Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Samuel Rector Jr

Samuel Rector Jr

Mar 17, 1992

Mr. Samuel G. Rector Jr., age 79, of Ripon, WI, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at his home. Sam was born March 2, 1913, in Brooklyn, NY, a son to Samuel and Frances (Durkin) Rector Sr. He attended school in New York and was a Boy Scout. After studying Pharmacy and Electricity, he worked as a chauffeur for Knickerbacker...

Benjamin Schmuhl

Benjamin Schmuhl

Mar 7, 1992

Mr. Benjamin R. Schmuhl, age 78, of Ripon, WI, passed at on Saturday, March 7, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. Ben was born November 6, 1913, in Ripon, to Richard and Emma (Schroeder) Schmuhl. He married Caroline Frost on November 12, 1932. He spent most of his life as Plant Supervisor at Speed Queen in Ripon and was a member...

Max Huth

Max Huth

Mar 7, 1992

Mr. Max E. Huth, age 81, of Ripon, WI, passed away Saturday March 7, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born September 22, 1910 in Rosendale, a son to Herman and Minnie Dumdie Huth. He attended Rosendale School and was a Machinist for many years at Kimberly Clark. In addition to Neenah, Max lived in California for nine years...

Samuel Awers

Samuel Awers

Mar 6, 1992

Mr. Samuel Awers, age 84, of Oshkosh, WI, passed away on Friday, March 6, 1992, at Evergreen Retirement Community, Oshkosh. Sam was born April 6, 1907, in Pennsylvania, PA, the son of Joseph and Petronella Awers. He spend most of his life as a machinist at a tool and die plant in Milwaukee. On September 22, 1945, he married Myrtle...

Gordon "Bud" Heckes

Gordon "Bud" Heckes

Feb 28, 1992

Gordon “Bud” Heckes, age 81, of Ripon, passed away on Friday, February 28, 1992, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. He was born July 29, 1910 in the Town of Rosendale, a son of Fred and Ida (Splittgerber) Heckes. He married Naomi Quick on September 22, 1936 in Pickett. Mr. Heckes besides farming also worked at the Pickett Co-Op for ten...

Howard Fude

Howard Fude

Feb 24, 1992

Mr. Howard N. Fude, age 71, of Kenosha, WI, passed away on Monday, February 24, 1992, at his home. Howard was born on November 7, 1920, in the Town of Springvale to Otto and Elsie (Schwandt) Fude. He had lived in the Brandon area, and Kenosha since the 1950’s. Survivors include one daughter, Diana Trever of Brandon and two grandchildren;...

Mona Zellmer

Mona Zellmer

Feb 24, 1992

Mona Mae Zellmer, age 67, of Beaver Dam, WI, passed away on Monday, February 24, 1992, at Beaver Dam Care Center. She was born on February 10, 1925, in Fairwater. She was educated in Fox Lake and had been a pharmacy clerk. She is survived by two sons, Gary Braatz of Fripp Island, SC and Barry Zellmer of Milwaukee, and...

Louise Prellwitz

Louise Prellwitz

Feb 20, 1992

Louise V. Prellwitz, age 77, of Ripon, died Thursday, February 20, 1992, at Parkview Care Center. She was born September 27, 1914, in Ripon, the daughter of Archibald and Dora (Lupton) Waltenberry. On June 11, 1936, she married Edwin Prellwitz in Waupun. She worked as a seamstress at Admaco for over 30 years and at Prellwitz Dairy for 12 years....

Ronald Roy

Ronald Roy

Feb 20, 1992

Ronald Peter Roy, age 63, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 1992 at his home. He was born August 24, 1928 in Fond du Lac, the son of Owen and Billie Krug Roy. He was an administrator in the Racine School District and lived in Ripon the last six years. He was a graduate of Ripon College...

Bertha Smith

Bertha Smith

Feb 13, 1992

Bertha E. Smith, age 95, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 1992, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born May 16, 1896, in Ripon, the daughter of Fred and Mary Thada Zinke. On December 26, 1917, she married William Smith. Bertha was a housewife and lived in the Ripon and Green Lake area most of her...

