Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Esther Krueger

Esther Krueger

November 7, 1997

Esther E. Krueger, 89, of Ripon died Friday November 7, 1997, at Parkview Care Center.Esther was born on December 11, 1907, the daughter of Carl and Marie (Helmer) Dahms in the Town of Brooklyn, Green Lake County. She attended school in the town of Brooklyn. Esther was a member of Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ in Ripon and a...

Kristopher Greening

Kristopher Greening

November 2, 1997

Kristopher John Greening, age 15, of Ripon, was taken by the Lord on Sunday, November 2, 1997 at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon as a result of a car accident.Kris was born December 9, 1981, in West Allis, and has lived in Ripon since 1983. Kris was a high honors student throughout his school years, and was very active in many...

Tiffany Finley-Eichstedt

Tiffany Finley-Eichstedt

October 26, 1997

Tiffany Finley Eichstedt, born September 24, 1977, entered into eternal rest on October 26, 1997, in Houston, TX, after a long courageous struggle with cancer.Her journey’s just begun:Don’t think of her as gone away, her journey’s just begun, life holds so many facets, this earth is only one.Just think of her as resting from the sorrows and the tears, and...

Florence Barclay

Florence Barclay

October 25, 1997

Florence Barclay, 76, of Ripon, died Saturday October 25, 1997, at All about Life Rehabilitation Center in Fond du Lac.On February 28, 1921, Florence was born the daughter of Reinhold and Elsie (Bierman) Luedke. She graduated from Ripon High School in 1938, and married John Franklin Barclay Ill. They resided in the Ripon area where she was employed at the...

Wilhelmine Reinecke

Wilhelmine Reinecke

October 25, 1997

Wilhelmine Louise Reinecke, age 82, resident of Michalene’s in Ripon, died Saturday, October 25, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born July 25, 1915, in Chicago, IL, a daughter to the late Julius and Wilhelmine (Papak) Bauer. She graduated from high school in Chicago, and worked as a secretary in a business office. On April 4, 1981, she married Lester...

Donald Wilke

Donald Wilke

October 23, 1997

Donald R. Wilke, 74, of the Town of Green Lake, died unexpectedly Thursday, October 23, 1997 at Ripon Medical Center.He was born December 22, 1922, in Ripon, a son to the late Reinhardt and Ella (Splittgerber) Wilke. He was a graduate of Ripon High School. In September 1960, he married the former Florene Ketteler. Don farmed all his life on...

Elsie Gransee

Elsie Gransee

October 21, 1997

Elsie Nelson Gransee, age 86, died Tuesday, October 21, 1997, in San Rafael, CA. A native of Milltown, WI, she was born October 6, 1911. She married Orville Gransee in 1937, and he passed away in 1974. Elsie lived in Novata, CA, where she was a longtime member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and taught Bible Fellowship in the 1970’s....

Bernice Radliff

Bernice Radliff

October 21, 1997

Bernice D. (Schumacher) Radliff, 83, of Ripon, died Tuesday, October 21, 1997 at her home.She was born December 23, 1913, in Crandon, WI, a daughter to Lewis and Ida (Baken) Schumacher. She was educated in Crandon. Bernice married Earl Radliff in December 1929, and they made their home in Milwaukee where she worked in the book bindery for The Hind...

Gordon Ziska

Gordon Ziska

October 19, 1997

Gordon “Gordy” Gene Ziska, age 62, of Markesan, WI, died unexpectedly Sunday, October 19, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1935, in Chicago, IL, a son to Eugene A. and Bea (Mikulecky) Ziska. After 12 years of school, he graduated from Lindblom High School and then went on to attend Illinois State Police Academy. He became...

Marie Erickson

Marie Erickson

October 8, 1997

Marie J. Erickson, age 70, of Green Lake, died October 8, 1997, at Sunnyview Health & Rehab in Princeton. Inurnment was in Elmhurst, IL.Please visit www.butzinmarchant.com to send on-line condolences.

