Obituaries in Ripon, WI
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Ken Wells
March 29, 1996
Ken Douglas Wells, age 37, of Fond du Lac, died March 29, 1996, at his home. He was born April 10, 1958, in Aurora, Illinois, a son to V. Hugh and Jacqueline (Wade) Wells, Jr. He grew up in Naperville, IL where he graduated from high school. He continued on to college at UW-LaCrosse, University of Arizona in Tucson, and...
Edward Mccarthy
March 28, 1996
Edward F. McCarthy, age 74, of SE Cape Coral, FL, died Thursday, March 28, 1996, at his home. He was born November 8, 1921, in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Allen James and Maude (Bryant) McCarthy. He was a graduate of St. Peter’s High School in Staten Island, New York, and later attended Manhattan College and graduated from Wagner...
Emma Twamley
March 27, 1996
Enma I. Twamley passed away Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born in Green Lake, the daughter of George and Dena Yahr. She was raised in Chicago, receiving her education there and completing it at the University of Wisconsin, after which she became Newspaper and Radio Publicity writer for a Milwaukee Advertising Agency. She was...
Harold Kelm
March 27, 1996
Harold Kelm, 77, of Green Lake, died Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born April 4, 1918, in Princeton, the son of William and Martha (Swanke) Kelm. He was a graduate of Green Lake High School. On July 22, 1951, he married the former Edna Deibert. Harold farmed, worked at the Brooklyn Creamery, and at the...
Aloysius Felder
March 24, 1996
Aloysius “Al” H. Felder, age 73, of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, March 24, 1996, Ripon Medical Center in Ripon. He was born July 29, 1922, in Guttenberg, IA, a son of the late Frank and Anna Voss Felder. He attended school in Iowa. Al was a veteran of WWII having served three years in the U.S. Navy. On October 15,...
Marjorie Prochnow
March 22, 1996
Marjorie Prochnow, 76, of Ripon, died Friday March 22, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center.Marjorie was born April 18, 1919, in Ripon, the daughter of the late Oliver and Florance Mauck Lenz. She attended Ripon High School. Marjorie moved to Wauwautosa, WI, where she worked as Vice President for Mutual Saving Bank for 20 years. She retired in 1990, moving back...
Rhodamae Silloway
March 21, 1996
Rhodamae B. Silloway, 86, of Princeton, died Thursday, March 21, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. She was born August 23, 1909, in Pittsburgh, PA. She was educated in Chicago, where she graduated from high school. She married James Silloway, Sr., and he preceded her in death in 1960. Mrs. Silloway retired from Carson Pier Scott Department Store. She had lived...
Dora Retzlaff
March 20, 1996
Dora Louise Retzlaff, age 88, of Ripon, died March 20, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born October 6, 1907, in Rush Lake, WI, the daughter of Fred and Bertha (Swick) Stolifuss. She married Otto Retzlaff Jr. on September 21, 1927. Otto preceded her in death on March 1, 1956. Otto and Dora had farmed in the Rush...
Alma Radke
March 16, 1996
Alma A. Radke, 90, of Ripon, died Saturday March 16, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. Alma was born July 6, 1905, near Brandon in the Town of Metomen, the daughter of Charles and Mary Berg Stobb. She was educated in the Town of Metomen School. On October 10, 1928, she married Walter William Radke in the parsonage of Emmanuel...
Willis Wagner
March 11, 1996
Willis F. Wagner, 72, of Ripon, died Monday, March 11, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Fern, several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers and 1 sister. He was born August 24, 1923, in Ripon, a son of the late Will jam and Ida Lehman Wagner. After graduating...
Lailia Leese
March 8, 1996
Laila Leese, age 89, of Ripon, died March 8, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born September 1, 1906, in the Town of Ripon, a daughter of the late Herman and Ida (Dumdie) Gneiser. She was a graduate of Ripon High School. On December 27, 1949, she was united in marriage to Arthur E. Leese. For the majority...
Burdette Eckstein
March 7, 1996
Burdette “Sam” J. Eckstein, 78, formerly of the Town of Ripon, died March 7, 1996, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Montello. He was born September 3, 1917, in Nashua, Iowa, the son of the late John and Faye (Potter) Eckstein. He was baptized May 5, 1918 in Nashua,Iowa. After graduating from Baraboo High School, Sam received...
Rudolf Tamsen
March 6, 1996
Rudolf Tamsen, age 84, of N4931 Peacock Lane, Green Lake, died Wednesday, March 6, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. He was born October 20, 1911, in Montague, Mi, the son of the late Nicklous and Dorothy Tamsen. He was educated in Montague. On December 12, 1931, he married the former Leona Kutz. Mrs. Tamsen passed away on August 16, 1993....
Richard Schwartz
March 2, 1996
Richard H. Schwartz, 68, of Ripon, died Saturday, March 2, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center. Richard was born on January 19, 1928 in the village of Wauzeka. The son of the late Howard and Edna (Radtke) Schwartz. He attended school in the Milwaukee PublicSchools. He worked for International Harvester Corp. in Milwaukee and Waukesha as a warehouse forklift operator. In...
Edmund "Eddie" Steeps
February 29, 1996
Edmund “Eddie” N. Steeps, age 79, of Ripon, passed away unexpectedly early Thursday morning, February 29, 1996 at Ripon Medical Center. He was born May 17, 1916, in the Town of Nepeuskum, Winnebago County to August and Mary (Kasuboski) Steeps. He married Irene Hoger on November 5, 1938, in Weyauwega. He was first employed at Standard Oil of Rosendale, and...
Ada Trevillian
February 29, 1996
Ada Margaret Trevillian, 90, of Ripon, passed away on February 29, 1996, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. Ada was born November 13, 1905, the daughter of George Wakeman Dunning and Clara Helen (Herman) Dunning. She was a homemake. Inurnment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park, Milwaukee, WIButzin-Marchant Funeral Home, Ripon, is assisting the family.www.butzinmarchant.com
Elsa Stellmacher
February 25, 1996
Elsa A. Stellmacher, age 100, of Ripon, died February 25, 1996, at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon. She was born January 20, 1896, in Ripon, the daughter of Herman and Ida (Prellwitz) Schultz. On February 6, 1918, she was united in marriage with Elmer Stellmacher in Ripon. They resided on a farm near Ripon for 47 years. Elsa was a lifelong...
Laura Hoch
February 23, 1996
Laura M. Hoch, age 92 of Ripon, died Friday, February 23, 1996, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born June 5, 1903, in Fond du Lac County, the daughterof August and Martha (Hemple) Pinno. She was educated atRogersville School. On January 7, 1924, she married August Hoch. Laura worked at the Advertisers as an Inspector. She was a...
Clarence Willey
February 16, 1996
Clarence M. Willey, 87, of Weyauwega, died Friday, February 16, 1996, at Lakeview Manor, Weyauwega, WI. Clarence was born on September 28, 1908, the son of William and Bertha Maas Willey in Markesan, WI. He attended school in Markesan. Clarence was a farmer in the Markesan area, after retiring he lived in the Ripon and Berlin area, where he lived...
Jon Mcconnell
February 14, 1996
Jon A. McConnell Sr, 65, of Green Lake, Town of Brooklyn, died February 14, 1996, at University Hospital, Madison. Jon was born July 2, 1930, in Green Lake, the son of the late William and Lucille (Anderson) McConnell. He graduated from Green Lake High School. On August 18, 1951 he married Crystal Fahrenkampf; they made their home in the Green...
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