Obituaries in Ripon, WI

September 2, 1997

Isabel Thiel, age 79, of Ripon, died unexpectedly Tuesday, September 2, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born April 25, 1918, in Princeton, a daughter to the late Frank and Helen (Bukowski) Jeske. She attended school in Princeton and was a graduate of Princeton High School. On August 22, 1942, she married J. Gordon Thiel in Princeton. Isabel lived in...

September 2, 1997

Laurence J. Dahlke, 78, of Oshkosh, formerly of Eldorado, died Tuesday, September 2, 1997, at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home in Fond du Lac.He was born May 21, 1919, in Pickett, a son to Fred and Alvenia (Miller) Dahlke. He attended school in Pickett. On May 12, 1941, he married Margaret Wagner. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945, in...

August 31, 1997

Genevieve Grace Muenster, age 89, of Marshfield, WI, died Sunday, August 31, 1997, at her home. Genevieve was born on July 30, 1908, in New London, WI, the daughter of Anthony and Mabel (Werner) Schantz. She attended school in New London, St. Joseph Academy in Green Bay and Edgewood Academy in Madison, WI. In 1927, she married Arthur Muenster, they...

August 24, 1997

Martha Felberg, age 86, Ripon, went to her heavenly home Sunday, August 24, 1997, at Parkview Care Center where she has resided the past 2 years.She was born November 23, 1910, in Bowdle, SD, a daughter to Phillip and Regina (Baer) Stotz. She was educated in South Dakota. On February 18, 1930, she married Rudolph Felberg, and they moved to...

August 23, 1997

Robert Gitzel, age 79, of Pickett, died Saturday, August 23, 1997, at All About Life Rehabilitation Center in Fond du Lac. He was born July 28, 1918, in Eureka, a son to Karl and Mathilda (Schiump) Gitzel.. He attended Dodd Country School. On October 16, 1943, he married Ruth Held. Mr. Gitzel was afarmer and also worked at Mid-States Aluminum...

August 23, 1997

July 31, 1997

Lawrence G. Busha, age 78, of 504 Russell Drive, Ripon, died July 31, 1997 at Ripon Medical Center.He was born July 5, 1919, in Oshkosh, the son of Walter and Laura (LeMieux) Busha. He was educated at St. Peter’s School in Oshkosh and farmed the majority of his life in the Winneconne and Pickett areas before retiring to Ripon. He...

July 26, 1997

Myrtle Aibright, age 88, of Ripon, died Saturday, July 26, 1997, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.She was born February 19, 1907, Village of Pensaukee, a daughter to John and Louise (Zeugner) Resheske. She attended Ripon Public Schools. On April 30, 1927, she married Gustave “Shorty” Albright at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Ripon. Myrtle lived in the Ripon area...

July 25, 1997

Ralph L. Krause, 92, of the Town of Ripon, died Friday, July 25, 1997, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.He was born on April 16, 1905, the son of Herman and Emma (Schiagel) Krause. He was educated in Ripon. On January 7, 1926, he married the former Edith Mae Crump. She passed away on August 25, 1993. Ralph was a...

July 12, 1997

Agnes M. Lehman, 73, of 244 North Macy St. the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home, formerly of Ripon, died in the late evening on Saturday July 12, 1997.She was born on July 20, 1923, in Ripon, the daughter of John and Josephine (Prallat) Przybyl. Agnes attended Ripon Schools. On January 9, 1942, she married Harold A. Lehman. She was a...

July 9, 1997

Florian C. Wiercinski, age 87, 17 Highland Aye, Ripon, died July 9, 1997, at Juliette Manor in Berlin.He was born June 10, 1910, in Hayward, WI, a son to Frank and Nell (Kochanowski) Wiercinski. He was educated in the Hurley. He lived in Hayward and Hurley before coming to Ripon. In 1933, he married the former Marie Blake in Ripon....

July 8, 1997

Emma Louise Heiple, age 88, of Green Lake, died Tuesday, July 8, 1997, at Friendship Manor, Green Lake. She was born May 31, 1909, in Humbird, WI, a daughter to Matthias and Bertha (Bram) Baumgartner. She married Robert William Heiple on December 28, 1933.She graduated from Humbird High School, and attended Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was...

July 4, 1997

Robert William Heiple, age 86, of Green Lake, died July 4, 1997, at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center, Neenah.He was born July 11, 1910, in Green Lake, a son to Robert Benjamin and Ottillie (Kautz) Heiple. He married Emma Louise Baumgartner on December 28, 1933.He graduated from Green Lake High School, and attended RiponCollege and Milwaukee School of Engineering. He...

July 1, 1997

Estelle M. Kress, age 89, of Neshkoro, died Tuesday, July 1, 1997, at Sunnyview Health and Rehab Center, Princeton.She was born in Watertown, WI on December 18, 1907, a daughter to Joseph and Kathryn (McGuire) Brooks. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Milwaukee. On November 12, 1931, she married Paul F. Kress. She was a housewife...

June 30, 1997

Steven B. “Minnow” Miller, age 40, of the Town of Brooklyn,died June 30, 1997, as a result of a boating accident. He was born on February 4, 1957, at home. He lived in the Green Lake area all his life and attended Green Lake Public Schools. He was a member of the Federated Church of Green Lake. He was presently...

June 27, 1997

Evelyn SeLchow, 82, formerly of Green Lake, died June 27, 1997, at Juliette Manor, Berlin. Services June 30, 1997, at Peace Lutheran Church, Green Lake and burial in Dartford Cemetery. Butzin-Marchant Funeral Home assisted the family.

June 20, 1997

Cecelia P. Kitowski, age 98, died Friday, June 20, 1997, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.She was born November 12, 1898, in Ripon, a daughter to Martin and Antonia Zielinski Kitowski. She was educated in Ripon. She never married. Cecelia was a machine operator at the Ripon Knitting Works for approximately 50 years. She was a member of St Wenceslaus Catholic...

June 18, 1997

Phyllis Betty (Mrs. Floyd) Steineke Smith, age 71, of Ripon, died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at St Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton.She was born April 9, 1926, in Oshkosh, a daughter of the late Gayheart William and Sophia Elizabeth (Meilahn) Steineke. She was educated in theRipon Public Schools. On January 16, 1943 she married Floyd Donald Smith in Ripon. He passed...

June 3, 1997

Lorraine Berndt, age 70, of Ripon died Tuesday, June 3, 1997, at Berlin Memorial Hospital.She was born January 29, 1927, in Ripon, a daughter to Wilbert and Emma (Zarnot) Link. She attended Ripon Schools and was a graduate of Fond du Lac High School. On December 28, 1946, she married Melvin Berndt. Lorraine worked as a sewer and inspector at...

June 1, 1997

Donald E. Dahms, 55, of Ripon, died Sunday June 1, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center.Donald was born February 17, 1942, the son of John and Marcella(Ryerson) Dahms Sr. in Ripon, WI. He graduated from Berlin High School and worked as a mechanic at Stokely Foods in Pickett, he was a member of Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ in Ripon...