Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Evelyn Weisnicht

Evelyn Weisnicht

January 15, 2002

Evelyn E. (Bornick) WeisnichtEvelyn E. (Bornick) Weisnicht, age 96, formerly of Ripon, died Tuesday morning, January 15, 2002, at the Markesan Resident Home in Markesan. She was born April 9, 1905, in Green Lake County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Bornick. She received her schooling in Green Lake County, and on February 27, 1931, she married Albert H....

Dorothy Pelton

Dorothy Pelton

January 14, 2002

Dorothy Casey Pelton, 87, formerly of Ripon entered into life eternal at the Vallhaven Care Center in Neenah on January 14, 2002.Dorothy was born November 9, 1914, in rural Kentucky. She was the third child of 6 to John Taylor and Anna Florence (Roberts) Casey. She attended Science Hill Academy in Shelbyville, KY, graduated from Simpsonville High School, and earned...

Ruth Dumdie

Ruth Dumdie

January 9, 2002

Ruth Mary Dumdie Ruth Mary Dumdie, 83, of 570 Mayparty Drive, Ripon, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 9, 2002, at Michalene's in Ripon.She was born Sept. 6, 1918, in the State of Washington, a daughter of George and Blanche (Smart) Weiss. Ruth graduated from school in Tomah, and attended one year at Ripon College. On Sept. 12, 1939, she married Carl...

Pearl Steward

Pearl Steward

January 9, 2002

Pearl Grace Steward, age 75, of 809 8th St. Baraboo, died Wednesday morning, January 9, 2002 in Baraboo.She was born May 21, 1926 in Mercer, the daughter of Arthur and E. (Spitter) Hecker. She received her education in Milwaukee. In 1945, she married August Steward in Milwaukee, and he preceded her in death. For 25 years Pearl had been a...

Don Thomann

Don Thomann

January 6, 2002

Don Frederick Thomann, age 84, died early Sunday morning, January 6, 2002, at his home.He was born August 17, 1917, in Dixon, IL, the son of Frederick A. Thomann (deceased May, 1956) and Grace Louise Thomann (nee McMahon) (deceased April, 1986). He grew up and was educated in East Moline, IL, and attended the University of Chicago (AB Degree 1938;...

Jean Skou

Jean Skou

December 25, 2001

Jean Wellnitz Skou, died December 25, 2001, at Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh. She was born May 22, 1934, in Marquette, WI, to Frederick and Anna (Albrecht) Wellnitz.She is survived by her husband, Eiler Skou, her son, Jeff Skou, her sisters, Fern (Edgar) Zimmerman, Nadine (Raymond) Challoner, Carol Groose, and Ruth Sommers and nieces and nephews.Private memorial service will be held.Please...

Elvira Stark

Elvira Stark

December 24, 2001

Elvira Jean Stark, age 62, died Monday morning, December 24, 2001, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born July 4, 1939, in Ripon, a daughter to Herman and Mayme (Hoeft) Stark. She was a 1957 graduate of Ripon High School and later graduated from the Milwaukee School of Nursing. Elvira had lived in Milwaukee most of her life...

Gladys Resheske

Gladys Resheske

December 22, 2001

Gladys Resheske, age 79, of Ripon, entered eternal rest with God, on Saturday, December 22, 2001. She died peacefully at Open Arms CBRF in Green Lake after a lingering illness. Gladys was born in rural Ripon, October 19, 1922, a daughter of John and Anna (Paul) Duzinski. She was raised and educated in Ripon and married Gordon F. Gneiser of...

Charles Stracy

Charles Stracy

December 20, 2001

Charles Elmer Stracy, age 68 of Ripon, died Thursday morning, December 20, 2001, at his home under Hospice Care after a long battle with cancer. He was born June 8, 1933, in Ripon, a son to Elmer and Marie (Splittgerber) Stracy. He graduated from Ripon High School and worked at Ripon Foods. In June of 1953, he entered the U.S....

Lawrence Kennedy

Lawrence Kennedy

December 18, 2001

Lawrence T. Kennedy , age 71, of Green Lake, WI, died Tuesday morning, December 18, 2001, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh with his family by his side. He was born July 15, 1930, in New Lisbon, WI, the son of George and Josephine (Lyons) Kennedy. He graduated from New Lisbon High School and then served in the U.S. Army....

