Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Eldon Ponto

Eldon Ponto

May 21, 1994

Eldon E. Ponto, 62, of West Bend, died Saturday, May 21, 1994, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Ozaukee. Eldon was born July 3, 1931, and educated in Green Lake. He was the son of Avolt and Evelyn (Link) Ponto. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was employed at Tecumseh Products Co. in Grafton where he...

Elaine Leitz

Elaine Leitz

May 20, 1994

Elaine S. Leitz, 73, of 315 Union St., Ripon, died suddenly March 20, 1994, at her home. She was born December 5, 1920, in Ripon, the daughter of Louis and Dora (Duehring) Schultz. She attended Ripon Schools and Ripon College. On October 23, 1943, she married Herman Leitz Jr. Elaine was a housewife and had lived in Ripon all of...

Esther Hoeft

Esther Hoeft

May 18, 1994

Esther E. Hoeft, 91, of Ripon, died May 18, 1994, at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon. She was born on November 7, 1902, in Green Lake County, the daughter of William and Marie (Sommerfeldt) Beyer. On September 26, 1922, she married Arthur Hoeft, and he passed away on April 19, 1965. Esther was a housewife; a member of Immanuel United Methodist...

Louise Ruff

Louise Ruff

May 18, 1994

Louise Ruf, 78, formerly of Ripon, died May 18, 1994, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home, Fond du Lac. She was born on November 1, 1915, in Chicago, a daughter to Christ and Anna (Franklin) Chudobba. She was educated in Chicago, and on September 3, 1937, she married George Ruf in Chicago. In 1957, they moved to Ripon. George...

Donna Jurgerson

Donna Jurgerson

May 15, 1994

Donna Mae Jurgerson, 65, of Shelter Village, Ripon, died May 15, 1994, at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon. Donna was born on November 21, 1928 in Beaver Dam, WI.Please visit www.butzinmarchant.com to send on-line condolences.

Christine Grahn

Christine Grahn

May 13, 1994

Christine E. Grahn, 52, of Green Lake, passed away at her home on Friday, May 13, 1994. Christine was born on January 19, 1942, in Ripon, the daughter of the late Christian and Jessie (Booher) Grahn. After graduating from Green Lake High School, she worked as a cutter for Landmark U.S.A. in Berlin for 25 years. As a member of...

Dr. John Johnson

Dr. John Johnson

May 8, 1994

Dr. John Martin Johnson, 97, of Ripon, died May 8, 1994, in Oconomowoc. He was born August 8, 1896, in Wheaton, MN, one of nine children born to Gilbert and Alida (Jackson) Johnson. He graduated from Mohol, North Dakota High School in 1915, he attened the University of North Dakota from 1915 to 1919, and attended the University Medical School...

Margaret Kotlow

Margaret Kotlow

May 7, 1994

Margaret A. Kotlow, 74, of the Town of Brooklyn, died May 7, 1994, at her home. She was born on June 20, 1919, in Chicago, a daughter to Fred and Clara (Wolske) Hansen. She was educated in Franklin Park, IL. On April 7, 1950, she was united in marriage to Wilmer Kotlow, and they have made their home in Green...

Elonzo "Lon" Nichols

Elonzo "Lon" Nichols

May 7, 1994

Elonzo “Lon” Frederick Nichols, 66, of Ripon, died May 7, 1994, at his home after a brief illness. He was born on July 7, 1927, in Milwaukee, a son to George DeWitt and Helen (Maier) Nichols. He attended school in Milwaukee and was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945-1947. On September...

Cheryl Leu

Cheryl Leu

May 5, 1994

Cheryl L. Leu, 30, of N7890 Union Street, Ripon, died unexpectedly May 5, 1994, at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center in Neenah, as a result of a traffic accident.She was born on November 11, 1963, in Ripon. She was a Ripon High School graduate, Class of 1982. On May 12, 1984, she married Larry Leu. Cheryl was a licensed practical...

