Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Nelson Mielka
November 6, 1999
Nelson Franklin Mielka, 88, of Ripon, died Saturday evening November 6, 1999, at Markesan Residential Home in Markesan, after an extended illness.On January 27, 1911, Nelson was born the son of Charles and Bertha (Yerk) Mielka inRipon. He graduated from Ripon High School and Ripon College where he received a BA inHistory and was a member of Lambda Delta Alpha...
Irene Aplin
November 3, 1999
Irene Aplin, age 77, of Ripon, WI, died Wednesday, November 3, 1999, at her home. She was born on September 24, 1921, the daughter of Louis and Josephine (Wachoviak) Berlowski. Irene attended Ripon Schools and was employed at Wells Mfg. of Fond du Lac. She lived in the Village of Taycheetah before moving to Ripon. In 1942, Irene married Rollin...
Roland Schwandt
November 3, 1999
Roland T. Schwandt, age 96, died Wednesday, November 3, 1999, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. He was born February 8, 1903, the Town of Metomen, the son of Herman and Emma (Nest) Schwandt. He attended rural school, and then farmed most of his life. Roland loved playing with children and singing. He is survived by several nieces and nephews,...
Esther Liezen
October 31, 1999
Esther Martha Emma Liezen, age 87, of Ripon, WI, formerly of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, died Sunday, October 31, 1999, at Ripon Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 am on Friday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids. Reverend Timothy Wenger and David Albers will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Liezen was born in the...
Darwin Ninneman
October 30, 1999
Darwin Ninneman, age 63, of Parkview Care Center in Ripon, WI, died on Saturday, October 30, 1999, at Ripon Medical Center. Darwin was born March 12, 1936, in Fond du Lac County, the son of Frank and Ethel (Stellmacher) Ninneman. He attended Ripon High School and in 1956, married Marilyn Miller. He was employed at Speed Queen for 19 years,...
Melvin Jurss
October 27, 1999
Melvin Jurss, age 69, of Fond du Lac, WI, died Wednesday, October 27, 1999, from cancer at his daughter’s home in Princeton. He was born April 6, 1930, in Sheboygan, WI, the son of the late Herbert and Elna (Rautmann) Jurss. He graduated from Sheboygan Central High School, and then enlisted and served four years of active duty in the...
Grace Hahn
October 24, 1999
Grace Lydia (Peschke) Hahn passed away at Parkview Care Center in Ripon on October 24, 1999. Formerly a resident of Hall St., Ripon she had been a resident at Parkview for the past seven years because of numerous medical impairments, the most recent being cancer. Grace was born in Fairwater, on February 8, 1916, the only child of Charles C....
Leonard Frank
October 24, 1999
Leonard L. Frank, age 79, of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, October 24, 1999, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon where he has lived these past couple months. He was born July 29, 1920, in Joliet, IL, a son to Arthur Karl and Maybelle Jean (Ludtke) Frank. The family moved to the area to farm when Leonard was two years old....
Gertrude Kraatz
October 18, 1999
Gertrude A. “Peggy” Kraatz, age 94, of Ripon, WI, died Monday, October 18, 1999, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born May 8, 1905, in Hobeken, NJ, a daughter to Frederick and Anna (Stehling) Mitschele. She attended New Jersey Public Schools. On May 5, 1931, she married Rudolph P. Kraatz. She lived in Maywood, NJ and Merritt Island,...
Florence Huelster
October 15, 1999
Florence Huelster, age 85, formerly of Green Lake and most recently of Ripon, WI, died Friday evening, October 15, 1999, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born December 8, 1913, in Oshkosh, and attended Oshkosh High School. In 1934, Florence married Harold Huelster, June 3, 1924. She was a mother and a housewife. She was a member of Our Lady...
Dr. Russell Pelton
October 6, 1999
Dr. Russell Stewart Pelton, II, MD, died October 6th 1999, at Vallhaven Care Center in Neenah, WI. Dr. Pelton was born August 14, 1917, in Waupaca, WI, the son of Marjorie Catherine Stewart Pelton and Dr. John Gordiner Pelton. He graduated from Waupaca High School in 1934 and attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, finishing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in...
Raymond Miller
October 4, 1999
Raymond F. Miller, age 76, of Berlin, WI, formerly of Ripon, died Monday, October 4, 1999, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born May 11, 1923, in Fond du Lac Co., a son to William C. and Hazel (Daehn) Miller. He attended Ripon High School. Ray was self-employed at Miller Carpentry for 50 years and until recently had lived in...
Harold Beier
October 4, 1999
Harold G. Beier, age 80, formerly of Willowbrook Apts, Ripon died Monday, October 4, 1999, at Parkview Care Center after a short stay. He was born March 20, 1919, in the Town of Brooklyn, a son to Arthur J. and Minnie (Helmer) Beier. Harold worked 30 years for Koplin and Kinas and 10 years for the Town of Ripon. On...
Carol Krueger
October 3, 1999
Carol J. Krueger, age 54, of Maryridge Group Home, 536 Mayparty Dr, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1999, at Clearview South in Juneau.She was born Aug. 23, 1945, in Milwaukee Co., a daughter to Marion Krueger. Since 1975, Carol lived in Ripon, and was employed at the Ripon Area Service Center, and was involved in Special Olympics of WI.Carol is survived...
Georgia Houlihan
October 3, 1999
Georgia Houlihan, 87, formerly of Ripon, died October 3, 1999 in LaCrosse, after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born Georgia Lennis Whitt, the daughter of George and Augusta, on March 22, 1912, in Gallatin, MO. She graduated from Gallatin High School and completed a brief teaching course at Northwest Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville,...
Rene' Amadry
September 29, 1999
Rene’ Paul Amadry, age 98, formerly of Green Lake, WI, died Wednesday, September 29, 1999, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. Rene’ graduated from Issy-les Moulineaux Chef School in Vichy France and then worked in the best restaurants in the Chicago downtown loop. After his marriage to the former Florence McKinny Norton in Green Lake in 1936, he was head...
Donald Stende
September 29, 1999
Donald E. Stende, age 86, of Ripon, died Wednesday, September 29, 1999, at Grancare Nursing Center in Fond du Lac.He was born June 21, 1913, in Ulen, MN, a son to John and Della (Jensen) Stende. He attended Moorhead State Teachers College in Moorhead, MN, and was an elementary school teacher. He served in the Army Infantry during World War...
Elroy Briese
September 26, 1999
Elroy E. Briese, age 69, of Ripon, died unexpectedly at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton on Sunday, Sept. 26, 1999.He was born in Waukesha on Jan. 16, 1930, the son of Walter and Alvina (Harke) Briese. He served in the National Guard from Jan. 26, 1954, to Jan. 25, 1956. He worked at Ripon College in the Maintenance Department from...
Frieda Braun
September 19, 1999
Frieda Braun, age 88, formerly of Ripon, died Sunday, September 19, 1999, at Parkview Care Center.She was born September 8, 1911, in Pleasant Prairie, WI, a daughter to Frederick and Emily (Erich) Krimel. She attended school in Sheboygan. On January 24, 1933, she married Karl Frederick Braun in Sheboygan. Frieda was a partner in the Breadbasket Bakery in Ripon. She...
Walter Baron
September 9, 1999
Walter John Baron, 78, of Green Lake, passed away on September 9, 1999. Walter was born on March 31, 1921, the son of Fred and Jenny (Felke) Baron. He graduated from High School and served his country in WWII. He married Joan A. Young.
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