Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Barbara Jensen
May 26, 2020
Barbara Ann Jensen, age 93, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Whispering Pines Nursing Home in Ripon. She was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and enjoyed 70 years of marriage with Robert Jensen.Due to COVID-19, no funeral services will be held at this time. An updated obituary will be posted if...
Marian Sommerfeldt
May 24, 2020
Marian L. Sommerfeldt, age 69, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at Ripon Medical Center, of heart failure during a battle with Lymph Cancer. Marian was born July 2, 1950, in Pottsville, PA, the daughter of Fred and Elizabeth (Hay) Wiest. She graduated from high school and went on to further her education at Ripon...
Karen Koseck
May 19, 2020
Karen J. Koseck, age 79, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at Prairie Place. Karen was born on March 31, 1941 in Shawano, WI, the daughter of Eddie and Agnes (Klitz) Beilke. She graduated from Bowler Union High School and in 1963 she married Ralph D. Koseck. Karen was a devoted member of St. Stephen's Lutheran...
Deidre Hawse
May 16, 2020
Deidre Hawse, age 73, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on May 16, 2020 at her home. Deidre was born in Connecticut. She graduated from high school and went on to marry Robert “Bob” Lawrence Hawse, Jr. in Aurora, IL. She worked as a secretary for Western Union phone company and retired at the age of 52. Deidre was an...
Allen Smith
May 16, 2020
Allen H. Smith, age 81, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at Pleasant Park Place. Allen was born June 2, 1938 in Portage, WI, the son of Harold and Mabel (Bauman) Smith. He graduated from Montello High School in 1956 and married Lila Messer in Portage, WI on November 7, 1959. He worked for many years...
Joanne Adamski
May 15, 2020
Joanne Margaret Adamski, age 90, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020 at her home. Joanne was born September 2, 1929 in Oshkosh, WI, the daughter of Joseph Sr. and Mary Ethel (Morris) Morris. Joanne graduated from Ripon High School in 1949 and married Sylvester Charles Adamski, Sr. in 1950. She worked for many years as a...
Glen Schmidt
May 13, 2020
Glen K. Schmidt, age 69 of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Ripon Medical Center. Per Glen's wishes, there will be no funeral services.
Jennifer Gitzel
May 12, 2020
Jennifer Kay Gitzel, age 65, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. Jennifer was born January 1, 1955, in Ripon, WI, the daughter of Arden and Marjorie (Olejnik) Wagner. She graduated from Ripon High School and went on to receive her license as a real estate broker. On October...
Robert Kimball
May 10, 2020
Robert “Bob” M. Kimball, age 85, of Ripon, WI passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020 at Whispering Pines Nursing Home in Ripon. Bob was born on March 28, 1935 in Laona, WI, the son of Lucille Kimball. He graduated from Laona High School and went on to serve our country in the U.S. Army as an 82nd Airborn Paratrooper...
Steven Hoffman
May 9, 2020
Steven W. Hoffman, age 58, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at home surrounded by his family. Steve was born August 29, 1961 in Berlin, WI, the son of Karly and Lucille (Grant) Hoffman. He attended Green Lake High School in Green Lake, WI. Steve worked for many years as a chef, most recently for the...
Mary Ellen Grahn
May 7, 2020
Mary Ellen Grahn, age 88, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020, surrounded by family. Mary Ellen was born April 22, 1932 in Waupun, WI, the daughter of Steven and Ann (Vande Kolk) Vande Brink. She married Reuben James Grahn on August 16, 1952 at Immanuel United Methodist Church in Ripon. Mary Ellen was a hard-working housewife,...
Joan Bischoff
May 5, 2020
Joan Elizabeth Bischoff, age 88, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at Prairie Place in Ripon. Joan was born February 21, 1932, in Louisville, KY, the daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth (Hoefler) Burrington, Sr. She graduated from high school in Baraboo, WI. On February 21, 1952, Joan married Gordon A. Bischoff Sr. She worked as a...
Walter Rueger
May 5, 2020
Walter Rueger, age 94, of Ripon, WI, was called to Christ's kingdom of glory on May 5, 2020 at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Appleton, WI.
Walter was born in Unterheimbach, Germany on March 1, 1926. He was the eldest son of Otto and Marie Rueger. He served his country in the Army at the end of WWII as a member...
Evelyn Mantik
May 1, 2020
Evelyn Dorothy Mantik, age 91, of Ripon, Wisconsin, passed away to her eternal home on Friday, May 1, 2020 at Berlin Theda Care Medical Center. Evelyn was born on August 28, 1928 on her family’s farm near Green Lake, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Reinhold and Pauline (Keplin) Feder. She attended Green Lake County School. On August 30, 1947,...
Ruth Belmont
April 23, 2020
Ruth Alice Belmont, age 95, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at Prairie Place in Ripon. Ruth was born February 10, 1925 in Eureka, WI, the daughter of John and Evelyn (Young) Chase. She graduated from Berlin High School in Berlin, WI and married Gordon Belmont in Ripon on December 7, 1946. Ruth worked as a...
James Winkler
April 18, 2020
James Lee Winkler, age 77, of Fond du Lac, WI, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020, at his home after a long battle with cancer. Jim was born June 22, 1942 in Oelwein, IA, the son of Max and Shirley (Greene) Winkler. Jim graduated from Arlington High School in Arlington, IA and served our country in the United States...
Ruth Bunkelmann
April 15, 2020
Ruth D. Bunkelmann, age 92, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at her home. Ruth was born February 10, 1928, in Milwaukee, WI, the daughter of Erich and Olga (Bauch) Jeske. She graduated from Kewaskum Public High School and attended Normal School to be a teacher. In 1949, Ruth married Harold H. Bunkelmann. Before retiring, Ruth...
Elizabeth Ringstad
April 13, 2020
Visitation for Elizabeth will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2021, from 9:30 - 10:30 am at First Congregational Church of Ripon, 220 Ransom St., Ripon, WI 54971.Memorial service for Elizabeth will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at First Congregational Church of Ripon, with Rev. Jeffrey Dodson officiating. CLICK TO WATCH MEMORIAL SERVICE First Congregational...
Clarence Krentz, Jr.
April 11, 2020
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others.” THUCYDIDESIt has been one full year since Clarence's passing. While Covid-19 continues to take so much from our lives, our family hopes you will join us to celebrate Clarence, a friend to so many, in love, spirit, and prayer....
Jimmie Dimick
April 8, 2020
Jimmie M. Dimick, age 85, of Rosendale, WI, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at home with her family by her side. Jimmie was born on August 30, 1934 in Coryelle County, TX (Fort Hood), the daughter of Francis and Irene (Brookshire) Wolf. She attended Maple and Shive elementary schools in Texas for grades 1 through 8 and graduated...
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