Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Rosalie H. Jess
March 18, 2025
Rosalie “Rosie” Hope (Rasske) Jess, age 93, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
She was born in Rosendale, WI on December 13, 1931, the third child of Erna Schroeder and William Rasske. She graduated from Ripon High School in 1949. After high school she worked many places including Ripon Knitting Works, Ripon Data, The Garden Center and...
Carolyn C. Brink
October 11, 2024
Carolyn Christine Aldus Brink, age 84, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2024.
Carolyn was born June 6, 1940 in Hazelcrest, IL, daughter of Paul and Maytie (Crane) Aldus. Carolyn graduated from Ripon High School and attended Ripon College. She married Stanley Lee Brink, August 23, 1958. She was employed by the Ripon Public School system in several...
Marshall J. Faulks
April 6, 2025
Marshall Jerome Faulks, age 84, of Ripon, WI passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at home, with his loving wife by his side. He was a devoted husband, dad, grandpa and great-grandpa.
Marshall was born in Waupaca, WI on July 23, 1940, son of Jerome and Elaine (Whitney) Faulks. He graduated from Waupaca High School in 1958, and went...
Harold Louis Leitz
April 3, 2025
Harold “Harry” Louis Leitz, age 77, of Oshkosh, WI, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2025, surrounded by his family at home, after a short illness.
Harry was born in Ripon, WI, on February 20, 1948, son of Herman and Elaine (Schultz) Leitz. He attended Ripon High School where he was involved in wrestling. In his younger years, he was lead...
Patricia T. Krause
April 1, 2025
Patricia “Pat” T. Krause (Dudzinski), age 76 of Ripon, WI passed away and was sent to her eternal home.
Pat was born October 8, 1948 in Ripon, a daughter of Leo and Martha (Krueger) Dudzinski. She graduated from Ripon High School in 1967. Pat married Richard “Dick” Krause on April 8, 1978. She worked many years at Ripon Drug and in...
Karen M. Koentopp
March 31, 2025
Karen Mae (Andre) Koentopp, age 76, of Ripon, WI passed away peacefully on Monday, March 31, 2025 at her home.
Karen was born on April 3, 1948 at Plymouth Hospital, Plymouth, WI to Norman and Roma (Sperl) Andre. She graduated from Elkhart Lake High School in 1966. Karen worked at Cleve-Pak in Plymouth in her younger years, and was a member...
Gene E. Hilke
March 31, 2025
Gene E. Hilke, age 84, of Markesan, WI passed away on Monday, March 31, 2025 at Barrett House in Markesan.
Gene was born in Ripon, WI on April 4, 1940, son of Fred and Lillian (Schultz) Hilke. He graduated from Goodrich High School in Fond du Lac, WI. On June 10, 1961 he married Barbara Willet. Gene worked and retired from...
Adrian Gilliam
March 25, 2025
Adrian “Gil” Gilliam, age 83, of Green Lake, WI passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, with his loving wife by his side.
Gil was born in Kentucky on November 7, 1941, son of James and Louise (Bryant) Gilliam. After high school he went on to serve our country in the U.S. Army, where...
Sandra A. Gruetzmacher
March 24, 2025
Sandra “Sandy” Gruetzmacher, 73, of Berlin, WI, went to her heavenly home on March 24, 2025, at Brown Wilcox Assisted Living in Berlin.
Sandy was born on March 23, 1952, in Ripon, WI to Conrad and Dela (Prellwitz) Asmus. She graduated from Ripon High School in 1970. Sandy was a beautician and operated “Sandy’s Countryside Salon” for several years out of...
George W. King
March 24, 2025
George King, 84, of Green Lake, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 24, 2025, after fighting a 14-year battle with prostate cancer. He was born on February 18, 1941, in Berlin, Wisconsin, the middle child of George Lyle and Celest Parsons King.
George attended Green Lake schools and then UW-Stevens Point and UW-Madison, receiving a BS degree in Civil...
