Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Leonard Krueger
April 29, 1996
Leonard A. Krueger, age 94, of Green Lake, WI, died Monday, April 29, 1996, at Friendship Manor Homes in Green Lake where he had resided the past two weeks. He was born January 14, 1902, in Germania, the son of Julius and Emma Werner Krueger. He attended school in Germania. On November 10, 1924, he married the former Alfaretta Hall...
Karl Butzin
April 21, 1996
Karl Ernst Butzin, age 83, formerly of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, April 21, 1996, at Venice, FL after a brief battle with cancer. He was born January 22, 1913, in Ripon, the son of the late Frederick C. and Selma (Ernst) Butzin. He graduated from Greenbrier Military School in 1932, attended two years at Ripon College and then graduated in...
Inez Hale
April 17, 1996
Inez Helen (Sidman) Hale, age 92, formerly of rural Ripon, WI, died April 17, 1996, at River Hills West Health Care Center in Pewaukee. She was born May 30, 1903, in Michigan, the daughter of Clinton Roy and Verna (Baldwin) Sidman. On September 15, 1928, she married Edward Hale. Mr. Hale passed away on March 9, 1971. Inez was a...
Christine Krueger
April 17, 1996
Christine Elizabeth Krueger, aged 88, beloved daughter of Elizabeth and Theodore Krueger, sister of Florence, Carl, and T. Howard Krueger, sister-in-law of Grace and Ruth Krueger, aunt of Sharon Rafferty, and Kirsten, Betsy, and Jill Krueger, and friend to many, died April 17, 1996 after a long illness. Christine was born in Ripon, Wisconsin on April 25, 1907, and lived...
Claire Duffy
April 14, 1996
Claire M. Duffy, age 89, died Sunday, April 14, 1996, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon where she had briefly resided. She was born March 3, 1907, in Scranton, PA, the daughter of John and Margaret (Hallinan) Haran. She graduated from high school in Scranton, and for most of her life, she had been a telephone operator. On August 28,...
Laura Bloch
April 12, 1996
Laura A. Bloch, age 91, of Green Lake, died Friday, April 12, 1996 at Michalene’s in Ripon where she had lived since February 1996. She was born March 18, 1905, in Split Rock, WI, the daughter of Herman and Mary Seefeldt Kersten. On January 18, 1927, Laura married Reinhold G. Bloch. Reinhold preceded her in death on December 12, 1989....
Mabel Lawrence
April 9, 1996
Mabel Lawrence, age 96, formerly of Ripon, died Tuesday, April 9, 1996, at Omro Care Center where she has resided since 1990. She was born December 16, 1899, in Ripon, a daughter to August and Augusta (Springborn) Lawrence. She was educated in the Ripon Schools, graduated from Ripon College and was a Latin teacher. Mabel was an avid library patron,...
Edgar Solem
April 3, 1996
Edgar C. Solem, age 73, of Green Lake, died Wednesday, April 3, 1996, at his home. He was born February 12, 1923, in Evansville, IN, a son of the late Edward and Rose (Frey) Solem. He was educated in Chicago, IL where he graduated from high school. Edgar served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1951. On October 12, 1945, he...
Ken Wells
March 29, 1996
Ken Douglas Wells, age 37, of Fond du Lac, died March 29, 1996, at his home. He was born April 10, 1958, in Aurora, Illinois, a son to V. Hugh and Jacqueline (Wade) Wells, Jr. He grew up in Naperville, IL where he graduated from high school. He continued on to college at UW-LaCrosse, University of Arizona in Tucson, and...
Edward Mccarthy
March 28, 1996
Edward F. McCarthy, age 74, of SE Cape Coral, FL, died Thursday, March 28, 1996, at his home. He was born November 8, 1921, in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Allen James and Maude (Bryant) McCarthy. He was a graduate of St. Peter’s High School in Staten Island, New York, and later attended Manhattan College and graduated from Wagner...
Emma Twamley
March 27, 1996
Enma I. Twamley passed away Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born in Green Lake, the daughter of George and Dena Yahr. She was raised in Chicago, receiving her education there and completing it at the University of Wisconsin, after which she became Newspaper and Radio Publicity writer for a Milwaukee Advertising Agency. She was...
Harold Kelm
March 27, 1996
Harold Kelm, 77, of Green Lake, died Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born April 4, 1918, in Princeton, the son of William and Martha (Swanke) Kelm. He was a graduate of Green Lake High School. On July 22, 1951, he married the former Edna Deibert. Harold farmed, worked at the Brooklyn Creamery, and at the...
Aloysius Felder
March 24, 1996
Aloysius “Al” H. Felder, age 73, of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, March 24, 1996, Ripon Medical Center in Ripon. He was born July 29, 1922, in Guttenberg, IA, a son of the late Frank and Anna Voss Felder. He attended school in Iowa. Al was a veteran of WWII having served three years in the U.S. Navy. On October 15,...
Marjorie Prochnow
March 22, 1996
Marjorie Prochnow, 76, of Ripon, died Friday March 22, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center.Marjorie was born April 18, 1919, in Ripon, the daughter of the late Oliver and Florance Mauck Lenz. She attended Ripon High School. Marjorie moved to Wauwautosa, WI, where she worked as Vice President for Mutual Saving Bank for 20 years. She retired in 1990, moving back...
Rhodamae Silloway
March 21, 1996
Rhodamae B. Silloway, 86, of Princeton, died Thursday, March 21, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born August 23, 1909, in Pittsburgh, PA. She was educated in Chicago, where she graduated from high school. She married James Silloway, Sr., and he preceded her in death in 1960. Mrs. Silloway retired from Carson Pier Scott Department Store. She had lived...
Dora Retzlaff
March 20, 1996
Dora Louise Retzlaff, age 88, of Ripon, died March 20, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born October 6, 1907, in Rush Lake, WI, the daughter of Fred and Bertha (Swick) Stolifuss. She married Otto Retzlaff Jr. on September 21, 1927. Otto preceded her in death on March 1, 1956. Otto and Dora had farmed in the Rush...
Alma Radke
March 16, 1996
Alma A. Radke, 90, of Ripon, died Saturday March 16, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. Alma was born July 6, 1905, near Brandon in the Town of Metomen, the daughter of Charles and Mary Berg Stobb. She was educated in the Town of Metomen School. On October 10, 1928, she married Walter William Radke in the parsonage of Emmanuel...
Willis Wagner
March 11, 1996
Willis F. Wagner, 72, of Ripon, died Monday, March 11, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Fern, several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers and 1 sister. He was born August 24, 1923, in Ripon, a son of the late Will jam and Ida Lehman Wagner. After graduating...
Lailia Leese
March 8, 1996
Laila Leese, age 89, of Ripon, died March 8, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born September 1, 1906, in the Town of Ripon, a daughter of the late Herman and Ida (Dumdie) Gneiser. She was a graduate of Ripon High School. On December 27, 1949, she was united in marriage to Arthur E. Leese. For the majority...
Burdette Eckstein
March 7, 1996
Burdette “Sam” J. Eckstein, 78, formerly of the Town of Ripon, died March 7, 1996, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Montello. He was born September 3, 1917, in Nashua, Iowa, the son of the late John and Faye (Potter) Eckstein. He was baptized May 5, 1918 in Nashua,Iowa. After graduating from Baraboo High School, Sam received...
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