Arthur Muenster

Arthur Muenster

October 7, 1997

Arthur c. Muenster, age 89, of Ripon, WI, died Tuesday, September 7, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born May 28, 1908, in Appleton, a son of Arthur and Luella (Limpert) Muenster. He was educated in the Appleton Schools, and in 1927, he married the former Genevieve Schantz. In his early years, Art was in the retail shoe business...

Glenn Whitney

Glenn Whitney

October 6, 1997

Glenn M. Whitney, age 90, of the Town of Rosendale, WI, died Monday, October 6, 1997, at his home. He was born December 25, 1906, in the Town of Rosendale, a son to Warren and Bertha (Wollitz) Whitney. He attended Wilson School and graduated from Ripon High School. On November 17, 1934, he married former Lura Kemnitz. Mr. Whitney lived...

Robert Acord

Robert Acord

September 29, 1997

Robert Harley Acord, 79, of Ripon, died Monday, September 29, 1997, at St. Elizabeth Hopsital in Appleton.He was born March 14, 1918, in Fond du Lac, the son of Leo H. and Cecelia Sterr Acord. He attended school in Fond du Lac. On September 13, 1948, he married Luella W. Page in Philadelphia. He was an engineer with the Soo...

Scott Totsky

Scott Totsky

September 29, 1997

Scott J. Totsky, age 44, of Wild Rose, died unexpectedly Monday, September 29, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center, in Ripon.He was born April 7, 1953, in Milwaukee, a son of Walter C. and Pearl (Pflughoeft) Totsky. He was a graduate of Custer High School. On June 30,1979, he married the former Irene Senner. Scott worked at Heritage Wafers inRipon as...

Margaret Reilly

Margaret Reilly

September 20, 1997

Margaret E. Reilly, 79, of Ripon, died September 20, 1997, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.Margaret was born on August 19, 1918, the daughter of Frank and Catherine (Blenco) Reilly.Interment will be in Walworth Cemetery, Walworth, Wisconsin.

Mabel Boese

Mabel Boese

September 17, 1997

Mabel M. Boese, 87, of Ripon, died Wednesday September 17, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born April 1, 1910, in Fond du Lac, WI, the daughter of Bert and Amelia (Bluemke) Rice. Mabel attended school in Fond du Lac. On September 25, 1939 she married Ervin 0. Boese. He preceded her in death on July 15, 1979. She was...

Lois Loeffler

Lois Loeffler

September 16, 1997

Lois M. “Loie” Loeffler, age 64 died peacefully in her home at Green Lake on Tuesday, September 16, 1997. She was born May 12, 1933, in Green Lake.She was preceded in death by her parents, Reinhold Bloch and Laura (Kersten) Bloch. Loie graduated from Green Lake High School. She married Robert “Bob” Loeffler on December 26, 1954. Bob and Loie...

Marlene Emerson

Marlene Emerson

September 8, 1997

Marlene Bertha Joanne (Vossekuil) Emerson, age 66, of Ripon, WI, died Monday, September 8, 1997, at Michalene’s in Ripon. She was born February 14, 1931, in the Waupun area, a daughter to John and Clara (Dorrestyn) Vossekuil. She grew up in the Waupun area and attended school in Waupun. She married Orville Frank Emerson on June 26, 1954, and they...

Eleanore Schultz

Eleanore Schultz

September 8, 1997

Eleanore Schultz, age 78, of Ripon, died Monday, September 8, 1997, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.She was born March 26, 1919, in Ripon, a daughter to Michael and Helen (Naparella) Wahoske. She was a 1937, graduate of Ripon High School. On October 16, 1940 she married Alfred W. Schultz. Eleanore had been employed at Ripon Foods for 15 years,...

Wilma Wells

Wilma Wells

September 4, 1997

Wilma Julia Wells, age 99, formerly of Peoria, IL, and Carmel Residence in Oshkosh, WI, died Thursday, September 4, 1997, at the Bethel Home in Oshkosh. She was born January 23, 1898, in Fairbury, IL, a daughter to Robert Joseph and Lillian (Wilson) Codlin. She was a graduate of Fairbury High School. On May 23, 1920, she married V. Hugh...