Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Jabin Lawson

Jabin Lawson

Dec 25, 1998

Jabin J. Lawson, 71, of Brandon WI, died Friday morning December 25, 1998, at his home.Jabin was born December 26, 1926, in the Town of Rosendale, son of the late John and Anna Blackburn Lawson. He married Cora Turner in Brandon on June 3,1948. Jabin and Cora celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 3, 1998. Jabin served his country during...

David Brittain

David Brittain

Dec 16, 1998

David B. Brittain, age 72, of Brandon died Tuesday, December 15, 1998, at his home after one helluva life. He was born December 24, 1925, in Chicago. He graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy and briefly served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He then attended DePauw University in Greencastle, IN, where he received his bachelor of arts and master...

Alfred Penke

Alfred Penke

Dec 15, 1998

Alfred Otto Penke, age 79, of theTown of Ripon, died December 15, 1998, at University Hospital in Madison.He was born October 16, 1919, in Ripon, a son of the late Otto andJulia (Hopp) Penke. He attended school in Ripon, and served in the U.S.Army during World War II. Alfred had worked as a machinist at SpeedQueen in Ripon for 30...

Irene Gneiser

Irene Gneiser

Dec 13, 1998

Irene E. Gneiser, age 81, of Green Lake, died Sunday, December 13, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born November 24, 1917, in Markesan, a daughter to Earl and Mary (McCullough) Lee. She was a graduate of Green Lake H.S. and Berlin County Normal, and for several years taught in county elementary schools. On October 5, 1940, she married Frederic...

Rose Belling

Rose Belling

Dec 5, 1998

Rose M. Belling, 93, passed away Saturday evening December 5, 1998, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home, in Fond du Lac.She was born April 28, 1905, in Town of Lamartine, a daughter to the late Louis and Sophia (Russ) Hilt. Rose married Alfred Frank Belling November 21, 1925. She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church at Rosendale, WI.Rose...

Ruby Kaufman

Ruby Kaufman

Dec 2, 1998

Ruby M. Kaufman, age 88, of Ripon, WI, died Wednesday, December 2, 1998, at Parkview Care Center. She was born June 1, 1910, in Oakfield, a daughter to the late Peter and Francis (Kattler) Kaufman. She was a graduate of Oakfield High School and St. Agnes School of Nursing in Fond du Lac. Ruby was a registered nurse in the...

Erlyn Liptow

Erlyn Liptow

Dec 2, 1998

Erlyn Lauren Liptow, known as “Shorty”, age 71, of Ripon, WI, died Tuesday, December 2, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center after a long illness. He was born February 18, 1927, in Ripon, a son of the late Elmer and Ida (Quast) Liptow. He was a graduate of Ripon High School. “Shorty” was a truck driver for Nellis Limestone Quarry prior...

Robert Sweeney

Robert Sweeney

Nov 29, 1998

Robert H. “Bob” Sweeney, age 67, of Ripon, died November 29, 1998, at his home.He was born May 3, 1931, in Fond du Lac, a son to the late Dan J. and Emma (Holmes) Sweeney. He attended school in Fairwater and was a graduate of Ripon High School. On May 2, 1953, he married the former LaRayne Schmuhl. As a...

Daniel Schultz

Daniel Schultz

Nov 27, 1998

Daniel David Schultz, age 79, of Ripon, died Friday, November 27, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.He was born September 19, 1919, in Dorchester, WI, a son of the late Gustave N. and Lyda (Lietzow) Schultz. Dan moved to Ripon in 1929, and went through the Ripon Schools and graduated from Ripon College in 1941. He served 5 years in the...

Edwin Prellwitz

Edwin Prellwitz

Nov 23, 1998

Edwin G. Prellwitz, 85, of Ripon, died early Monday morning, November 23, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.Edwin was born on March 5, 1913, in Ripon, the son of Albert and Edith (Butler) Prellwitz. He graduated from Ripon High School. On June II, 1936, he married Louise Waltenberry. He was a devoted member of lmmanuel United Methodist Church of Ripon. Edwin...

