Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Harold Bent

Harold Bent

September 11, 1995

Harold Norman Bent, 83, of 722 Park Street, Ripon, died Monday, September 11, 1995, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton.He was born August 15, 1912 in Green Bay, the son of the late Norman and Edna Jahn Bent. After attending school in Green Bay he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He married the former Norma A. Baerwald on June 4,...

Elmer Lueck

Elmer Lueck

September 6, 1995

ELmer G. Lueck, 64, of Rt 2, Box 31 E Pleasant Drive, Princeton, died Wednesday, September 6, 1995 as a result of a traffic accident.He was born April 26, 1931, in Princeton, a son of the late Gustave and Ella Gluth Lueck. He was educated in Princeton. On May 17, 1952, he married the former Evelyn Schure and they made...

Debbie Mcneill

Debbie Mcneill

September 4, 1995

Debbie Marie McNeill, 32, formerly of Ripon, died September 4, 1995, at her home in Eagle River, Alaska.She was born October 10, 1962, in Ripon, the daughter of Marvin and Shirley Haase Vollbrecht. After graduating from Ripon High School, Debbie attended college in both LaCrosse and Oshkosh. On August 23, 1986, she married David McNeill and has lived in Alaska...

Thomas Jorgensen

Thomas Jorgensen

September 4, 1995

Thomas S. Jorgensen, 87 of 1 Stanton Street Ripon, died Monday Sept. 4, 1995 at home.He was born in Poy Sippi on Jan. 5, 1908, a son of the late James and Mary Christiansen Jorgensen. He was educated in the Poy Sippi and Berlin Schools. On Sept. 1, 1932 he married Alice Nipko and made their home in the Poy...

Elton Wetzel

Elton Wetzel

August 30, 1995

Elton R. Wetzel, 74, of 504 Russell Dr, Apt 2, Ripon, died August 30, 1995 at Parkview Care Center, Ripon after a brief stay.He was born in Fond du Lac County on June 15, 1921, a son of the late August and Ida Lehman Wetzel. He was educated in the Ripon School System, and later served in the U.S. Air...

Max Badtke

Max Badtke

August 29, 1995

Max Robert Badtke,81,of 100 S.Harris Avenue, Waupun, died Tuesday, August 29, 1995, at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home in Fond du Lac.He was born in Winnebago County on November 25, 1913, a son of the late Julius and Ida Schultz Badtke. He was educated at Rosendale Center. He never married. Mr. Badtke was a farmer in the West Rosendale area and...

Roy Holmquist

Roy Holmquist

August 26, 1995

Roy H.Holmquist, 84, of 67 WaWa Aye, Ripon, died August 26, 1995,at Parkview Care Center, Ripon where he has resided since January 1994.He was born November 4, 1910 in Superior, WI, a son of the late John and Lena (Uden) HolmquLst. On July 15, 1939, he married Gwen Figer. Mrs. Holmquist died December 15, 1988. Roy attended the University of...

Corradina Zei

Corradina Zei

August 23, 1995

Corradina Mascani Zei, age 91, of 839 Woodside Avenue, Ripon, died August 23, 1995 at Parkview Care Center, Ripon where she has resided the past week.She was born October 8, 1903 in Italy, a daughter of the late Giulio and Ginevra Mascani. She was educated in Italy. On August 13,1922, she married Gino Zei in Italy and they moved to...

Helen Griese

Helen Griese

August 20, 1995

Helen Anna Griese, 84, formerly of RI#1, Ripon, died August 20, 1995 at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home in Fond du Lac where she has resided the past 5 years.She was born May 23, 1911 in Ripon, a daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Nietzer. She married Elmer Griese on November 23, 1929.Survived by 1 son, Erwin Griese of Fond...

Margaret Gibson

Margaret Gibson

August 17, 1995

Margaret 0. Gibson, 82, of Russell Manor, Ripon, died August 17, 1995, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon where she has resided the past 2 weeks.She was born in Mott, North Dakota on November 2, 1912, a daughter of the late Nels H. and Martha (Blessman) Opland. On June 15, 1940 she married Earle Arthur Gibson. Mr. Gibson passed away...