Sylvester Wielgosh

Sylvester Wielgosh

Feb 11, 1992

Sylvester M. Wielgosh, age 83, of Brandon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 1992, at his home. He was born December 17, 1908, in Princeton, the son of Frank and Bertha Bartol Wielgosh. Sylvester was a farmer and lived in the Brandon area most of his life. Survivors include three sisters, Helen Wielgosh of Milwaukee, Ann Sieber and Louise...

Alice Brown

Alice Brown

Feb 7, 1992

Alice E. Brown, age 89, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, February 7, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born November 23, 1903, in Fairwater, a daughter to Louis and Sarah (Siegel) Carter. She attended Ripon Schools and Ripon College and made the Ripon area her home for most of her life. On December 27, 1947, she married...

Nellie Sauer

Nellie Sauer

Feb 6, 1992

Nellie May Sauer, age 96, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 1992, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon. She was born May 13, 1895, in the Town of Rushford to Ralph and Estelle (Fellows) Gleffe. On March 12, 1918, she married Herman Sauer, and he preceded her in death on March 25, 1980. Mrs. Sauer was a housewife...

Lucille Hedwig Jezeske

Lucille Hedwig Jezeske

Feb 6, 1992

Lucille Hedwig Jezeske, age 81, of Ripon, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 1992, at Parkview Care Center. Lucille was born November 23, 1909, in Princeton, the daughter of Stanish and Constance (Polus) Jezeske. She was educated in Princeton. Lucille had been employed as a seamstress at the Ripon Knitting Works, and had resided in Ripon the last 40 years....

Susan Hayashi

Susan Hayashi

Feb 1, 1992

Susan J. Hayashi, age 57, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 1992, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born November 20, 1934, in Chicago, IL to Theodore and Evelyn (LaRue) Grensbach. On December 26, 1964, she married George Hayashi. She was a housewife, and a member of World Wildlife Fund, S.P.C.A., Sierra Club, and Green Peace....

Mae Kastenschmidt

Mae Kastenschmidt

Jan 24, 1992

Mae Kastenschmidt, age 71, of Rosendale, WI, passed away on Friday, January 24, 1992, at her home. She was born August 26, 1920, in Bangor, WI, the daughter of George and Alma Marie (Mengelt) Hoyer. She was educated in Bangor. On November 4, 1939, she married Robert Kastenschmidt. Along with being a Housewife, she established and operated the restaurant in...

Dr. Thomas Humble

Dr. Thomas Humble

Jan 23, 1992

Dr. Thomas Williams Humble, age 67, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 1992, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee. He was born January 3, 1925, in Chicago, a son to Thomas and Ester (Eichsteadt) Humble Sr. He graduated from the University of Illinois, School of Dentistry in 1948. He taught Crown and Bridge at the University of...

Orline Dorsey

Orline Dorsey

Jan 21, 1992

Orline Alma Dorsey, age 73, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 1992, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh. Orline was born March 8, 1918, in the Town of Seneca, to Frederick and Minna (Abel) Wiese. She married Vernon Dorsey on October 15, 1944, in Berlin. Orline worked on the assembly at Realist Inc., in Berlin for 15...

Caryl Wilkes Pelton

Caryl Wilkes Pelton

Jan 17, 1992

Caryl Wilkes Pelton, age 80, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Friday, January 17, 1992, at Parkview Care Center. Caryl was born December 27, 1911, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Chauncy and Harriet (Johnson) Wilkes. She married Robert B. Pelton on October 8, 1938. Caryl was a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Survivors include her husband, Robert of Green...

H. Mead Thrall Sr.

H. Mead Thrall Sr.

Jan 13, 1992

H. Mead Thrall Sr., age 94, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Monday, January 13, 1992 at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born July 19, 1897, in Bluffton, to Charles and Mary Palmer Thrall. He was a graduate of Green Lake High School. On August 1, 1922, he married Gladys Robinson and they farmed for almost 70 years in...

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