Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Fred Loechelt
December 7, 1991
Mr. Fred E. Loechelt, age 91, of Ripon, WI, passed away Saturday, December 7, 1991, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. He was born August 24, 1900, in Fairwater, to Otto and Augusta (Riemer) Loechelt. On December 20, 1924, he married Alice Krueger who preceded him in death in 1988. Mr. Loechelt was an Army Veteran, having served in World War...
George Leathart
December 6, 1991
Mr. George Arthur Leathart, age 83, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Friday, December 6, 1991, at his home. He was born July 4, 1908, in Ripon, the son of Aaron and Martha (Marks) Leathart. He attended Ripon High School and was a graduate of Ripon College where he was a member of the ROTC. For much of his...
Robert Chipman
December 1, 1991
Mr. Robert James Chipman, age 79, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 1991, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. Mr. Chipman was born January 14, 1912, in Redgranite, the son of Albion and Clara (Gonyo) Chipman. He attended the Redgranite Schools. From 1942 until 1945 he was a member of the U.S. Navy serving in...
Norman Kovalaske
November 30, 1991
Norman G. Kovalaske, age 69, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 1991, at his home. He was born January 24, 1922, in Green Lake, to Gustavus and Martha (Kletke) Kovalaske. He was a crane operator at Charles D. Smith and Son in Fond du Lac for over 20 years until disability caused early retirement in 1971. He...
Elsie Scharschmidt
November 23, 1991
Elsie Louise Scharschmidt, age 96, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 1991, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born January 31, 1895, to Ferdinand and Mary (Wolfgram) Grams in Markesan where she was raised. After her marriage on April 7, 1920 to Felix Alexander Scharschmidt they moved to Oakfield and in 1939, they returned to the...
Ray Ehrenberg
November 17, 1991
Mr. Ray Cecil Ehrenberg, age 79, of The Town of Ripon, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 1991, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born October 9, 1912 in Markesan, WI, a son of Herman and Lavina (Lyon) Ehrenberg. On June 3, 1939 he married Letha Kloehn. Mr. Ehrenberg was educated in Pickett and farmed in the Pickett and Markesan...
Margaret Lee
November 16, 1991
Margaret Lee, age 80, of Oshkosh, WI, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 1991, at Mercy Medical Center. She was born April 21, 1911, in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Henry and Christina (Pommereck) LaRose. She was educated in Fond du Lac. On January 13, 1930 she was united in marriage to Clayton Lee and they lived a majority...
Beatrice Guell
November 14, 1991
Beatrice Guell, age 91, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 1991, at Parkview Care Center, in Ripon where she had resided since August of 1978. She was born May 13, 1900, in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Charles and Della (Sievers) Hollander. She was educated in Theresa and Omro. On March 8, 1924, she married Orion Guell...
Carl Steiner
November 13, 1991
Carl William Steiner, age 70, Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 1991, at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. He was born May 8, 1921, in Plymouth, to Charles and Christina (Hoffman) Steiner. He attended schools in Plymouth and served in the U.S. Navy from 1941 until 1945. He was a 1949 graduate of Ripon College and was a...
James Lecount
November 4, 1991
The Reverend James M. LeCount, age 84, of Ripon, WI, passed away Monday, November 4, 1991, at his home. He was born December 31, 1906, in Hartford, WI, the son of Frank and Cordelia (Portz) LeCount. He married Helen Yunker on September 12, 1934. Reverend LeCount attended Ripon College, Marquette University, and the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Naperville, IL. He...
Louis Hielsberg
October 31, 1991
Louis Henry Hielsberg, age 85, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 1991, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born July 28, 1906, in Ripon, to Henry and Minna (Press) Hielsberg. He grew up in the Ripon area, and met and married Norma Traugott on June 17, 1934. They had two children, Joan and John. Louie worked 29...
Joseph Kahl
October 30, 1991
Joseph D. Kahl, age 73, of Redgranite, WI, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 1991, at his home. He was born September 17, 1918, in Adams County, Indiana. He was the son of Joseph and Ida Mae (Mueller) Krick. Since the age of 10, Joe had lived with Ed and Minnie Kahl. They raised Joe and he became a member...
Leo Callan
October 26, 1991
Leo J. Callan, age 95, of the Town of Springvale, Ripon, passed away on Saturday, October 26, 1991, at his home. Leo was born March 24, 1896, in the Town of Springvale, a son of John and Agatha (Gritzmacher) Callan. He married Eleanor Havey in 1925. He owned and operated Callan Poultry Farm and Hatchery since 1929 and sold feed...
Arden "Butch" Krause
October 24, 1991
Arden “Butch” Krause, age 72, Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 1991, at Care Center East, Fond du Lac. He was born in Rural Ripon on October 8, 1919, a son of the late Alfred and Elsie Hein Krause. He was educated in the Ripon Schools and had worked in the Ripon Area all his life. He was...
Florence Benz
October 20, 1991
Florence Julia Benz, age 82, of Ripon, WI, passed away Sunday, October 20, 1991, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born March 22, 1909, in the Town of Metomen, a daughter to William and Margaret (Watson) Koentopp. For many years she was a machine operator at the Advertiser’s Mfg. Co. in Ripon. She retired after 35 years of service....
Leona Daehn
October 16, 1991
Leona G. Daehn, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 1991, at Sunnyview Village Nursing Home in Princeton, WI. She was born June 16, 1903, in the Town of Metomen, a daughter of August and Anna (Wittlief) Siedschlag. On September 26, 1923, she married Lorenz Daehn. He passed away November 25, 1959. Mrs. Daehn had been a housewife. She...
Luella Fisher
October 15, 1991
Luella Myrtle Fisher, age 90, of the Town of Green Lake, Green Lake Co., passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 1991, at her home. She was born August 14, 1901, in Princeton, a daughter to Newton and Lulegene (Wicks) Philbrick. She was educated in Princeton and was a graduate of Green Lake Co. Normal School in Berlin. Following graduation she...
Elsie Lueck
October 14, 1991
Elsie E. Lueck, age 88, formerly of Ripon, passed away on Monday, October 14, 1991, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home in Fond du Lac. She was born August 2, 1903, in Mayville, a daughter of William and Louise Eibing Schmidt. She was educated in Mayville. On September 24, 1924, she married Vern Lueck. He passed away November 6,...
Imogene Drager
October 13, 1991
Imogene Drager, age 65, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 1991, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born July 8, 1906, in Fond du Lac, a daughter to Gus and Emma (Schultz) Drager. She was a graduated of Ripon High School, and was a bookkeeper at Speed Queen, Ripon until her retirement. She was a member...
Kathryn Roesch
October 5, 1991
Kathryn Ann Roesch, age 63, lost her battle against ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) on Saturday, October 5, 1991. She passed away at peace, surrounded by her family and friends at her residence in Ripon. She was born January 19, 1928, in Mosinee, a daughter to Earl and Pearl (Akey) Bachman. She graduated from Mosinee High School and attended St. Mary’s...
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