Leola Klingbeil

Leola Klingbeil

Nov 18, 1998

Leola A. Klingbeil, age 87, formerly of Ripon and currently of Parkview Care Center, died Wednesday, November 18, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born December 30, 1910, in rural Ripon, a daughter toRudolph and Amelia (Klawitter) Hahn. She received her education atPrairie Lawn School. On June 2, 1956, she married Harold Klingbeil andthey made their home in Ripon. Leola...

Rosemary "Rosie" Farvour

Rosemary "Rosie" Farvour

Nov 9, 1998

Rosemary “Rosie” Farvour. 77, reached eternal peace at Mercy Medical Center on November 9, 1998. Her death came as the result of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurism on November 1.Rosemary was born October 5, 1921, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Lester I. and Lillian C. DuMez. She attended the Wauwatosa public schools and graduated in 1939. She attended Ripon College...

Frederick Butler Jr

Frederick Butler Jr

Nov 1, 1998

Frederick D. Butler, Jr., age 79 of Green Lake, died Sunday, November 1, 1998, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon after a brief stay.He was born December 22, 1918, in Alton, IL, a son of the late The Rev. Frederick and Marie (Nelson) Butler, Sr. He graduated from University High School in Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an then...

Jack Congdon

Jack Congdon

Oct 31, 1998

Jack Congdon, age 63, a resident of the Ripon Area Residential Center, died Saturday, October 31, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born April 15,1935, in Palmyra, WI, a son to Mr. & Mrs. Roy Congdon. Jack has made hishome at the residential center since March of 1992.There will be no visitation or funeral service, and cremation will take...

John Mickle Jr

John Mickle Jr

Oct 30, 1998

John Lewis Mickle, Jr., age 78, of Fond du Lac, passed away Friday, October 30, 1998, at home.He was born October 4, 1920, in Fond du Lac, the son of the late Gladys Cochrane Mickle and John Lewis Mickle, Sr. He graduated from Ripon High School in 1938. He married Norma Lee Dugger Mickle on August 15, 1943, in Corpus...

Hazel Stanbery

Hazel Stanbery

Oct 29, 1998

Hazel Stanbery, age 88, Puckaway Rd, Markesan, died Oct. 29, 1998, at the home of her son in Ripon. Private visitation was held at the Butzin-Marchant Funeral Home on November 1, 1998, and funeral service and interment was November 3, 1998, in DeKaib, IL.

Bernice Mosolf

Bernice Mosolf

Oct 20, 1998

Beatrice Mosoif, age 82, of Ripon, died Tuesday, October 20, 1998, at Parkview Care Center.She was born July 2, 1916, in Princeton, a daughter to Anton & Catherine (Marshall) Polus. She received her education in Princeton. On May 4, 1937, she married Percy Mosolf. Bernice had lived in Princeton and Fond du Lac prior to moving to Ripon in 1978....

Carl Giese

Carl Giese

Oct 18, 1998

Carl Giese, 72, of Markesan, died Sunday, October 18, 1998, at Waupun Memorial Hospital.He was born August 30, 1926, in Fond du Lac, a son to the late Otto and Laura (Strelow) Giese. He was educated in Springvale and Oakfield, and graduated from Rosendale High School. He later served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1944-1945. On January 7,...

Helen Duzinske

Helen Duzinske

Oct 17, 1998

Helen Duzinske, 90 of Ripon, died at her home on October 17, 1998.Helen was born on April 10, 1908, in Germany the daughter of Ben and Anna (Burger) Felirath. Her family moved to the United States when she was two years old. Helen attended the Fond du Lac Schools, and on April 22, 1926, she married Albert King who died...

Clarence Smoody

Clarence Smoody

Oct 14, 1998

Clarence J. Smoody, age 76, formerly of Ripon, died October 14, 1998, at All About Life Rehabilitation Center in Fond du Lac.He was born February 9, 1922, in Rush Lake, a son to the late John and Rose (Tetzlaff) Smoody. He was educated in Ripon, and later served in the U.S Navy during WWll from 1943-1946. On February 21, 1946,...

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