Ross Spiegler

Ross Spiegler

May 5, 1994

Ross G. Spiegler, 82, of the Town of Ripon, died of an unexpected heart attack on May 5, 1994, at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon. He was born on February 15, 1912, in Pardeeville, the son of Gustave and Mary Spiegler. He was educated in Pardeeville. Ross served in the Army during World War II from 1941 until 1945. He has...

Lucy Zank

Lucy Zank

May 4, 1994

Lucy J. Zank, 82, of Ripon, died May 4, 1994, at Miller Home Care, Ripon. Lucy was born on February 8, 1912, in Pickett, a daughter to the late Samuel O. and Lucy Jane (Leland) Hammond. On May 17, 1933, she married Wesley Zank and they farmed in the Town of Ripon. Lucy was a member of Immanuel United Methodist...

Edward Radke

Edward Radke

May 4, 1994

Edward A. Radke, 97, formerly of 739 Watson Street, Ripon, died on May 4, 1994, in St. Louis, MO. He was born August 27, 1896, in Ripon. On August 31, 1922 he married Amanda Haack. She preceded him in death on April 18, 1986. Edward served in the Navy Air Force during WWI. He attended both Oshkosh and Colorado College...

Jeanette Rammel

Jeanette Rammel

Apr 29, 1994

Jeanette R. Rammel, 73, of Green Lake, died Friday, April 29, 1994, at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon. She was born on October 19, 1920, in Ripon, a daughter to John J. and Joanne (Woodrick) Novitske. She was educated in Ripon, was a homemaker, and after living in Sun Prairie from 1967 until 1983, made Green Lake her home. On May...

Marie Wiercinski

Marie Wiercinski

Apr 24, 1994

Marie M. Wiercinski, 86, of 17 Highland Ave., Ripon, died April 24, 1994, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born on May 1, 1907, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Charles and Margaret (Freidl) Blake, she was educated in Delafield. Marie has resided in Ripon since 1929, and in October of 1933, Marie married Florian Wiercinski. Together she and Florian...

Frank Kallin

Frank Kallin

Apr 23, 1994

FrankFrank M. Kallin, 82, of County Road E., Ripon, died April 23, 1994 at Ripon Medical Center, Ripon. Frank was born on February 6, 1912, in Oshkosh, the son of Frank and Katherine (Carpenter) Kallin. On January 18, 1933, he married Olga Mickelson. Frank was a farmer for most of his life, but also enjoyed buying & selling cattle &...

Kenneth Wells

Kenneth Wells

Apr 19, 1994

Kenneth W. Wells, 86, formerly of Green Lake, died April 19, 1994, at Ripon Medical Center in Ripon. He was born on August 4, 1907, in Waupaca, the son of Miles and Maude Wells. He was educated in Waupaca. In May of 1937, he married Carrie Bartlett. She passed away on September 2, 1982. Ken was an assistant manager of...

Irene O'Connor

Irene O'Connor

Apr 16, 1994

Irene B. O’Connor, 77, of 504 Russell Drive, Ripon, passed away on April 16, 1994, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. Irene was born August 23, 1916, in Little Chute, WI, the daughter of John and Nellie (Kilsdonk) Verstegen. She was a housewife & had made Ripon her home for the last 12 years. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic...

Peter Romlow

Peter Romlow

Apr 15, 1994

Peter Jason Romlow, 21, Ripon, died April 15, 1994, at St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac. Peter was born on July 25, 1972 in Ripon, the son of Paul and Mary Romlow. He was a graduate of Ripon High School, and worked as a painter, and was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Ripon. Survivors include his mother,...

Edward Jawor

Edward Jawor

Apr 13, 1994

Edward Frank Jawor, 66, of Ripon, died unexpectedly on April 13, 1994, at Berlin Memorial Hospital. He was born in Posen, IL, on April 19, 1927, a son to Frank E. and Jeanette (Wizner) Jawor. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of the V.F.W. Schultz-Klemp-Wentland Post #5278, Ripon. Until his retirement from the Ripon...

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