Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Leonard (Skip) Stein
July 19, 2003
Leonard Anthony Stein, affectionately known all of his life as “Skip Stein” died on July 19, 2003. Skip was born on November 19, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Anthony Leonard Stein and Hazel Braatz Stein. Skip and his parents moved to Ripon when he was a young boy. Skip left Ripon High School at the age...
Judith Theodozio
July 10, 2003
Judith Ann Theodozio, 63, of 500 Pleasant Ct., Berlin, passed away peacefully at home in the early morning on July 10, 2003, with her family at her side. Judith was born on October 18, 1939 the daughter of Chester and Anna-Mae (Russell) Habermann in West Allis, WI. She graduated from West Allis High School. Judy lived in Sussex, WI and...
Marcella Hoffman
July 10, 2003
Marcella Ruth Bluemke HoffmannMrs. Marcella “Mars” Hoffmann, 96, died July 10, 2003, at Markesan Resident Home. She was born June 27, 1907, in the village of Rosendale, the ninth of eleven children of August H. and Emma Schmidt Bluemke. She was educated there and after marriage to William J. Hoffmann of Marshfield, Wisconsin, lovingly reared five children. She lived her...
Grace Jonas
July 5, 2003
Grace G. Jonas, age 96, of Ripon, pased away Saturday, July 5, 2003, at the Markesan Resident Home. Grace was born July 31, 1906, in Berlin, a daughter of Frank and Theresa (Strebelinski) Grota. She graduated from Berlin High School. On October 6, 1930, she married Erwin E. Jonas in Berlin. Grace was employed as a Bookkeeper at Speed Queen...
Edmund Luebke
July 3, 2003
Edmund (Big Ed) H. Luebke, age 91, Ripon, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2003 at Parkview Care Center. Ed was born December 24, 1911, on the family farm near Juneau, as an only child to Herman and Bertha Luebke. Ed attended school in Juneau. As a boy growing up on the farm, Ed learned to fly his father’s Curtis Jenny....
Lorraine Hughes
June 25, 2003
Lorraine “Andy” Hughes, 83, of W11590 Center Rd, Ripon, died June 25, 2003, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born February 21, 1920, in Tarrytown, NY, the daughter of Evard H. and Lillian (Millett) Anderson. After graduating from high school, she attended college in Illinois. On December 14, 1946, she married William Douglas Hughes in Cincinnati, OH. They lived in...
James Blank
June 25, 2003
James G. Blank, age 57, formerly of Ripon, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at Clearview Long Term Care & Rehabilitation in Juneau where he had lived the past 6 years. He was born May 18, 1946, in Ripon, a son to Gordon and Viola (Berger) Blank. After graduating from Ripon High School, he attended Fox Valley Technical School. James had...
George Fitzwater
June 24, 2003
George Elmer Fitzwater, Jr, age 78, of 433 W Oshkosh St, Ripon, died Tuesday morning, June 24, 2003, at Michalene’s in Ripon. He was born February 10, 1925, in Greenville, Texas, a son to George Elmer and Margaret (Van Sickle) Fitzwater, Sr. He was educated in Corpus Christi, Texas. George entered the U.S. Army in 1943, and served in the...
Florence Van Kirk
June 16, 2003
Florence B. Van Kirk, age 94, of Ripon, died Monday evening, June 16, 2003, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born March 30, 1909, in Berlin, the daughter of Furman and Ella (Armstrong) Van Kirk. She received her early education at Clark Elementary School in Berlin. In 1921, along with her parents and brother, Gilbert, moved to Ripon where...
Ramona Kessler
June 14, 2003
RAMONA JEAN KOHL KESSLER, 90, formerly of Ripon, passed away on June 14, 2003, in Spooner, WI.Ramona Jean Kohl was born October1, 1912 to Ceylon and Mildred Kohl in Ripon Wisconsin. Mona attended Layton Art School, Milwaukee. She married Alex (Bud) Kessler on March 2, 1935 in Plymouth, WI. They had three children, William, Judith and Jean. They lived in...
John Powless
June 14, 2003
In Loving Memory ofJohn Clarence PowlessNovember 5, 1941 – June 14, 2003John Clarence Powless, age 61, of Redgranite and Milwaukee, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly early Saturday morning, June 14, 2003 at his home in Redgranite.John was born November 5, 1941 in Rushville, NE to Clarence M. Powless and Ethel N. (Maxwell) Powless. He lived with his parents on the...
David Manthei
June 14, 2003
David Manthei, age 57, of Ripon, WI died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at the Fond du Lac County Health Care Center, Harbor Haven Nursing Home, Fond du Lac, WI. David was born December 17, 1945, in Fond du Lac, the son of Harold and Helen Manthei of Ripon. David was a special person with Down syndrome. David resided at his...
Richard Cutter
June 12, 2003
Richard Marvin Cutter, age 57, of W14293 South Koro Rd #3, Ripon, died Thursday, June 12, 2003, at the home of his daughter, with his wife at his side. He was born July 15, 1945, in Milwaukee, the son of William Robert and Evelyn June (Doering) Cutter. He received his education in Ripon. Richard had been a truck driver for...
Helen Williams
June 12, 2003
Helen E. Williams, age 85, of 129 Stoney Ridge Rd, Ripon, died unexpectedly Thursday evening, June 12, 2003, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born December 9, 1917, in Brandon, the daughter of William and Della (DeGroot) Loomans. She graduated from Brandon High School and Berlin Normal, and taught school for a period of time. On April 21, 1940, she...
Arvilla Breivogel
May 25, 2003
Arvilla F. Breivogel, age 79, of 1025 Metomen St., Ripon, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2003, at her home. Arvilla was born August 21, 1923, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, a daughter of Emil E. and Gladys F. (Lehman) Polfuss. She graduated from Princeton High School. On January 31, 1947, she married Orville Brievogel at Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ,...
Clarence Powless
May 25, 2003
Clarence Milburn Powless, age 90, of Preston Place, Redgranite, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2003, at Juliette Manor, Berlin. Clarence was born March 11, 1913 in Manderson, SD, to John C. and Inez R. Powless. He attended government schools at Flandreau and Wakpala, SD, Santee, NE and Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas. He enjoyed music and became quite an accomplished musician...
Gladys Retzlaff
May 25, 2003
Gladys Irene Retzlaff, age 79, died Monday, May 26, 2003, at her home at 2972 State Rd 55 in Crandon, Forest County, WI. She was born October 3, 1923, in the Town of Ripon, the daughter of Frank and Ethel (Stellmacher) Ninneman. Gladys attended Ripon Schools. On February 22, 1941, she married Wilbert Retzlaff, and they made their home in...
William Kintz
May 18, 2003
William C. Kintz, age 81, formerly of Ripon and San Pablo, CA, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, at Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, Waupaca County. He was born February 2, 1922, the son of Chester and Emma Anna (Zamzow) Kintz. Bill farmed before serving in the Army in Germany from 1945-1946. After the war he worked in construction in California....
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....
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