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Caroline Crook
May 15, 2003
Caroline (Carrie) Ethel Crook, age 91, of Ripon, passed away Thursday morning, May 15, 2003, at Michalene’s in Ripon. She was born December 11, 1911, on the family farm on Koro Road in the Town of Nepeuskun, Winnebago County, the daughter of John and Ida (Frank) Konow. She started her schooling at Meadowbrook School about ½ mile from the family...
Earl Andersen
May 14, 2003
Earl Gustav Andersen, age 92, of Parkview Care Center, Ripon, died Wednesday evening, May 14, 2003, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born August 23, 1910, in Oslo, Norway, the son of Kolbjorn and Helene (Karlsen) Andersen. The family came to the United States in 1913, and made their home in Chicago, IL where Earl graduated from Crane High School....
David Zech
May 9, 2003
David Zech, age 78, of W5114 Hwy 26, Brandon, passed away Friday, May 9, 2003 at Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh. David was born March 11, 1925 in Ripon, the son of Frank and Edna (Zamzow) Zech. He was educated in the Rush Lake area. On July 16, 1949, he married Joyce Whitney. David was employed for the Fond du Lac...
Simon Polcyn
May 9, 2003
Simon Donald Polcyn, age 6, of 321 E. Sullivan, Ripon, was taken home to heaven on Friday, May 9, 2003, due to a traffic accident. Simon was born August 12, 1996, in Marshfield, WI, a son to Duwayne and Laura (Novitske) Polcyn. He was a first grader at Barlow Park Elementary School. Simon was a member of Our Saviour’s United...
Merlin Whitney
May 4, 2003
Merlin Warren Whitney, age 66, passed away at his home in the Town of Nepeuskun, Sunday, May 4, 2003. Merlin was born June 13, 1936, in the Town of Ripon, the son of Walter and Myra (Whiting) Whitney. He married Donna Daigle on June 14, 1958, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Ripon. Merlin was a 1954 graduate of Ripon High...
Dorothea Knaak
May 3, 2003
Dorothea Henrietta Knaak, age 88, a resident at Russell Manor, Ripon, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2003, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. Dorothea was born May, 2, 1915, in Chicago, IL, a daughter of Hulda Louise (Klatt) and Herman Frederick Swattnick. She graduated from Green Lake High School in 1933. On June 7, 1941, she married Walter Knaak. They resided...
Eleanore Ziehm
May 2, 2003
Eleanore A. Ziehm, age 83, 504 Russell Dr., Ripon passed away Friday, May 02, 2003, at her home. Eleanore was born August 17, 1919, in Montello, WI, a daughter of Martin and Hazel (Dixon) Farrell. She was educated in Montello and on July 4, 1939, she married Herbert Paul Ziehm in Calumet, IND. They resided in the Redgranite, Ripon, and...
Elizabeth Thieme
May 2, 2003
Elizabeth Thieme, age 76, 150 N. Douglas St. Ripon, passed away Friday, May 2, 2003, at Berlin Memorial Hospital. Elizabeth was born October 4, 1926 in Evanston, IL, a daughter of Harry and Mary (Charnley) Tetlow. She received her education in Maine Township, Park Ridge, IL. On July 22, 1950, she married Robert G. Thieme Jr. They resided in Palatine...
Constance "Connie" Birkrem
Apr 26, 2003
Constance “Connie” Birkrem, age 48, 542 Newbury St. Ripon, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 26, 2003, with her family by her side. Connie was born December 18, 1954, in Madison, WI, a daughter of Lois (Lindberg) and David Greenwood Anderson. She attended Lake Mills schools and graduated from MATC, Madison as a Registered Nurse. On October 12, 1974, she married...
Lois Watson
Apr 26, 2003
Lois Jean Watson, age 85, formerly of the Town of Brooklyn, died April 26, 2003, at the Markesan Resident Home in Markesan. She was born March 10, 1918, in Elgin, IL, the daughter of Frank W. and Maizie (Sorenson) Leach. She graduated from High School in Elgin. On September 23, 1939, she married George Samuel Watson, and they lived in...
