Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Helen Kilbourne
March 18, 1992
Helen E. Kilbourne, age 77, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 1992, at the Kilbourne Home. She was born April 27, 1914, in Ripon the daughter of Robert and Jessie Exner. Mrs. Kilbourne was a graduate of Ripon High School and Ripon College, and did post graduate work in the University system. She taught in the...

Elaine Prelwitz
March 18, 1992
Elaine E. Prelwitz, age 82, of Berlin, WI, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 1992, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. She was born December 2, 1909, in Redgranite, WI, the daughter of John and Hannah (Swenson) Samuelson. She was educated in Redgranite, and on August 15, 1927, she married George Prelwitz. He preceded her in death in 1968. She is...

Samuel Rector Jr
March 17, 1992
Mr. Samuel G. Rector Jr., age 79, of Ripon, WI, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at his home. Sam was born March 2, 1913, in Brooklyn, NY, a son to Samuel and Frances (Durkin) Rector Sr. He attended school in New York and was a Boy Scout. After studying Pharmacy and Electricity, he worked as a chauffeur for Knickerbacker...

Walter Jones
March 17, 1992
Mr. Walter D. Jones, age 67, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center in Neenah, WI. He was born December 27, 1924, in Montello, a son to Walter R. and Dora (Roach) Jones. He served in the Navy during WWII and has been a mechanic in the Ripon area the past...

Marcella Dahms
March 17, 1992
Marcella R. Dahms, age 84, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born August 29, 1907, in Ripon, the daughter of William and Gustie (Jantz) Reyerson. On February 9, 1937, she married John W. Dahms. He preceded her in death on July 28, 1978. She was a housewife and had...

Max Huth
March 7, 1992
Mr. Max E. Huth, age 81, of Ripon, WI, passed away Saturday March 7, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born September 22, 1910 in Rosendale, a son to Herman and Minnie Dumdie Huth. He attended Rosendale School and was a Machinist for many years at Kimberly Clark. In addition to Neenah, Max lived in California for nine years...

Benjamin Schmuhl
March 7, 1992
Mr. Benjamin R. Schmuhl, age 78, of Ripon, WI, passed at on Saturday, March 7, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. Ben was born November 6, 1913, in Ripon, to Richard and Emma (Schroeder) Schmuhl. He married Caroline Frost on November 12, 1932. He spent most of his life as Plant Supervisor at Speed Queen in Ripon and was a member...

Samuel Awers
March 6, 1992
Mr. Samuel Awers, age 84, of Oshkosh, WI, passed away on Friday, March 6, 1992, at Evergreen Retirement Community, Oshkosh. Sam was born April 6, 1907, in Pennsylvania, PA, the son of Joseph and Petronella Awers. He spend most of his life as a machinist at a tool and die plant in Milwaukee. On September 22, 1945, he married Myrtle...

Gordon "Bud" Heckes
February 28, 1992
Gordon Bud Heckes, age 81, of Ripon, passed away on Friday, February 28, 1992, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. He was born July 29, 1910 in the Town of Rosendale, a son of Fred and Ida (Splittgerber) Heckes. He married Naomi Quick on September 22, 1936 in Pickett. Mr. Heckes besides farming also worked at the Pickett Co-Op for ten...

Howard Fude
February 24, 1992
Mr. Howard N. Fude, age 71, of Kenosha, WI, passed away on Monday, February 24, 1992, at his home. Howard was born on November 7, 1920, in the Town of Springvale to Otto and Elsie (Schwandt) Fude. He had lived in the Brandon area, and Kenosha since the 1950s. Survivors include one daughter, Diana Trever of Brandon and two grandchildren;...

Mona Zellmer
February 24, 1992
Mona Mae Zellmer, age 67, of Beaver Dam, WI, passed away on Monday, February 24, 1992, at Beaver Dam Care Center. She was born on February 10, 1925, in Fairwater. She was educated in Fox Lake and had been a pharmacy clerk. She is survived by two sons, Gary Braatz of Fripp Island, SC and Barry Zellmer of Milwaukee, and...

Louise Prellwitz
February 20, 1992
Louise V. Prellwitz, age 77, of Ripon, died Thursday, February 20, 1992, at Parkview Care Center. She was born September 27, 1914, in Ripon, the daughter of Archibald and Dora (Lupton) Waltenberry. On June 11, 1936, she married Edwin Prellwitz in Waupun. She worked as a seamstress at Admaco for over 30 years and at Prellwitz Dairy for 12 years....

Ronald Roy
February 20, 1992
Ronald Peter Roy, age 63, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 1992 at his home. He was born August 24, 1928 in Fond du Lac, the son of Owen and Billie Krug Roy. He was an administrator in the Racine School District and lived in Ripon the last six years. He was a graduate of Ripon College...

Bertha Smith
February 13, 1992
Bertha E. Smith, age 95, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 1992, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born May 16, 1896, in Ripon, the daughter of Fred and Mary Thada Zinke. On December 26, 1917, she married William Smith. Bertha was a housewife and lived in the Ripon and Green Lake area most of her...

Sylvester Wielgosh
February 11, 1992
Sylvester M. Wielgosh, age 83, of Brandon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 1992, at his home. He was born December 17, 1908, in Princeton, the son of Frank and Bertha Bartol Wielgosh. Sylvester was a farmer and lived in the Brandon area most of his life. Survivors include three sisters, Helen Wielgosh of Milwaukee, Ann Sieber and Louise...

Alice Brown
February 7, 1992
Alice E. Brown, age 89, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, February 7, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born November 23, 1903, in Fairwater, a daughter to Louis and Sarah (Siegel) Carter. She attended Ripon Schools and Ripon College and made the Ripon area her home for most of her life. On December 27, 1947, she married...

Nellie Sauer
February 6, 1992
Nellie May Sauer, age 96, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 1992, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born May 13, 1895, in the Town of Rushford to Ralph and Estelle (Fellows) Gleffe. On March 12, 1918, she married Herman Sauer, and he preceded her in death on March 25, 1980. Mrs. Sauer was a housewife...

Lucille Hedwig Jezeske
February 6, 1992
Lucille Hedwig Jezeske, age 81, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 1992, at Parkview Care Center. Lucille was born November 23, 1909, in Princeton, the daughter of Stanish and Constance (Polus) Jezeske. She was educated in Princeton. Lucille had been employed as a seamstress at the Ripon Knitting Works, and had resided in Ripon the last 40 years....

Susan Hayashi
February 1, 1992
Susan J. Hayashi, age 57, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born November 20, 1934, in Chicago, IL to Theodore and Evelyn (LaRue) Grensbach. On December 26, 1964, she married George Hayashi. She was a housewife, and a member of World Wildlife Fund, S.P.C.A., Sierra Club, and Green Peace....

Mae Kastenschmidt
January 24, 1992
Mae Kastenschmidt, age 71, of Rosendale, WI, passed away on Friday, January 24, 1992, at her home. She was born August 26, 1920, in Bangor, WI, the daughter of George and Alma Marie (Mengelt) Hoyer. She was educated in Bangor. On November 4, 1939, she married Robert Kastenschmidt. Along with being a Housewife, she established and operated the restaurant in...
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