Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Lee Bugarske
May 11, 1998
Lee George Bugarske, 49, of 538 ½ Mill St, Green Lake, died Monday, May 11, 1998, at his home,He was born January 11, 1949, in Chicago, IL, a son to Alex and LLouise Gose Bugarske. He was a graduate of Ripon High School. Lee served in the U.S. Army from 1969-71, and was an optical lab technician. He has since...

Allen Schultz
May 11, 1998
Allen A. Schultz, 72, of the Town of Brooklyn, died Monday, May 11, 1998, at his home.He was born December 5, 1925, in Ripon, a son to Joseph and Minnie (Schulz) Schultz. He attended McConnell Country School and schooled until ½ way through the 11th grade in Ripon. He married the former Mardelle Fenner on June 11, 1949. Allen retired...

Fredrick Brustman
May 10, 1998
Fredrick Reinhold Brustman, 91, formerly of Ripon, died Sunday evening, May 10, 1998, at Omro Care Center in Omro.He was born April 8, 1907, at Montello, a son to William and Louise (Unke)Brustman. Fred spent his boyhood in Montello where he received his education.On July 25, 1943, he married the former Ruby Arndt. He had lived in the Riponarea since...

Marshall Mcdonough
May 3, 1998
Marshall John McDonough, age 86, of Green Lake, passed away at his home Sunday afternoon, May 3, 1998.He was born on February 5, 1912, in Waukegan, IL to the late Lee and Sophia McDonough. Marsh graduated from St. Johns Military Academy, and attended Carleton College, Northfield, MN. Following college he and a fellow classmate toured extensively in Europe on bicycles....

George Kohls
May 3, 1998
George Arthur Kohls, 74, of Ripon, died Sunday morning May 3, 1998, at Parkview Care Center, in Ripon.He was born on January 31, 1924, in Curtiss, WI the son ofHerman and Ida (Kiesow) Kohls. George graduated fromRosendale High School, and worked for the Fond du Lac CountyHighway Department for 33 years, retiring in 1986. On March2, 1944, he married Doris...

Florence Lund
May 2, 1998
Florence Edna Lund, 89, of Markesan WI, died Saturday May 2,1998, at the Markesan Residents Home. She was born September10, 1908, in Chicago IL, to Martin and Ida (Loock) Ring.Florence attended school and graduated from Jones CommercialHigh School, Chicago IL.In June of 1927, she married Calvin Lund, in Chicago IL, they latter moved to Princeton WI and Markesan WI. She...

Florence Harpe
April 25, 1998
Florence E. Harpe, 96, of Ripon, died Saturday, April 5, 1998, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.On December 8, 1901, Florence was born the daughter of Fred and Lydia (Page) Welk, in Princeton, WI. She was a graduate of Ripon High School and Oshkosh Normal Teachers College. She was married to Earl B. Harpe. She was a teacher in the Wisconsin...

Floyd Buckelew Jr.
April 19, 1998
Floyd Grant Buckelew Jr, 70, Ripon, died Sunday, April 19, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.He was born May 7, 1927, in Howell, Ml, a son of the late Floyd and Geneva (Mahaffey) Buckelew Sr. He was educated in Brighton, Ml. He had spent most of his life in Ripon. On December 20, 1950, he married the former Nila Maifrey. Floyd...

Bernard Waters
April 19, 1998
Bernard Waters, 72, Town of Ripon, died Sunday, April 19, 1998 at Ripon Medical Center.He was born April 23, 1925, in the Town of Ripon, a son to Nelson and Magdalen (Bed narek) Waters. He attended school in Green Lake. On September 1, 1946, he married Louise Lichtenberg in Ripon. Bernard had been a beekeeper for 40 years at the...

Emma Link
April 18, 1998
Emma Ida Link, 90, Ripon, died Saturday, April 18, 1998, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon where she has lived since 1991.She was born May 8, 1907, in West Rosendale, a daughter to Fred and Emilia (Plautz) Zarnott. She attended school in West Rosendale and in Ripon. On May 27, 1925, she married Wilbert Link. Emma had lived in Ripon...

