Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Doris Wallace

Doris Wallace

January 16, 2015

Doris Soda Wallace, age 86 of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015, at Fountain View Care Center. She was born in Ixonia, WI, on February 2, 1928, the daughter of Ernst and Ida (Miller) Blank. Doris was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Ripon, WI, all her life. On June 10, 1947 she married...

Ruby Schrader

Ruby Schrader

January 13, 2015

Ruby Schrader, age 89, of Ripon, WI, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at Fountain View Care Center. Ruby was born June 25, 1925, in Ripon, the daughter of John and Leona (Quast) Wood. She married Roy Schrader on September 30, 1944, at the First Evangelical Church (Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ) in Ripon, where she attended for many...

Erma Koplin

Erma Koplin

January 12, 2015

Erma Lucille Koplin (nee Dahms), age 99, of Ripon, WI, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015, at Fountain View Care Center in Ripon.Erma was born October 7, 1915, in the Township of Ripon, the daughter of Carl and Marie (nee Helmer) Dahms. On August 12, 1939, Erma married Edison Koplin at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ripon. She was...

Mary Ellen Romlow- Buhrow

Mary Ellen Romlow- Buhrow

January 11, 2015

Mary Ellen Romlow-Buhrow, age 67, of Ripon, WI, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015, at her home.Mary was born October 18, 1947, in Berlin, WI, the daughter of Leo and Genevieve (Trochinski) Brotske. She was a graduate of Ripon High School and was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Ripon. She married Jerry Buhrow in Ripon...

Walter Kolberg

Walter Kolberg

January 9, 2015

Walter Kolberg Jr., age 82, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI. Walter was born July 16, 1932, in Sheboygan, WI, the son of Walter and Amanda (Grabs) Kolberg Sr. He graduated from Ripon High School in 1950. In 1955, Walter married Mary Randall in Forest Junction, WI....

Lenora Hilke

Lenora Hilke

January 8, 2015

Lenora Hilke, age 87, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at University of Wisconsin Hospital Madison. Lenora was born August 21, 1927, in Lomira, WI, the daughter of Hubert and Selma (Meyer) Schultz. She went to Trinity Lutheran School in Oshkosh and graduated from Oshkosh High School in 1945. Lenora married Gordon Kloehn March 28, 1948....

Kelly Kutzleb

Kelly Kutzleb

January 7, 2015

Kelly Mae Schrauth - Kutzleb, age 76, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at the Barrett House in Ripon. Kelly was born August 25, 1938, in Ludington, MI, the daughter of Ardith Smith. She graduated in Ludington, MI and graduated with a Certificate in Data Processing at West Shore Community College in Scottsville, MI. Kelly worked...

Charlotte Hollenback

Charlotte Hollenback

January 6, 2015

Charlotte Edythe Hollenback, age 95, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Ripon Medical Center. Charlotte was born April 23, 1919, in Kenosha, WI, the daughter of Arthur B. and Elizabeth Louise (Krebsbach) Chase. She worked as a sewer for Handicraft in Princeton and for Fox River Glove in Ripon. In 1958, Charlotte owned and operated...

Joy Lou Failor

Joy Lou Failor

January 4, 2015

Joy Lou Failor, age 87, of Ripon, WI, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015, at the Markesan Nursing Home. Joy Lou was born July 15, 1927, in Fond du Lac, WI, the daughter of Raymond and Lovy (Gressle) Gilmore. She attended Goodrich High School in Fond du Lac where she graduated in 1946. She then married the love of her...

Anita Foelske

Anita Foelske

January 3, 2015

Anita M. Foelske, age 85, of Beaver Dam, WI, formerly of Green Lake, WI, passed away January 3, 2015, at her home. Anita was born December 2, 1929, in Freeport, IL, the daughter of Benjamin and Tena (Miller) Hayunga. Anita graduated from the University of Dubuque, IA, with a degree in education and then went on to teach elementary school....

Violet Specht

Violet Specht

December 31, 2014

Violet Marie Specht, age 93, graduated to Heaven on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon, WI.Violet was born November 23, 1921 in Sheboygan, WI, the daughter of Henry and Sophie (Ruppel) Mertz. She graduated from Sheboygan Central High School and later attended cosmetology school in Milwaukee and was a beautician in the Sheboygan area. Violet married Wilmer...

Letha Ehrenberg

Letha Ehrenberg

December 28, 2014

Letha M. Ehrenberg, age 96, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014, at Prairie Place.Letha was born on October 14, 1918, in Pickett, WI, the daughter of Irwin and Rachel (LeRoy) Kloehn. Letha grew up in Pickett, WI, and graduated from Oshkosh High School. She married Ray C. Ehrenberg, June 3, 1939, in Ripon, WI. Letha and...

Debra Gile

Debra Gile

December 26, 2014

Debra K. Gile, age 60, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014, at Ripon Medical Center. Debra was born June 29, 1954, in Winona, MN, the daughter of Lyle and Norma (Hanson) Daffinson. She graduated from Gale Ettrick Trempealeau High School in Galesville, WI Debra was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, fishing, traveling and gardening. She attended...

Betty Jaber

Betty Jaber

December 22, 2014

Betty Jaber, age 92, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014, at Ripon Medical Center. Betty was born November 28, 1922, in Ripon, the daughter of Ray and Susan (Dugenske) Sterlinske. She graduated from Ripon High School in 1939. On May 10, 1941, Betty married Henry Jaber in Ripon. Betty was a member of the American Legion...

Edward Biedron

Edward Biedron

December 22, 2014

Edward F. Biedron, 97, passed away at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on Dec. 22, 2014. He was born on September 29, 1917 to parents Frank and Catherine Biedron, and grew up in a vibrant Polish-American community in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.As a boy, he loved music, playing the trumpet, baritone, and banjo. At the age of...

Karla Clemons

Karla Clemons

December 17, 2014

Karla M. Clemons, age 55, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at Waupun Memorial Hospital with her family by her side. Karla was born January 3, 1959, in Peoria, IL, the daughter of John and Betty (Bryant) Edwards. She graduated from Peoria Central High School. Karla met the love of her life, Bob Wessels in Ripon...

James Wahoske

James Wahoske

December 12, 2014

James Allen Wahoske, age 80, passed away peacefully at his home in Ripon, WI, on Friday, December 12, 2014.He was born in Ripon on September 18, 1934 to Albert and Lucille (Fochs). Jim graduated from Ripon High School then served his country in the United States Air Force. After completing his military service he returned to Ripon where he met...

Willard Stellmacher

Willard Stellmacher

December 12, 2014

Willard “Bill” Dwight Stellmacher, age 95, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, December 12, 2014, at Barrett House in Ripon with his family by his side. Bill was born December 6, 1919, in Ripon, the son of George and Jessie (Satler) Stellmacher. He proudly served his country in the United States Army serving in the 861st Battalion in Asiatic...

Mary Gibbs

Mary Gibbs

December 7, 2014

Mary E. Gibbs, age 74, Fond du Lac, WI, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2014, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. Mary was born April 16, 1940, in Darlington, WI, the daughter of John and Hazel (Lane) Richter. She graduated from Belmont High School in Belmont, WI. In 1954, Mary married Donald Reisen and then they divorced....

Peter Garbacz

Peter Garbacz

December 7, 2014

Peter W. Garbacz, 96, passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, December 7, 2014. He was born on February 24, 1918, to parents Peter and Mary Garbacz and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He met his wife Lorraine in Chicago, joined the US Army on July 30, 1942, and married Lorraine on January 17, 1943.He was father to 5...