Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Myrtle Albright

Myrtle Albright

July 26, 1997

Myrtle Aibright, age 88, of Ripon, died Saturday, July 26, 1997, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.She was born February 19, 1907, Village of Pensaukee, a daughter to John and Louise (Zeugner) Resheske. She attended Ripon Public Schools. On April 30, 1927, she married Gustave “Shorty” Albright at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Ripon. Myrtle lived in the Ripon area...

Ralph Krause

Ralph Krause

July 25, 1997

Ralph L. Krause, 92, of the Town of Ripon, died Friday, July 25, 1997, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.He was born on April 16, 1905, the son of Herman and Emma (Schiagel) Krause. He was educated in Ripon. On January 7, 1926, he married the former Edith Mae Crump. She passed away on August 25, 1993. Ralph was a...

Agnes Lehman

Agnes Lehman

July 12, 1997

Agnes M. Lehman, 73, of 244 North Macy St. the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home, formerly of Ripon, died in the late evening on Saturday July 12, 1997.She was born on July 20, 1923, in Ripon, the daughter of John and Josephine (Prallat) Przybyl. Agnes attended Ripon Schools. On January 9, 1942, she married Harold A. Lehman. She was a...

Florian Wiercinski

Florian Wiercinski

July 9, 1997

Florian C. Wiercinski, age 87, 17 Highland Aye, Ripon, died July 9, 1997, at Juliette Manor in Berlin.He was born June 10, 1910, in Hayward, WI, a son to Frank and Nell (Kochanowski) Wiercinski. He was educated in the Hurley. He lived in Hayward and Hurley before coming to Ripon. In 1933, he married the former Marie Blake in Ripon....

Emma Heiple

Emma Heiple

July 8, 1997

Emma Louise Heiple, age 88, of Green Lake, died Tuesday, July 8, 1997, at Friendship Manor, Green Lake. She was born May 31, 1909, in Humbird, WI, a daughter to Matthias and Bertha (Bram) Baumgartner. She married Robert William Heiple on December 28, 1933.She graduated from Humbird High School, and attended Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was...

Robert Heiple

Robert Heiple

July 4, 1997

Robert William Heiple, age 86, of Green Lake, died July 4, 1997, at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center, Neenah.He was born July 11, 1910, in Green Lake, a son to Robert Benjamin and Ottillie (Kautz) Heiple. He married Emma Louise Baumgartner on December 28, 1933.He graduated from Green Lake High School, and attended RiponCollege and Milwaukee School of Engineering. He...

Estelle Kress

Estelle Kress

July 1, 1997

Estelle M. Kress, age 89, of Neshkoro, died Tuesday, July 1, 1997, at Sunnyview Health and Rehab Center, Princeton.She was born in Watertown, WI on December 18, 1907, a daughter to Joseph and Kathryn (McGuire) Brooks. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Milwaukee. On November 12, 1931, she married Paul F. Kress. She was a housewife...

Steven "Minnow" Miller

Steven "Minnow" Miller

June 30, 1997

Steven B. “Minnow” Miller, age 40, of the Town of Brooklyn,died June 30, 1997, as a result of a boating accident. He was born on February 4, 1957, at home. He lived in the Green Lake area all his life and attended Green Lake Public Schools. He was a member of the Federated Church of Green Lake. He was presently...

Evelyn Selchow

Evelyn Selchow

June 27, 1997

Evelyn SeLchow, 82, formerly of Green Lake, died June 27, 1997, at Juliette Manor, Berlin. Services June 30, 1997, at Peace Lutheran Church, Green Lake and burial in Dartford Cemetery. Butzin-Marchant Funeral Home assisted the family.

Cecelia Kitowski

Cecelia Kitowski

June 20, 1997

Cecelia P. Kitowski, age 98, died Friday, June 20, 1997, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.She was born November 12, 1898, in Ripon, a daughter to Martin and Antonia Zielinski Kitowski. She was educated in Ripon. She never married. Cecelia was a machine operator at the Ripon Knitting Works for approximately 50 years. She was a member of St Wenceslaus Catholic...

Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Smith

June 18, 1997

Phyllis Betty (Mrs. Floyd) Steineke Smith, age 71, of Ripon, died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at St Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton.She was born April 9, 1926, in Oshkosh, a daughter of the late Gayheart William and Sophia Elizabeth (Meilahn) Steineke. She was educated in theRipon Public Schools. On January 16, 1943 she married Floyd Donald Smith in Ripon. He passed...

Lorraine Berndt

Lorraine Berndt

June 3, 1997

Lorraine Berndt, age 70, of Ripon died Tuesday, June 3, 1997, at Berlin Memorial Hospital.She was born January 29, 1927, in Ripon, a daughter to Wilbert and Emma (Zarnot) Link. She attended Ripon Schools and was a graduate of Fond du Lac High School. On December 28, 1946, she married Melvin Berndt. Lorraine worked as a sewer and inspector at...

Donald Dahms

Donald Dahms

June 1, 1997

Donald E. Dahms, 55, of Ripon, died Sunday June 1, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center.Donald was born February 17, 1942, the son of John and Marcella(Ryerson) Dahms Sr. in Ripon, WI. He graduated from Berlin High School and worked as a mechanic at Stokely Foods in Pickett, he was a member of Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ in Ripon...

Alden Waters

Alden Waters

May 29, 1997

Alden Roy Waters, age 69 of Green Lake, died Thursday evening, May 29, 1997, at Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh.He was born March 25, 1928, in Ripon, the son of the late Roy John and Eva Marie (Gneiser) Waters. He married JoAnne Margaret Weiske on June 30, 1956, in Princeton.Alden lived in Green Lake most of his life. He was employed...

Ione Beck

Ione Beck

May 25, 1997

Ione Marie Morgan Beck, age 82, of Ripon, died Sunday, May 25, 1997, at her home. She was born on a farm about 9 miles east of Ripon on what is now called “Olden Road” on Sunday morning, September 6, 1914, a daughter to Bernard and Lois (Randall) Morgan. Her mother said she saw the name Ione in a newspaper....

Dorothy Janze

Dorothy Janze

May 19, 1997

Dorothy Flower Janze, age 79, formerly of Green Lake, died May 19, 1997, at Evergreen Retirement Community in Oshkosh.She was born December 29, 1917, in Chicago, IL, a daughter to James M. and Dorothy (Griffith) Flower. She graduated from school in Chicago, and on March 4, 1935, she married Norman G. Janze. She was a member of theFederated Church of...

Frances Christison

Frances Christison

May 16, 1997

Frances L. Christison, 96, died May 16, 1997, at Meriter Park Hospital, Madison, WI. Frances was born on August 17, 1900, the daughter of John Wallace and Louise Frances (Loomis) Christison, in Fulda, Minnesota. She attended Ripon High School and Ripon College. Frances was librarian at the Physics and Mathematics Library at the University of Wisconsin, Madison until her retirement....

Ruby Schwandt

Ruby Schwandt

May 14, 1997

Ruby Schwandt, age 81, of Ripon, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 14, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center.She was born November 19, 1915, in the Town of Ripon, the daughter of Rudolph and Amelia (Klawitter) Hahn. On August 15, 1936, she married Lester Schwandt, Sr. in Ripon.Mrs. Schwandt attended Ripon Schools. She worked as a housekeeper at Ripon College for 25 years,...

Isabell Sina

Isabell Sina

May 13, 1997

Isabell H. Sina, age 82, Ripon, died Tuesday, May 13, 1997, at Michalene’s in Ripon where she had lived since January of this year.She was born in Berlin on June 19, 1914, the daughter of Frank and Hulda (Hunt) Reetz. She was educated through the 8th grade. On April 14, 1937, she married Paul Michael Sina at St Joseph’s Catholic...

Theron Anderson

Theron Anderson

May 12, 1997

Ted Anderson, age 81, of Markesan, died Monday, May 12, 1997, at Markesan Resident Home in Markesan where he had lived since April 1st.He was born November 15, 1915, in Philip, SD, a son to the late Arthur and Blanche (Altenburg) Anderson. Ted grew up in SD where he graduated from high school, lived in Wisconsin until he graduated from...