Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Gustave Klatt
May 29, 1955
Gustave Klatt, age 85, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 1955 at his home after a heart attack.Gustave was born in Germany on August 15, 1870. In 1895 he married Ida Oelke in Green Lake, WI. He was a building mover.Gustave is survived by his wife Ida and two sons, Raymond of Green Lake, WI and...
Louise Prellwitz
May 27, 1955
Louise B. Prellwitz, age 80, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, May 27, 1955 at Ripon Municipal Hospital.Louise was born in Fairwater, WI on February 5, 1875, the daughter of Karl and Bertha Born. She has lived in Ripon most of her life. On November 29, 1899 she married Richard Prellwitz, who passed away on September 2, 1951.Louise is...
Augusta Thada
May 26, 1955
Augusta Pauline Thada, age 83, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 1955 at Ripon Municipal Hospital.Augusta was born in Manchester, WI on September 3, 1871, the daughter of Karl and Karoline (Thiel) Thada. On August 26, 1888, she married Frederick Wilhelm Thada in Manchester, WI. She has resided in Ripon for over 50 years.Augusta is survived by...
Arlene Swick
May 26, 1955
Arlene Mae Swick, age 27, of Ripon, WI passed away on Thursday, May 26, 1955 at home.Arlene was born in Ripon on September 28, 1927, the daughter of William and Gertrude (Lawson) Swick. She was educated in Ripon and lived there all her life. She worked at the factory office of Advertisers Mfg. Co., and was a member of Rebekah...
Edward Lawson
May 15, 1955
Edward Lawson, age 88, of the town of Eldorado, WI passed away on Sunday, May 15, 1955 at Kasten Nursing Home in Green Lake, WI.Edward was born in the town of Eldorado, WI on April 25, 1867, the son of Emery and Augusta (Winslow) Lawson. He never married and was a farmer in the Eldorado area all his life.Edward is...
Katherine Wright
May 6, 1955
Katherine Wright, age 84, of Ripon, WI passed away on Friday, May 6, 1955 at Ripon Municipal Hospital.Katherine was born in Chicago, IL on August 28, 1870, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Munday) Smith. She was educated in Chicago and worked in the Chicago Public Library for many years. On June 6, 1893 she married Frederick S. Wright in...
Otto Retzlaff
April 28, 1955
Otto Karl Frederick Retzlaff, age 86, of Ripon, WI passed away on Thursday, April 28, 1955 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Van Kirk.Otto was born in Posen, Germany on October 27, 1868, the son of Henry and Ernestin (Hort) Retzlaff. He came to America in 1890 and became a farmer, residing in the...
Frank Bonk, Jr.
April 23, 1955
Frank J. Bonk, Jr., age 69, of Ripon, WI passed away on Saturday, April 23, 1955 at his home in Ripon.Frank was born in Two Rivers, WI on October 2, 1885, the son of Frank Sr. and Johanna (Gonia) Bonk. He was educated in Two Rivers and has also resided in Milwaukee and the last 30 years in Ripon, where...
William Baird
April 20, 1955
William Steven Baird, age 62, of Ripon, WI passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 1955 at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI.William was born in Evanston, IL on June 26, 1892, the son of Wesley and Katherine (Fitzgarold) Baird. On November 17, 1923 he married Minnie Splittgerber in Ripon. William was a farmer and has resided in Green...
Gustave Klingbeil
April 18, 1955
Gustave Klingbeil, age 71, of Mt. Vernon, WA, passed away on Monday, April 18, 1955, at his home.Gustave was born November 30, 1883, in Russia, the son of Ludwig and Mary (Beck) Klingbeil. Interment will take place at Dartford Cemetery in Green Lake.
Carl Meilahn
April 15, 1955
Carl Fredrick Meilahn, age 69, of Ripon, WI passed away on Friday, April 15, 1955 at Ripon Municipal Hospital.Carl was born in Ripon on September 10, 1885, the son of Charles and Henriette (Drews) Meilahn. On December 18, 1907 he married Martha Beutin, and she passed away on April 17, 1948. Carl was a farmer in the Ripon area all...
Emma Zuege
April 12, 1955
Emma Zuege (nee Siedlitz), age 81, of Markesan, WI, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 1955 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Mann in the Town of Manchester, WI.Emma was born in Posen, Germany on July 23, 1873. She has lived in the Town of Rosendale, WI for 60 years and the last 7 years in Markesan, WI....
Arthur Wells
April 12, 1955
Arthur L. Wells, age 67, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 1955 at The Grand Army Home for Veterans in King, WI.Arthur was born in Hainsville, IL on August 31, 1887, the son of Henry and Alice (Owens) Wells. He worked for many years as a Blacksmith in Ripon, and was the owner of the Green Lake...
Mrs. James Fallon
March 31, 1955
Mrs. James Fallon, age 81, of Ripon, WI passed away on Thursday, March 31, 1955 at Waupun Memorial Hospital in Waupun, WI.Mrs. Fallon was born in New York on August 23, 1873, the daughter of John and Ellen (Cotter) Daoly. She has resided in Brandon, WI and Ripon, WI for the last 44 years. On April 4, 1899 she married...
Thomas Sullivan, Sr.
March 30, 1955
Thomas Sullivan, Sr., age 84, of Rosendale, WI passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 1955 at his home.Thomas was born in Rosendale on May 15, 1870, the son of Thomas and Johanna Sullivan. He married May Pierce on April 12, 1898 in Ripon, WI, and she passed away on January 25, 1954. Thomas was a farmer and worked with the...
Walter Burling
March 24, 1955
Walter John Burling, age 92, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 1955, at Kasten Nursing Home in Green Lake.Walter was born November 6, 1884, in the Town of Green Lake, WI. Interment will take place at Green Lake Center Cemetery in the Town of Green Lake.
Adolph Anklum
March 21, 1955
Adolph Gustave Anklum, age 84, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Monday, March 21, 1955 at the home of his daughter, Florence Rudolph.Adolph was born in Pickett, WI on March 27, 1870, the son of Julius and Wilhelmina (Boelter) Anklum. On May 10, 1894 Adolph married Augusta Falk. He was a farmer in Pickett and has lived in Ripon for...
Mary Cain
March 19, 1955
Mary Cain, age 78, of Ripon, WI passed away on Saturday, March 19, 1955 at Fuller Nursing Home in Ripon.Mary was born in Ripon on September 7, 1876, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Leach) Stewart. She resided in and around Ripon all of her life. On February 18, 1895 she married Stephen Cain, also in Ripon.Mary is survived by...
Julius Wilke
March 19, 1955
Julius Wilke, age 76, of Ripon, WI passed away on Saturday, March 19, 1955 at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI.Julius was born in the Town of Mackford, Green Lake County on April 8, 1878, the son of August Wilke. He farmed in the Brandon and lived in Ripon for the last few years.Julius was preceded in death...
Rosalie A'Hearn
March 6, 1955
Rosalie A'Hearn, age 70, of Ripon, WI passed away on Sunday, March 6, 1955 at her home in Ripon.Rosalie was born in Ripon on August 28, 1884, the daughter of John and Mary (Nowicki) Dorsch. She has resided in Chicago, IL, Pontiac, MI, and the last 20 years in Ripon. She married James A'Hearn, and was a member of the...
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