Obituaries in Ripon, WI

December 11, 1988

Mr. Clarence K. Krentz Sr., age 79, of 215 Union St. Ripon, died Sunday, December 11, 1988, at Omro Care Center in Omro. He was born February 23, 1909, in Green Lake County, to John and Ella (Haase) Krentz. In August 1932, he married Florence Malson who preceded him in death in December of 1969. On January 30, 1971, he...

December 3, 1988

Austin Everret Martell, a very special gift from God who was longed for and loved by his family, was stillborn on December 3, 1988. He is survived by his parents, Paul and Kristine (Weir) Martell of Delvan; paternal grandparents, Bob and Marlene Martell of Cudahy; maternal grandparents, Dennis and Gloria Weir of Ripon; uncles, Phil Martell of Gudahy, Todd Weir...

December 2, 1988

Roger William King, age 56, of R#1, Green Lake, died Friday, December 2, 1988, at his home. Mr. King was born April 7, 1932, to Lawrence and Elizabeth McDowell King in Detroit, MI. On November 27, 1961, he married Carolyn Peterson. Mr. King attended Ferndale High School in Michigan and then Grinnell College in Iowa. He graduated from the University...

November 30, 1988

Mrs. Dora Bazeley, 83, of 629 Fenton St., Ripon, died Sunday, October 30, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born July 14, 1905, in Marquette, WI, to George and Minnie Harmel Cluppert. She married Roy Bazeley on August 8, 1925, in Manchester. Mrs. Bazeley ws educated in Marquette. She had resided in Centerhouse from 1925 until 1954, and in...

November 29, 1988

Irene Heidel, age 75, formerly of Green Lake, died Tuesday, November 29, 1988, at the Bradley Convalescent Center in Milwaukee. She was born June 26, 1913, in Green Lake to Herman and Ida (Ponto) Keipe. On July 12, 1937, she married Lawrence Heidel. He preceded her in death on December 9, 1973. Mrs. Heidel was educated in Green Lake. She...

November 26, 1988

Mrs. Hazel Harriet Dunning, age 74, of 504 Russell Dr., Ripon, died Saturday, November 26, 1988, at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Wauwatosa. Mrs. Dunning was born June 28, 1914, Reeds Corners, to William and Emma Zweiger Endthoff. On October 24, 1936, she married Donald Dunning. Mrs. Dunning was educated in Brandon. She was a housewife. She had lived in Mayville...

November 26, 1988

Mrs. Lucinda G. Achterberg, 84, of Zoar Rd., Pickett, died Saturday, November 26, 1988, at Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh. She was born December 16, 1903, in the Town of Poy Sippi to Henry and Anna Schonscheck Schmude. On January 27, 1922, she married Arthur Achterberg in Borth and he preceded her in death on June 1, 1983. Mrs. Achterberg was...

November 23, 1988

Mr. Eugene J. Schwarz, 64, of Route 1, Green Lake, died Wednesday, November 23, 1988, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison. Mr. Schwarz is survived by his wife, Lucy; two sons: Thomas and his wife, Mary Kay, of Green Lake, and Steven and his wife, Joyce, of Livonia Center, New York; one daughter, Mrs. Steven (Patricia) Westpfahl of Green Lake...

November 21, 1988

Lawrence W. Humbright, 90, of 22 WaWa Ave., Ripon, died Monday morning, November 21, 1988, at Berlin Memorial Hospital. He was born July 4, 1898, in the Town of Nepeuskun to Otto and Louise Schrader Humbright. On October 15, 1930, he married Elva Sommerfeldt in Ripon. Mr. Humbright was educated in McConnell School, Town of Brooklyn. He was a farmer....

November 18, 1988

Mr. Edward F. Menke, 92, formerly of Green Lake, WI, died Friday, November 18, 1988, at Riverdale Manor in Markesan. He was born December 21, 1895, in Green Lake County, to Anton and Mary Abendroth Menke. On September 23, 1920, he married Elva Mae Scheible who preceded him in death in 1960. He then married Lena Andersen-Friend on October 19,...

November 15, 1988

Mrs. Gerry Owens, 62, of 116 S. Main St., Rosendale, died Tuesday, November 15, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born April 25, 1926, to Robert and Berna Hoyt Shafer in Fond du Lac. On May 22, 1945, she married Robert D. Owens in Seattle, WA. Mrs. Owens was a 1944 graduate of Rosendale Union Free High School. She...

November 9, 1988

November 4, 1988

Robert “Bob” Allen Uecker, age 32, of Yuma, Colorado, died Friday, November 4, 1988, in Sterling, Colorado, as a result of an auto accident. He was born November 17, 1955, in Ripon to Allen and Alice Kuehn Uecker. He never married. Mr. Uecker was a 1974 graduate of Ripon High School. He attended UW-LaCrosse where he received a BS in...

October 30, 1988

Marietta Christina Burich, 69, Route #1, Cornell, WI died Sunday, October 30, 1988, at the home of her son in Ripon. She was born September 21, 1919, in the Town of Delmar, Chippewa County, to Tony and Anna Drace Brunner. On June 14, 1944, she married William Edward Burich and he preceded her in death on November 1, 1983. Mrs....

October 27, 1988

James Floyd Booher, 76, of Route #1, Markesan, died Thursday, October 27, 1988, at University Hospital in Madison. He was born November 27, 1911, in West Lima, WI, to James and Edith Hoffman Booher. On April 1, 1939, he married Marjorie Adams in Montello. Mr. Booher was educated in Viola, WI. He had resided 43 years in the Markesan area....

October 22, 1988

Karl William Meinke, 76, of Route 1, Ripon, died Saturday, October 22, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born February 3, 1912, in Fond du Lac County, to Herman and Bertha Tabbert Meinke. On August 26, 1944, he married Dorothy Fleming in Michigan. Mr. Meinke was a farmer and mechanic at Green Giant. He was a member of Our...

October 18, 1988

Verna Mae Keso, 73, of 1092 Metomen St., Ripon, died Tuesday, October 18, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born August 13, 1915, in Markesan to Earl and Mary McCullough Lee. On April 10, 1937, she married Byron Keso. Mrs. Keso was a graduate of Green Lake High School. She was a sales manager for Ripon Knitting Works for...

October 15, 1988

Claude Angus Lee, 68, of 571 Mill St., Green Lake, die Saturday, October 15, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. On May 8, 1920, he was born in Markesan to Earl and Mary McCullough Lee. On June 28, 1947, he married Gladys Liptow in Ripon. Mr. Lee was a graduate of Green Lake High School. From 1963 until 1983, he was...

October 15, 1988

Reinhold Adolph Schultz, 87, died Saturday, October 15, 1988, in Norwalk, California. He was born July 19, 1901, in Princeton, to Edward and Hannah Louise Ernestine Habermann Schultz. Mr. Schultz never married. He was a bellhop at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. He was in the Army from 1942 – 1945. Survivors include his sister, Hattie Schultz of Ripon and...

October 7, 1988

George Jacob Busse, age 64, of 390 Lake St., Green Lake, died Friday, October 7, 1988, at Froedtert Lutheran Memorial Hospital in Wauwatosa. Mr. Busse was born September 28, 1924, in the Town of Brooklyn to George and Anna Otto Busse. On August 21, 1948, he married Marie Abell. He was a dairy farmer and had lived in Green Lake...