Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Lois Wilke

Lois Wilke

May 2, 1997

Lois Jean Wilke, age 70, of Ripon, died Friday, May 2, 1997, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.She was born January 10, 1927, at the home of her parents in Green Lake Township, a daughter to the late Reinhardt and Ella (Splittgerber) Wilke. She attended Maple Lawn School, graduated from Brandon High School and attended Fond du Lac Commercial College. Lois...

Ignatius Sylvester

Ignatius Sylvester

May 2, 1997

Ignatius W. “Si” Sylvester, age 83, of Ripon, died Friday, May 2, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center.He is survived by I sister, Eileen Hall of Ripon, I brother, Robert (Ann) Sylvester of Halfway, Oregon, 5 nephews, and several grandnieces and grandnephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, 1 sister, Bonnie Sylvester and I nephew, Brian Hall.He was born...

Leroy Ingersoll

Leroy Ingersoll

May 1, 1997

LeRoy Clayton Ingersoll, age 67, of Ripon, WI, died Thursday, May 1, 1997, at his home. He was born June 16, 1929, at Rock Creek, WI, a son of the late Ralph and Edna (Stewart) Ingersoll. He was a graduate of Menomonee High School. LeRoy has lived in Ripon since 1949, and had been employed with Chicago Northwestern Railroad for...

Emma Fredrick

Emma Fredrick

April 29, 1997

Emma Ella Huth Fredrick, age 95, formerly of Green Lake and a resident of Juliette Manor for 13 months, died Tuesday, April 29, 1997, at Berlin Memorial Hospital. She was born November 8, 1901, in Milwaukee, a daughter to Gustave and Ella Barbara Huth. She attended school in Milwaukee, and married Berthold Fredrick in Milwaukee on June 6, 1925. Emma...

Betty Seegert

Betty Seegert

April 22, 1997

Mrs. Betty M. Seegert, age 79, of Ripon, WI, died Tuesday, April 22, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born August 20, 1917, in Moline, IL, a daughter to the late Phillip and Church in Ripon with Reverend Bryan Fritsch officiating. Burial will follow at Lake View Memorial Park Cemetery in Oshkosh. Visitation will be Thursday, April 24, 1997,...

June Crain

June Crain

April 14, 1997

June Violet Crain, age 71, of Ripon, WI, died peacefully at her daughter’s home in Wisconsin Dells on Monday, April 14, 1997. June was born on July 28, 1925, the daughter of George and Viola (Potratz) Gratton in Fond du Lac, WI. She graduated from Fond du Lac High School. Only July 8, 1950, she married Robert Crain in Fond...

Jerry Ratajczak

Jerry Ratajczak

April 13, 1997

Jerry Ratajczak, age 92, died April 13, 1997, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon, where he had resided the past eight years. He was born January 30, 1905, in Ripon, a son of the late John and Michaline (Kavolaski) Ratajczak. He attended Ripon Schools. On February 20, 1928, he married the former Dorothy Makurat in Berlin, and they made their...

Regina Toll

Regina Toll

April 9, 1997

Regina “Jean” Wollerman Toll, age 88, of Ripon, WI, currently of Parkview Care Center, died April 9, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center in Ripon. She was born November 28, 1908, in Rosendale, the daughter of Frederick and Bertha Wollerman. She was educated in Rosendale and Fond du Lac County Normal School, and was a rural grade school teacher. On August...

Dorothy Gregg

Dorothy Gregg

April 6, 1997

Dorothy Gregg, age 87, formerly of Green Lake, currently of Juliette Manor in Berlin, died April 6, 1997 at Juliette Manor. She was born September 22, 1909, the daughter of Clarence and Jeanette (Sears) Kidman. She graduated from Green Lake High School. She married Homer Gregg on February 27, 1932, and they made their home in Green Lake. Mr. Gregg...

John Kehlenbrink

John Kehlenbrink

April 6, 1997

John Henry Kehlenbrink, age 72, of Town of Brooklyn, WI, died Sunday, April 6, 1997 at his home. He was born September 1, 1924, in Milwaukee, a son of the late Alfred and Margaret (Schroeder) Kehlenbrink. He was confirmed on April 10, 1938, and later graduated from Nathan Hale High School in West Allis on January 27, 1943. He served...

