Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Ruby Kaufman

Ruby Kaufman

December 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...

Robert Sweeney

Robert Sweeney

November 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

November 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

November 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

November 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

November 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

November 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

October 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

October 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

October 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

October 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

October 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

October 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

October 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,...

Helen Doehling

Helen Doehling

October 10, 1998

Helen H. Doehling nee Husting, of Ripon, died Saturday October 10, 1998, at Parkview Care Center.She was born August 4, 1909, in Fond du Lac to Bonduel and Katherine (Anderson) Husting. She was married to Carl Doehling.Helen attended the Fond du Lac public schools, Milwaukee Normal Teachers School and Ripon College. She was a teacher in the Ripon public school...

Dorothy Nimmer

Dorothy Nimmer

October 9, 1998

Dorothy Nimmer, age 88 of Fond du Lac Lutheran Home, passed away Friday, October 9, 1998, at the Lutheran Home.Dorothy was born on August 21, 1910, the daughter of Roy and Lucinda (Ballard) Scribner, in the township of Rosendale. She graduated from Rosendale High School. On September 26, 1930, she married Leslie Nimmer and was a housewife. Dorothy was a...

Calvin Schaub

Calvin Schaub

October 4, 1998

Calvin G. Schaub, age 90, passed away on October 4, 1998, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.Calvin was born on June 24, 1908, in Ripon, WI, the son of Henry and Anna (Petri) Schaub. He was a farmer and on September 5, 1936 he married Verna M. Spoerl at the Salem Reform Church in the Town of Wayne. Funeral services for...

John Barclay Iv

John Barclay Iv

October 3, 1998

John Franklin Barclay IV, age 47, of Ripon, WI, died earlySaturday morning, October 3, 1998 at the University HospitalMadison, WI.He was born May 15, 1951, in Ripon. A son to the late John Franklin III and Florence (Luedke) Barclay. He graduated from Ripon High School and attended U.W.Stevens Point. John worked for the Horizon House in Oshkosh as a counselor....

Florence Mielka

Florence Mielka

October 1, 1998

Florence D. Mielka, age 90, formerly of Green Lake and Ripon, died October 1, 1998, under the loving care of her son and his wife at Harshaw, WI.She was born October 29, 1907, in Green Lake to Oscar and Emma Duescher. She was married to Harold Brooks of Milwaukee and they had 2 sons, Richard and Harold, Jr. After Harold’s...

Herman Langenhorst

Herman Langenhorst

September 21, 1998

Herman Langenhorst, 61, of Green Lake, died Monday, September 21, 1998, in Lima, OH as a result of a traffic fatality.He was born April 6, 1937, in Lynng rove, IA, a son of the late Conrad Anthony and Josepha Ida (Schwartz) Langenhorst. He received his education in Mayville, and served 4 years in the U.S. Air Force. Herman was owner/operator...