Corrine Mabbott

Corrine Mabbott

December 18, 2001

Corrine E. Mabbot, age 75, formerly of Markesan, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 18, 2001, at Michalene’s in Ripon where she had lived the past 2-1/2 years.She was born on December 18, 1926, in Superior, WI, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Eck) Broton. Corrine attended Superior Central High School and Duluth Business College. She had been a secretary...

William Hielke

William Hielke

December 18, 2001

William F. Hielke, age 88, formerly of rural Ripon, died Tuesday morning, December 18, 2001, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.He was born May 7, 1913, in the Town of Green Lake, A son to William and Ida (Weiss) Hielke, Sr. He attended school in Markesan. On December 12, 1936, he married Margaret Voeltner. For most of his life, he...

Warren Page

Warren Page

December 17, 2001

Warren Eugene Page, age 75, Ripon, died Monday evening, December 17, 2001, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.He was born July 9, 1926, in Ripon, a son to Henry and Anna (Witt) Page. Warren graduated from Ripon High School, and on March 15, 1951, he married Evelyn Nimmer. He had been a truck driver for 4X Co. until his retirement. Mr....

Myron King

Myron King

December 15, 2001

Myron John King, age 51, of Skunk Ridge Lane, Town of Green Lake, died un-expectantly Saturday afternoon, December 15th, 2001, at his home.He was born September 21, 1950, in Berlin, the son of George Lyle and Celest Agnes (Parsons) King. Myron was a graduate of Green Lake High School. He was a Vietnam Veteran, having served in the US Army...

Charles Hoover

Charles Hoover

December 15, 2001

Charles W. Hoover, 80, of Fond du Lac, died Saturday, December 15, 2001, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home.Charlie Brown, as his friends knew him, was born in Cuba, Kansas, to Dallas and Winnifred Napier Hoover on July 19, 1921. After graduating in 1939 from Narka High School, in Narka, Nebraska, he enlisted in the US Army (Company C,...

Therese Reinsch

Therese Reinsch

December 12, 2001

Therese “Terry” Reinsch, age 69, of 307 Union St., Ripon, died December 12, 2001, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born April 13, 1932, in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Raymond and Genevie (Pumerville) Klinzing. She graduated from Beaver Dam High School, and later married Lawrence Reinsch. Therese had worked as a sewer at Admanco in Ripon for 26 years....

Marie Jahnke

Marie Jahnke

December 11, 2001

Marie Anne Jahnke, 71, of 477 Lake Street, Green Lake, passed away at her home on Tuesday, December 11, 2001.Marie was born on December 8, 1930, in Park Falls, the daughter of Carl and Emma (Perlich) Hoffman. She graduated from Waupaca High School, and was a secretary for the Farm Bureau Rural Insurance of Green Lake, and later worked for...

Ira Hutchison

Ira Hutchison

December 10, 2001

Ira Hutchison, 89, of 430 Shepard St., Ripon, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2001 at Ripon Medical Center.Ira was born on April 22, 1912 the son of George W. and Harriet (Rector) Hutchison in Fond du Lac, WI. He graduated from Ripon High School, and served his country in WWII in Europe. Ira worked as a baker for Ripon...

Lauren Dunn

Lauren Dunn

December 9, 2001

Lauren “Curly” F. Dunn, 82, of Willowbrook Apartments, Ripon, passed away on Sunday Evening, December 9, 2001 at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.Lauren was born on July 20, 1919, in Fond du Lac County, the son of Thomas and Minnie (Hahn) Dunn. He attended Ripon High School and went to work for Speed Queen in Ripon on the Paint Line for...

Myrtle Katerzynski

Myrtle Katerzynski

December 4, 2001

Myrtle Katerzynski, age 84, of 207 State St., Ripon, currently residing at Parkview Care Center in Ripon, died early Tuesday morning, December 4, 2001, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born March 10, 1917, in Ripon, a daughter to Richard and Emma (Schroeder) Schmuhl. Myrtle attended school in Ripon. She worked at Speed Queen and later at Ripon Laundry. Until retiring,...