Leonard (Zep) Keith
Apr 25, 2003
Leonard (Zep) Thaddeus Keith, age 81, of Ripon, died Friday morning, April 25, 2003, at the Markesan Resident Home in Markesan. He was born January 27, 1922, in Milwaukee, the son of Walter and Mary (Kwieciszewski) Keith. He attended St. Alexander’s and was a 1940 graduate of Pulaski High School in Milwaukee. Leonard had been captain of his high school...
James Ruck
Apr 25, 2003
James Ruck, age 76, of Rosendale, passed away Friday, April 25, 2003, at his home. James was born April 23, 1927, in Milwaukee, a son to Edward and Ella (Mock) Ruck. He was educated in Milwaukee and later joined the U.S. Army where he earned the American Theater Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal. On November 24, 1965, he...
William Gehri
Apr 21, 2003
William E. Gehri, age 84, of Ripon, died Monday, April 21, 2003, at Parkview Care Center where he had been since April 2002. He was born in Tacoma, WA on March 22, 1919, to Eric F. and Margaret (Schwiesow) Gehri. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Tacoma. He married Marion L. Mathwig of Ripon in Tacoma on July 14,...
Eric Robinson
Apr 12, 2003
Eric Jack Robinson, age 61, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2003, at Parkview Health Care Center, Oshkosh. Eric was born September 25, 1941 in Detroit, MI, a son to Jack and Eleanor (Capeling) Robinson. He was educated in Detroit and was employed as a Toolmaker for Detroit Diesel Engines for over 25 years. He married Susan Daehn on November 28,...
Cecelia Radke
Apr 12, 2003
Cecelia Radke, age 96, died Saturday, April 12, 2003 at Michalene’s Care Center, Ripon. Cecelia was born in Easton, Kansas on July 21, 1906, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Hall) Sebroff. After completing her education she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas where she worked at what was the Soldiers Home, now the Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical...
Edna Bartz
Apr 8, 2003
Edna N. Bartz, age 95, formerly of Rosendale, and a resident of Hilltop Manor, Ripon for the past 2 years, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at Parkview Care Center where she had been for 2 weeks. She was born January 20, 1908, in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Lucian and Nettie Close. Edna attended Woodhull Country Grade School....
Michael Drees
Apr 8, 2003
Michael W. Drees, age 24, of 2009 Grove Street, Oshkosh, died April 8, 2003, at his parents’ home. He was born February 5, 1979, in Milwaukee, the son of Walter and Ann (Wilfert) Drees. He graduated from Laconia High School in Rosendale, and attended UW-River Falls in River Falls. Michael enjoyed video games, computers, shooting darts, reading and writing. He...
Harold Smith
Apr 5, 2003
Harold “Harry” Smith Jr. age 76, of Markesan, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2003 at Ripon Medical Center. Harry was born September 26, 1926 in Chicago, IL, a son to Josephine (Zonsius) and Harold P. Smith Sr. He graduated from St. George High School in Evanston, IL and on October 18, 1947 married Rosemary Lamich in Park Ridge, IL. Harry...
Frederic Ninneman
Apr 5, 2003
Frederic “Fred” William Ninneman, age 78, of W1715 Watson Ct, Green Lake, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2003, at Juliette Manor in Berlin. He was born February 24, 1925, on a farm in West Rosendale, a son to Frederic William and Leona (Jaeger) Ninneman. He was educated in Rosendale Schools. Fred served in the Navy during WWII in the South...
Melvin Zeatlow
Mar 30, 2003
Melvin A. Zeatlow, age 72, of 940 Loop Rd, Town of Nepeuskun, died unexpectedly Sunday evening, March 30, 2003, at Berlin Memorial Hospital. He was born August 15, 1930, in Ripon, the son of Emil and Mabel (Radtke) Zeatlow. He graduated from Ripon High School, and then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. On September 30, 1950,...
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