Harold Jackowski
April 18, 1998
Harold Jack Jackowski, 74, Ripon, died Saturday, April 18, 1998, at Ripon Medical Center.He was born November 30, 1923, in Princeton, a son to Mike and Julia (Kasierski) Jackowski. He was a graduate of Green Lake High School, Class of 1941. He married Ruth Ponto on October 15, 1947. He had lived in Ripon most of his life. He had...

Shirley Wetzel
April 16, 1998
Shirley M. Wetzel, 69, of Ripon, died Thursday, April 16, 1998, after a short stay at Michalenes following a courageous battle with cancer.She was born March 10, 1929, in Markesan, a daughter to Merwin and Josephine (Lichtenberg) Kimble. She was a graduate of Green Lake High School. On August 28, 1950, she married Marvin Mike Wetzel, and they made their...

Eunice Lindsay
April 16, 1998
Eunice Arlene Lindsay, 73, of Appleton, formerly of Ripon, died April 16, 1998, at Rennes Health Center in Appleton after a short stay.She was born April 20, 1924, in Antigo, a daughter to Arthur R. and Wild a V. (Hansen) Hoke. She was a 1941, graduate of Antigo High School. On May 8, 1942, she married Keith Roy Lindsay of...

Clara Sunderland
April 14, 1998
Clara E. Sunderland, 81, Green Lake, died Tuesday, April 14, 1998, at Juliette Manor Nursing Home in Berlin.She was born May 4, 1916, in Winnebago Co., the daughter of Fred and Tillie (Weiss) Wesner. She lived in the Green Lake area and attended Green Lake schools prior to moving to Chicago where she received her nurses training to become a...

William "Harpo" Tracy
April 6, 1998
William Harpo Henry Tracy, age 72, of Ripon, died Monday, April 6, 1998, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon after a short stay.He was born December 3, 1925, in Tripoli, WI, a son to the late William and Neva (Bromely) Tracy. He received his education in Merrill, and served in the Army during 1942-1945. The past 8 years he has lived...

Jerry Kohnke
April 5, 1998
Jerry Kohnke, age 50, of Ripon, died Sunday, April 5, 1998, at his home.He was born November 16, 1947, in Ripon, a son of the late Arthur W. and Evelyn (Warren) Kohnke. He attended school in Ripon, and from April 1967, until his retirement the end of December 1997, Jerry had worked as a MPP Mechanic at Mercury Marine in...

John Draeger
March 28, 1998
John D. Draeger, 75, of Ripon, died Saturday March 28, 1998, at his home.Born March 6, 1923, in Montello, Wisconsin to Herman and Clara (Klawitter) Draeger. Married Mary Ann Mlodzik September 25, 1946, at St. John the Baptist Church in Princeton. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he proudly served his country for three years. He retired from...

Woodrow Stellmacher
March 25, 1998
Woodrow John Stellmacher, 85, longtime resident of Ripon, died March 25, 1998, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon where he has lived the past 7 years.He was born December 24, 1912, in the Town of Metomen, the son ofGeorge and Jessie (Sattler) Stellmacher. He received his education in the Town of Metomen. On March 7, 1937, he married the former Everdine...

Margaret Mcculloch
March 22, 1998
Margaret (Marge) Ruth McCulloch, age 77, of Markesan, died Sunday, March 22, 1998, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.She was born November 15, 1920, in North Fond du Lac, WI. She was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Lang) Gorman. After her mothers death, she was raised by her mothers sister, Bertha Johnson. She was married May 23, 1963,...

Georgia Pappas
March 21, 1998
Georgia Pappas, 95, died Saturday, March 21, 1998, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon where she has resided the past 5 years due to Alzheimers.She was born August 15, 1902, in Gargalonis, Greece, the daughter of Louis and Zoe (Argera) Booras. The family came to Boston, MA in 1916, and then later moved to Rhinelander, WI. She married John Pappas...
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