January 26, 1998 at 10:00 am.
Edmund Winterbottom Jr.
January 22, 1998
After blessing his family and community for many years, Edmund J. Winterbottom, Jr. of Ripon, Wisconsin and Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts passed away suddenly in Ripon on Thursday night, January 22, 1998. Mr. Winterbottom was active in church and community affairs both in Ripon and in Vineyard Haven, the small Massachusetts community to which he and his wife relocated after his...
August Smith
January 20, 1998
August “Augie” “Frog” DeForest Zebediah Smith, age 17, Ripon, died Tuesday, January 20, 1998, in Green Lake Co. as a result of a traffic accident.He was born June 16, 1980, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Sidney Smith and Kathy (McCarthy) Smith. He received his education in Green Lake where he currently was a student and worked as an...
Harold Manthei
January 18, 1998
Harold E. Manthei, 89, of Ripon, died Sunday January 18, 1998, at Parkview Care Center.Harold was born on September 15, 1908, the son of Herman and Marie (Kentopp) Manthei. He graduated from Rosendale High School. On January 20, 1940, he married Helen Huth in Ripon. They made the Rosendale, Ripon area their home. He worked for the Radford Company in...
Clifford Gilbert
January 16, 1998
Clifford H. Gilbert, age 82, died Friday, January 16, 1998, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. He was born June 10, 1916, in Walworth County, a son of William and Annie (Hague) Gilbert. He graduated from Elkhorn High School, and in 1940, he enlisted in the Air Force. Clifford made a career in the Air Force and retired in 1964,...
Harry Thiel
January 11, 1998
Harry Thiel, age 88, formerly of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, January 11, 1998, at Parkview Care Center where he has resided the past few months. He was born November 22, 1909, in Ripon, the son of Otto and Emelia (Koentopp) Thiel. He attended school in Ripon. On August 15, 1940, he married the former Grace Berlowski. After retiring from farming,...
Edwin Ratajczak
January 11, 1998
Edwin Edward Ratajczak, age 72, of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, January 11, 1998, at his home. He was born January 7, 19926, in Oshkosh, the son of John and Sophia (Javarwicz) Ratajczak. He attended school in Oshkosh. On June 15, 1974, he married Evelyn Wessel at St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakfield. Edwin worked in construction in Oshkosh, Berlin...
Irene Masche
January 10, 1998
Irene Masche, 88 of Ripon, died Saturday, January 10, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center. Irene was born November 18, 1909, in the Town of Ripon, the daughter to the late William and Marie (Heidtmann) Hoffman. She graduated from Ripon High School, and attended Oshkosh Business College. Irene lived in Colorado, moving to Ripon in 1991. She was a Bookkeeper for...
Charles Tetzlaff Jr.
January 9, 1998
Charles F Tetzlaff Jr., 58, of rural Brandon died Friday, January 9, 1998, at his home.Charles was born March 19, 1939, in Ripon, the son to the lateCharles and Louise (Heschke) Tetzlaff Sr. He graduated fromWaupon High School in 1957. He served in the Army from1960-1963. He was a self employed Carpenter.He is survived by Cousins: Jack L. and Rose...
Evelyn Dunham
January 5, 1998
Evelyn S. Dunham, 95, formerly of Ripon and a resident of Parkview Care Center the past 2 years, died Monday, January 5, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born December 9, 1902, in Beaver Valley, PA, the daughter of Britton and Verna (Stevens) Schrack. She was educated in Johnston, PA, and shortly after graduating from high school she moved to...
Eunice Baumgardt
January 1, 1998
Eunice A. Baumgardt, age 75, of Ripon, WI, died January 1, 1998, at Michalene’s in Ripon. She was born August 15, 1922, in Ripon, a daughter to Thomas and Leona (Borchert) Dudzinske. She graduated from Ripon High School. In 1942, she married Herbert Baumgardt. She was a member of Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ and the V.F.W. Auxiliary Post...
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