Ann Sieber

Ann Sieber

August 16, 1995

Ann Sophia (Wielgosh) Sieber, 79, of 202 N. 4th St., Princeton, died Wednesday, August 16, 1995 at Ripon Medical Center.She is survived by her husband, Richard P. Sieber, Sr. of Princeton, 4 children, Patricia Spruiell of Bremerton, WA, Richard A. (Maureen) Sieber of Waupun, Judy Reed of Field’s Landing, CA and Michael Sieber of Columbus; 1 sister, Louise Hysick of...

Lester Prellwitz

Lester Prellwitz

August 12, 1995

Lester H. Prellwitz, age 78, a long time resident of rural Rush Lake, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 1995 at home. Mr. Prellwitz was born December 10, 1916 in Markesan Wisconsin, the son of William and Jessie (Zank) Prellwitz. He was a member of the class of 1934 of Ripon Senior High School. Lester was united in marriage to...

Mildred Norton

Mildred Norton

August 11, 1995

Mildred Marie “Mickie” Norton, age 83, Green Lake, passed away on Friday, August 11th, at the home of her niece Mary Jo (Bob) Fans in Fond du Lac after a courageous battle with cancer.She was born June 25, 1912 in Mackford Prairie, Green Lake County, the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth Procknow. She attended Green Lake High School. On February...

Frances Thomas

Frances Thomas

August 6, 1995

Frances Lillian Horner Thomas, age 92, of Ripon, WI, died Sunday, August 6, 1995, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born November 26, 1902, in Ripon, a daughter of the late Gustavus Brown Horner and Grace Corliss Horner. She was a graduate of Ripon High School and after receiving her degree in English from Ripon College, Frances taught...

Elmore Mcdermott

Elmore Mcdermott

August 4, 1995

Elmore McDermott, 96, of Ripon, WI, died August 4, 1995, at Fond du Lac County Health Care Center in Fond du Lac, where he has resided the past five years. He was born December 17, 1898, in Berlin, a son of the late Edward and Mary Verasky McDermott. He was educated in the Berlin area. In 1933, Elmore married Annette...

Mary "Pat" Leininger

Mary "Pat" Leininger

August 3, 1995

Mary Patricia “Pat” Leininger, 72, died unexpectedly Thursday, August 3, 1995, at her home in Green Lake, WI. Pat was born August 25, 1922, in Naperville, IL, a daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth “Zibby” Bratton Heydon. She attended schools in Naperville as well as attending North Central College in Naperville. In April of 1948, Pat married Dr. Alfred...

Clara Ladwig

Clara Ladwig

August 1, 1995

Clara S. Ladwig, 93 years old, of Green Lake died at Martha’s Retirement Home of Princeton on August 1, 1995. Clara was born March 25, 1902, in the Town of Brooklyn, Green Lake County, daughter of Edward E. Kohnke and Henrietta Warmbier Kohnke. She married Gordon J. Ladwig on June 18, 1923. They lived in the Milwaukee area and Richfield,...

Byron Lange

Byron Lange

July 30, 1995

Byron F. Lange, fell asleep in Jesus on July 30, 1995, in Naples, FL. Born in Waukesha, WI on April 10, 1903, to Louis and Augusta (Blesser) Lange, he was the beloved husband of Clara M. (Witt) Lange whom he married on October 10, 1929, in White Lake, South Dakota. Byron was raised in Beaver Dam and attended Northwestern University...

Lola Lueck

Lola Lueck

July 27, 1995

Lola B. Lueck, 91, of Ripon, WI, died July 27, 1995, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon where she resided the past one and half years. She was born March 26, 1904, in Oshkosh, a daughter to the late John and Minna Meilahn Boettcher. She attended schools in Ripon and was a graduate of Ripon College. Lola taught English and...

Victor Schwark

Victor Schwark

July 16, 1995

Victor Schwark, 86, of Fond du Lac, WI, died Sunday, July 16, 1995, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. He was born August 21, 1908, in Princeton, a son of the late Jacob and Emma Luedtke Schwark. On June 21, 1942, he married Edna Opperman and she passed away in 1976. Mr. Schwark farmed in the Markesan area...