Obituaries in Ripon, WI

March 8, 1989

Elva I. Potter, age 91, of Ripon, WI, died March 8, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born December 5, 1896, in Ripon, WI, to John and Amelia (Busse) Prill. She was educated in Ripon. On September 26, 1923, she married Raymond Potter. Elva worked at Clerk & Mattice & Foster and at Chipmans for many years. She was...

March 4, 1989

William F. Sauer, 72, of 427 Vermont St., Ripon, died Saturday, March 4, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born November 20, 1916, in Hancock, to William and Emma Fletcher Sauer, Sr. On January 29, 1955, he married Betty Voight. Mr. Sauer was educated in Hancock. He was in the maintenance department at Speed Queen for 32 ½ years....

February 25, 1989

Clarence Lewis Pischke, age 69, of Ripon, WI, died on Saturday, February 25, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. Clarence was born March 27, 1919 in the Town of Metomen, WI, the son of Richard and Eva Lietz Pischke. He was educated in the Brandon area and farmed in the Town of Metomen with his brother for many years and moved...

February 19, 1989

Judson J. Rikkers, 77, of 623 Illinois Ave., Green Lake, died February 19, 1989, at his home. He was born June 29, 1911, in Waupun, to Frederick E. and May Kelley Rikkers. He married Dorothy Layton August 12, 1939. Mr. Rikkers was a graduate of Waupun High School. In 1933, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin where he majored...

February 18, 1989

Henry J. Voight, 81, of 537 Mayparty Dr., Ripon, died Saturday, February 18, 1989, at Sunnyview Village Nursing Home in Princeton. He was born December 12, 1907, in the Town of Metomen to Robert and Charlotte Draheim Voight. On September 9, 1929, he married Frances Seabul. Mr. Voight was educated in the Town of Metomen. He was a farmer and...

February 14, 1989

Mrs. Dorothy Royan Moe, 74, of Ripon, died February 14, 1989, at the Christian Home in Waupun. Survivors include two nieces, Beryl Irving of Bettendorf, IA and Fay Marchant of Ripon; also two sisters-in-law, Helen Chapman of Birmingham, MI and Alice Royan of Ripon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles and two brothers. She was born October...

February 13, 1989

Margaret Elizabeth Carew, age 95, of Green Lake, WI, entered into Eternal Rest on February 13, 1989, at Riverdale Manor Nursing Home in Markesan. She was born October 31, 1893, in Madison to John and Mary Barry Hayes. On August 20, 1920, she married Alvin Carew. He preceded her in death on November 6, 1973. Mrs. Carew was a 1915...

February 9, 1989

Mr. Arnold H. Schrader, 81, of 935 Watson St., Ripon, died Thursday, February 9, 1989, at Americanna Health Care Center in Fond du Lac. He was born April 27, 1907, in Ripon, to Herman and Emma Koentopp Schrader. He married Helene Dumdey on June 3, 1939. Mr. Schrader was educated in Ripon and a graduate of Ripon College class of...

February 2, 1989

Leona Ellen (Austin) Worrall was born in Prairie Farm, WI, on October 8, 1906. She and her family moved to Glen Flora where she attended school from 1st to 10th Grades. Leona then went to Ladysmith High School where she graduated and then attended Normal School for one year. She married Henry David in December 1929. They had a son,...

February 1, 1989

Robert A. Gehrke, 75, of 826 Thomas St., Ripon, died Wednesday evening, February 1, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born February 2, 1913, in Ripon to Alfred W. and Minnie Schultz Gehrke. On May 25, 1941, he married Dorothy Fischer. Mr. Gehrke was a 1935 graduate of Ripon College. He received his Masters Degree in Business Administration from...

February 1, 1989

Lutzie (Lu) Davis, 88, died Wednesday, February 1, 1989, at Parkview Nursing Home. She was born June 5, 1900, in Greenville, WI, to Henry and Augusta Kaphingst Menning. She was educated in the Appleton Area and graduated from Busheys Business College. She married William Guy Davis on December 17, 1921. She and her husband owned and operated a grocery store...

January 29, 1989

Mrs. Elda Leone Leu, 91, of Russell Manor, Ripon, died Sunday, January 29, 1989, at Parkview Nursing Home in Ripon. She was born July 1, 1897, in Ripon to Gustav and Mary Stindt Hammerling. On October 24, 1919, she married Arthur Leu. He was preceded in death on December 7, 1978. Mrs. Leu was educated in Ripon. She had lived...

January 27, 1989

January 17, 1989

Thomas E. Siebenhaar, 72, of Rose-Eld Rd, Town of Rosendale, died Tuesday, January 17, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born June 22, 1916, in the Town of Lamartine to Otto and Katherine Whyte Sievenhaar. On June 9, 1945, he married Agnes Bauer in Oshkosh. Mr. Siebenhaar was educated in Rosendale. He had lived in Rosendale the last 43...

January 17, 1989

Miss Ella M. Kraft, 91, of Ripon, died Tuesday, January 17, 1989, at Parkview Nursing Home, Ripon. She was born January 8, 1898 in Green Lake to William and Augusta Schillert Kraft. She never married. Miss Kraft had lived in Green Lake all her life. She was a teller at the Green Lake State Bank. She was a member of...

January 16, 1989

Paul G. Dreger, 99, of 50 Wolverton Ave., Ripon, died Monday, January 16, 1989, at Parkview Nursing Home, Ripon. He was born November 20, 1889, in Hubbard Township, Dodge Co., to Theodor Draeger and Henriette Haak. He married Frances E. Wood on December 4, 1911 in Brandon. She preceded him in death on August 9, 1978. Mr. Dreger was a...

January 14, 1989

Herman H. Berndt, age 93, of Ripon, died on January 14, 1989, at Sunnyview Nursing Home in Princeton, WI. Herman was born October 25, 1895 in the Town of Brooklyn, WI, the son of Ferdinand and Anna (Naatz) Berndt. On December 5, 1917, he married Florence Gatzke. He lived in the Ripon area all of his life. Herman was a...

January 12, 1989

Mrs. Alice Carol Clarke, 83, of Green Lake, died Thursday, January 12, 1989 at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born June 22, 1905, in Salem, Massachusetts to James and Elizabeth Cohig Bryson. She married Harry Clarke and he preceded her in death. Mrs. Clarke was educated in Salem. She was a nurse. She had resided the last 4 years in...

January 9, 1989

Mr. William A. Ritchay, 66, of 820 Watson St. Ripon, died January 9, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born July 14, 1922, in Stevens Point to Raymond and Elizabeth Welch Ritchay. On August 20, 1949, he married Ellen Gordon. Mr. Ritchay was a 1950 graduate of Marquette Law School. He was an attorney and had lived in Ripon...

January 9, 1989

Frances Pionke, 97, formerly of Pittsville, died Monday, January 9, 1989, at Parkview Nursing Home, where she had been a resident since April 1972. She was born December 5, 1891, in Brazil to Vincent and Mary Skonieczna. She moved to Chicago at age 13 and attended Chicago schools. They later moved to Almond. She married Joseph J. Pionke on November...