Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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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 1950’s. 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...
Dr. Thomas Humble
January 23, 1992
Dr. Thomas Williams Humble, age 67, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 1992, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee. He was born January 3, 1925, in Chicago, a son to Thomas and Ester (Eichsteadt) Humble Sr. He graduated from the University of Illinois, School of Dentistry in 1948. He taught Crown and Bridge at the University of...
Orline Dorsey
January 21, 1992
Orline Alma Dorsey, age 73, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 1992, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh. Orline was born March 8, 1918, in the Town of Seneca, to Frederick and Minna (Abel) Wiese. She married Vernon Dorsey on October 15, 1944, in Berlin. Orline worked on the assembly at Realist Inc., in Berlin for 15...
Caryl Wilkes Pelton
January 17, 1992
Caryl Wilkes Pelton, age 80, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, January 17, 1992, at Parkview Care Center. Caryl was born December 27, 1911, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Chauncy and Harriet (Johnson) Wilkes. She married Robert B. Pelton on October 8, 1938. Caryl was a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Survivors include her husband, Robert of Green...
H. Mead Thrall Sr.
January 13, 1992
H. Mead Thrall Sr., age 94, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Monday, January 13, 1992 at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born July 19, 1897, in Bluffton, to Charles and Mary Palmer Thrall. He was a graduate of Green Lake High School. On August 1, 1922, he married Gladys Robinson and they farmed for almost 70 years in...
Helen Trembacz
January 10, 1992
Helen A. Trembacz, age 88, formerly of Palatine, IL, passed away on Friday January 10, 1992, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born May 10, 1903, in Chicago, IL, to William and Amanda (Neumann) Koch. Helen was educated in Chicago. She has resided in Green Lake the last four years. She is survived by her son, Elmer (Jenny)...
Mildred Wilke
January 2, 1992
Mildred Clara Wilke, age 85, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 1992, at her home. Mildred was born April 12, 1906, in Fond du Lac. She was educated in Ripon and was a member of Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ in Ripon and the church guild. For many years she clerked at Schultz Brothers Variety Store...
Barbara Frankiewicz
January 1, 1992
Barbara Frankiewicz, age 89, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 1992, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born November 20, 1902, in Prague, Czechoslovakia to Joseph and Elizabeth (Duda) Boksa. Barbara was educated in Czechoslavokia and was a housewife. After spending many years in Milwaukee, she has made Ripon her residence since 1986. On October...
Roy Buchholz
December 28, 1991
Roy Alfred Buchholz, age 87, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Saturday, December 28, 1991, at his home. He was born May 27, 1904 in the Town of Ripon, a son to John and Mary (Meilan) Buchholz. On September 1, 1991, he married Ann Mae Will. She preceded him in death in 1990. Mr. Buchholz was a barber in...
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