Gordon Sabel
March 23, 2025
Gordon “Gordy” Sabel, 95, of Ripon, WI, was called to heaven on Sunday, March 23, 2025 at his Ripon home.
Gordon was born on March 11, 1930, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI to Benedict and Marcella (Guelig) Sabel. He grew up on a dairy farm in Brandon and attended school there. Gordon served in the U.S. Army...
Audrey M. Conant
March 17, 2025
Audrey (Zahn) Conant, 95, of Ripon, WI, passed away Monday morning, March 17, 2025, at Ripon Hospital. She was born May 27, 1929, in Fairwater, Wisconsin, the second oldest daughter of Reinhold and Francis (Liefke) Zahn. She graduated from Ripon High School in 1947.
In August of 1948, Audrey married Roger B. Conant at the First Congregational Church of Ripon. Audrey...
Donald V. Hallmann
March 15, 2025
Donald “Don” Vernard Hallmann, 93, of Thiensville, WI died peacefully at his home on the morning of Saturday, March 15, 2025.
Born June 1, 1931 on the family farm in Markesan, WI, Don grew up in Marquette and Green Lake counties, graduating from Green Lake High School in 1949, followed by one year in the US Navy. He married his high...
Dennis D. Beuthin
March 9, 2025
Dennis D. Beuthin
The Lord says it’s time to stop this journey to begin a new journey. It started on Sunday, March 9, 2025.
My original journey began on May 27, 1943, in the family of Louie and Viola (Miller) Beuthin, as one of their 10 children.
I graduated from Green Lake High School and went on to serve my country in the...
Deborah Clewell Carver
March 4, 2025
Hello. My name is Deborah Clewell Carver. I was born on November 1, 1953. I passed away peacefully on March 4, 2025, surrounded by so much love of family, friends, and my beloved dog, Smooch. My parents were Jill (Zeratsky) Carver, and Augustus Clewell Carver.
I had an amazing life! My youngest-self memories center in and on Green Lake…the city, our...
William "Bill" A. Yentz
March 3, 2025
William “Bill” Allen Yentz, age 90, of Princeton, WI passed away peacefully on Monday, March 3, 2025 at his home with his family by his side.
Bill was born on July 17, 1934 in Antigo, WI, the son of William N. And Alma (Jordee) Yentz. His parents passed away while he was still young, and he was raised by his oldest...
Samantha F. Barni
March 3, 2025
SAMANTHA FAYE BARNI, age 18, beloved daughter of Joseph E. Barni and Erica L. Witt; cherished granddaughter of Bobbie Adams (husband John), Michael Krueger (wife Grace), Christine & the late John Barni and great-granddaughter of Robert and the late Faye Witt, and Norma Jean Krueger and the late Donald Krueger; treasured niece of Michael, David & Leslie, Tom, Marie, Sue...
Douglas "Bugly" J Poortenga
March 2, 2025
Douglas “Bugly” J. Poortenga, age 73, of Fairwater, WI passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at his home, with his family by his side.
Bugly was born on January 14, 1952 in Grand Rapids, MI, son of Donald and Betty (Elzinga) Poortenga. He graduated from Laconia High School in Rosendale, WI. On September 3, 1979 he married Carla Schultz...
Richard W. Hackbart
February 28, 2025
Richard W. Hackbart, age 82, of Ripon, WI passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 28, 2025, at SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital with his family by his side.
Richard was born in Waukesha, WI on April 20, 1942, the son of Elmer and Bernice (Hanke) Hackbart. After graduating from Westfield High School in1961, he moved to Ripon and worked at Ripon...
Terry W. Blazer
February 25, 2025
Terry W. Blazer, age 77, of Oshkosh (formerly of Green Lake), WI passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at Adelaide Place in Fond du Lac, WI.
Terry was born on November 27, 1947 in Fond du Lac, WI, son of Andrew and Lucille (Ablard) Blazer. He attended high school in Fond du Lac and then went on to serve...
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