Ella Dahlke

Ella Dahlke

April 4, 1997

Ella Minna Dahlke, age 89, of Ripon, WI, died unexpectedly Friday, April 4, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born September 22, 1907, in Center House, Town of Green Lake, a daughter to the late Charles and Emma Scheer Dahlke. She attended school in the Ripon area, Fond du Lac and Milwaukee. Ella had been a cosmetologist until her...

William Dahlke

William Dahlke

March 30, 1997

William Charles Dahlke, age 93, formerly of Pickett, died Sunday, March 30, 1997, at Oshkosh Medical/Rehabilitation Center in Oshkosh. He was born October 10, 1903, in Ripon, a son of the late Charles and Emma Scheer Dahlke. He was educated in rural Ripon and for a time, attended the Agriculture Short Course at UW-Madison. Until his retirement, Mr. Dahlke owned...

Renee Bradley

Renee Bradley

March 19, 1997

Renee Sue Bradley, age 47, of Markesan, WI, died Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at her home. She was born April 17, 1949, the daughter of Wilton and Alberta (Wiese) Schwandt in Berlin, WI. She graduated from Markesan High School in 1968, and was an Avon salesperson for 16 years, the last two years she worked for the Little Corporal Restaurant...

Orville Hoffman

Orville Hoffman

March 15, 1997

Orville William Hoffman, age 88, of Ripon, WI, died Saturday, March 15, 1997, at Parkview Care Center. He was born May 24, 1908, in Ripon, a son to the late William and Maire (Heidtmann) Hoffman. Orville graduated from Ripon High School with high honors. He served in the Army from 1941 to 1945. Orville was an owner and operated a...

Ralph Luedke

Ralph Luedke

March 12, 1997

Ralph C. Luedke, age 83, of Ripon, WI, died Wednesday, March 12, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born November 7, 1913, in Ripon, a son to the late Reinhold and Elsa (Beirman) Luedke. He was a graduate of Ripon High School. Ralph worked as a machinist at Speed Queen in Ripon for 45 years, as well as owning...

Verna Hoffman

Verna Hoffman

March 11, 1997

Verna G. Hoffman, age 74, of Ripon, WI, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend passed away March 11, 1997, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh. She was the first born daughter to Frank and Ida Schwersenska Schultz of Ripon, born March 4, 1923. She graduated from Ripon High School. Verna married Arnold Hoffman October 18, 1941, in Ripon at...

Emil Reinsch

Emil Reinsch

March 2, 1997

Emil A. Reinsch, age 103, of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, March 2, 1997, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon after a brief stay. He was born July 16, 1893, in Utley, Green Lake County, a son of the late Joseph and Emma Reinsch. He attended rural school in Utley and Ceresco School in Ripon. He married Marie Fochs and they...

Margaret Schneckenberg

Margaret Schneckenberg

March 2, 1997

Margaret Schneckenberg, age 82, of Ripon, WI, a two year resident of Parkview Care Center died Sunday, March 2, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born January 5, 1915, in Green Lake County, a daughter to the late Rudolph and Caroline Lunnow Jahns. She attended Markesan Schools. On November 5, 1935 she married John Schneckenberg at St. Wenceslaus Catholic...

Carolyn Wiessinger

Carolyn Wiessinger

March 1, 1997

Carolyn K. Wiessinger, age 56, of Ripon, WI, died Saturday, March 1, 1997, at Ripon Medical Center in Ripon. She was born on June 15, 1940, in Oshkosh, WI, the daughter of Kathryn Fleck. She graduated from Oshkosh High School and lived in the Ripon area after moving from Berlin in 1988. On January 28, 1993, she married Richard Wiessinger...

Merwin Stellmacher

Merwin Stellmacher

February 27, 1997

Merwin (Muff) Stellmacher, age 79, of Ripon, WI, died February 27, 1997, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. He was born January 25, 1918, in the Town of Metomen. He was the son of George and Jessie nee Sattler Stellmacher. He graduated from Ripon High School in 1935. Only July 4, 1940, Merwin married Ruth Lange at St....