Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Earl Buchholz
July 28, 2002
Earl A. Buchholz, age 79, 425 Pacific St., Ripon, died Sunday evening, July 28, 2002, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. He was born August 3, 1922, in Ripon, the son of August Robert and Anna Elsie (Prellwitz) Buchholz. He graduated from Ripon High School in 1941. He later served in the US Army from January 1943 to February 1946,...

Dorothea Bradley
July 21, 2002
Dorothea M. Bradley, age 88, of Ripon, died Sunday, July 21, 2002, at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac. She was born January 22, 1914, in the Town of Byron, the daughter of Frank and Ida (Gransee) Warren. She was a graduate of Union Free High School in Rosendale, and on February 14, 1942, she married Neal D....

Walter Dahlke
July 21, 2002
Walter Frank Dahlke, age 79, formerly of Ripon, was called to his final rest on July 21, 2002, while residing at Victorian Villa II in Brandon, WI. Walter was born September 4, 1922 to Charles and Emma (Scheer) Dahlke in the Town of Metomen. He was the youn gest of eight children and lived in the Ripon/Green Lake area all...

Marie Ryerson
July 10, 2002
Marie Donnan Ryerson, age 83, of Ripon, died July 10, 2002 at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.She was born January 11, 1919, in Redgranite, a daughter to James and Mary (Clark) Donnan. She graduated from Redgranite High School in 1936. After graduation she worked at the Telephone Office in Redgranite, and in the summer was an assistant cook at the...

Lena Menke
July 10, 2002
Lena Mary Friend-Menke, age 94, of 850 Sunnyside Road, Green Lake, died July 10, 2002 at Green Lake Manor. She was born November 7, 1907 in Audubon, IA to Hans and Christina (Neilsen) Andersen. She received her education at Iowa and worked as a house wife in her own home. On October 31, 1928 she married Rollen Friend and he...

Earle Scott
July 9, 2002
Earle S. Scott, 79, Ripon, died at Parkview Care Center on Tuesday, July 9, 2002.He was born October 16, 1922, in Bellingham, WA, son of Harold (Pete) and Myrtle (Billie) Bagley Scott. He grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada, and moved back to the United States in 1937. He joined the navy in July 1941 and served 52 months in the...

Jeanne Kohn
July 6, 2002
Jeanne Lucille Kohn, age 67, of 977 Metomen St., Ripon passed away Saturday, July 6, 2002 at Oshkosh Mercy Medical Center. Jeanne was born May 28, 1935, a daughter to Herman and Alma (Conrad) Manske in Berlin, WI. She was educated in Berlin Schools and on October 15, 1960 she married Herbert Kohn in Ripon where they resided all of...

Ruth Schultz
July 5, 2002
Ruth Delores Schultz, age 73, of 214 Church St, Fairwater, passed away July 5, 2002, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon after a lengthy illness.She was born October 5, 1929, in Princeton, a daughter to Edmund and Bernice(Brooks) Shurpit. Ruth graduated from Princeton High School, later married OmarGibson Schultz on July 18, 1948. Until 1984, Ruth and Omar, along with...

George Koehler, Sr
July 4, 2002
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Ramona Tesch
July 3, 2002
Ramona Ione Tesch, age 64, of 21 East Thorne Street, Ripon Wisconsin, died unexpectedly on July 3, 2002 at Elyria Memorial Hospital in Elyria, Ohio. She was born June 27, 1938 in Berlin, Wisconsin, a daughter to Frank and Esther (Zahn) Schmudlach. She graduated from Berlin High School, and later attended Cosmetology school of Milwaukee & Moraine Park of Fond...

Claudette Warner
July 2, 2002
Claudette (Swiecki) Warner, age 52, died July 2, 2002, at the home of her mother on the South Shore of Green Lake, Markesan, WI. She was born March 26, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, a daughter to Clifford T. and Jeannette (Lach) Swiecki. Claudette received a B.A. in Anthropology from Knox College and a M.A. in Library Science from Dominican University....

Bernard Elliott
July 2, 2002
Bernard Elliott, age 82, Fond du Lac, died Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at the Fond du Lac County Health Care Center. He was born June 18, 1920, in Rosendale, a son to Charles and Eva (Hyde) Elliott. Bernard worked in maintenance at Speed Queen, Ripon from 1957 until his retirement, and was a member of the United Steel Workers Local...

Russell Oppor
June 28, 2002
Russell Lee Oppor, age 71, Ripon, died Friday morning, June 28, 2002, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon after an extended illness.He was born October 13, 1930, in the Town of Royalton, WI, a son to Frank and Pearl (Miller) Oppor. He served in the U.S. Air Force Military Police from 1951-1955. Russell had been a truck driver most of his...

Helen Plotz
June 26, 2002
Helen V. PlotzHelen V. Plotz, age 95, of Bellingham, WA passed away on June 26, 2002. She was born April 10, 1907 in Ripon, WI to Emil Albert Hass and Marie Helena Stollfuss.She married Arthur H. Plotz in 1933 in Oshkosh, WI. Helen and her late husband operated a farm in the Omro/Poygan area until 1959, when they moved to...

Edward Huettner
June 24, 2002
Edward Michael Huettner, age 78, of N3062 N. Kearley Rd, Markesan, died June 24, 2002 at his home.He was born October 20, 1923 in Hurley, WI, a son to Anton and Elizabeth(Gerth) Huettner. He attended school in New London and was a graduate of theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. He served in the U.S. Army from February 1943 until December 1945 in...

John Roessl
June 14, 2002
John E. Roessl, age 76, of Green Lake, WI. passed away Friday, June 14, 2002 at Berlin Memorial Hospital. John was born February 8, 1926 in Milwaukee, a son to John and Mary (Toman) Roessl. He graduated from Milwaukee Boys Tech and on June 11, 1949 married Charlotte Rahn. He was employed as a Tool Designer at A.O. Smith Company...

Herbert Werch
June 14, 2002
Herbert A. Werch, age 78, of W12558 Willow Rd, Town of Ripon, died Friday morning, June 14, 2002, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh. He was born June 6, 1924, on the Marsh farm in the Township of Eureka, a son to Adolph and Julia (Gitzel) Werch. He received his education in Winnebago County. Herb served for 3 years in...

Lucille Sukowaty
June 13, 2002
Lucille Helen Sukowaty, age 66, of 617 Melanie Lane, Ripon, died Thursday afternoon, June 13, 2002, at her home. She was born November 16, 1935, in New Holstein, a daughter to Raymond and Helen (Heimmermann) Schneider. She was a graduate of New Holstein High School and later graduated from Holy Family School of Nursing in 1956. On September 7, 1957,...

Dawn Smith
June 12, 2002
Dawn M. Smith, age 74, of 821 Newbury St., Ripon, died peacefully at home to be with her Heavenly Maker, with family at her side, Wednesday evening, June 12, 2002.She was born April 27, 1928, in Marshfield, a daughter to Harlow and Ella (Yanke) Hanson. She graduated from high school in Marshfield. On November 19, 1949, she married Lyle L....

John Johnson
June 12, 2002
John L. Johnson, of 560 N. Douglas Street, Ripon, died June 12, 2002 at Appleton Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Donna (Smith) Johnson of Ripon; mother, Marguerite Johnson, sisters, Shirley & Carrie Lynn, and several nieces & nephews of Florida; and mother-in-law, Ruth (Smith) Giombetti and step-father-in-law, Tom Giombetti of Green Lake. A memorial service will be...
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