Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Bernard Weckwerth

Bernard Weckwerth

January 31, 1990

Bernard Weckwerth, age 80, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 1990, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 12, 1909, at Budsin, Marquette County, to Bertha (nee Dretzke) and Julius Weckwerth. He attended Normal School and was a rural school teacher. Mr. Weckwerth married Eloise Ziesmer on January 10, 1942, in Ripon. He was an...

John Zabrowski

John Zabrowski

January 31, 1990

John Jerome Zabrowski, age 18, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 1990, as a result of a traffic accident on Hwy 23 West of Green Lake. He was born December 22, 1971, in Ripon, a son to Richard and Nancy (Badtke) Zabrowski. He was educated in Ripon and was a senior at Ripon High School. Survivors include...

Isabel Potts

Isabel Potts

January 27, 1990

Isabel Potts, age 87, formerly of Ripon, WI, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 1990, in Justin, TX. She was born June 26, 1902, in Ripon, a daughter to Otto and Anabel (Trevor) Luck. Her father was the former owner and publisher of the Ripon Commonwealth Press. On November 30, 1929, she married Edward Potts. He preceded her in death...

Dana Billings

Dana Billings

January 25, 1990

Mr. Dana Baird Billings, age 72, of Ripon, WI, passed away Thursday, January 25, 1990, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born March 13, 1917, in Portage, a son to Dana William and Jeannette (Baird) Billings. On March 21, 1942, he married Elizabeth Merritt Buchick at Randolph Field, TX. Mr. Billings was educated in Portage. He was a graduate of...

Anna Dietsch

Anna Dietsch

January 23, 1990

Mrs. Anna Mildred Dietsch, age 74, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 1990, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born November 16, 1915, in Montoya, NM, a daughter to Charles and Minnie May Conant Calvert. On April 18, 1944, she married George Dietsch. He preceded her in death on January 25, 1986. Mrs. Dietsch was a housewife...

John Beebe

John Beebe

January 21, 1990

John C. Beebe, age 68, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 1990, at his home. He was born March 30, 1921, in Redgranite, a son to Frank D. and Clara (Davis) Beebe. On August 4, 1945, he married Violet Fritz in Berlin. Mr. Beebe was educated in Redgranite. He served in U.S. Army during WWII. He had...

Melvin Miller

Melvin Miller

January 11, 1990

Melvin F. Miller, age 81, of Rosendale, WI, passed away on Thursday, January 11, 1990, at his residence. He was born March 2, 1908, in the Town of Utica, the son of John C. and Adelia (Mueller) Miller. On June 4, 1927, he married Lucille Zahn in Pickett. Mr. Miller was educated in the Town of Utica. He had farmed...

Edward Toll

Edward Toll

January 10, 1990

Edward A. Toll, age 94, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 1990. He was born in Fairwater, December 2, 1895, the son of William and Elizabeth (Schrader) Toll. After graduating from Brandon High School he attended Lawrence College, Appleton, and Ripon College from which he graduate in June 1918. On May 9, 1918, he enlisted in the...

Reinhold "Whitey" Wesner

Reinhold "Whitey" Wesner

January 2, 1990

Mr. Reinhold "Whitey" Wesner, age 88, formerly of Green Lake, WI died on Tuesday, January 2, 1990 at Parkview Care Center in Ripon.

He was born on August 13, 1901 in Borth, son of Fred and Otilla (Weis) Wesner. On November 19, 1931 he married Lillian Nagel.

Mr. Wesner was educated in Koro. He was a self-employed mechanic at the...

Josephine Coss

Josephine Coss

December 29, 1989

Mrs. Josephine T. Coss, 86, of 50 Wolverton Avenue, Ripon, died Friday, December 29, 1989, at Parkview Care Center, Ripon.She was born October 14, 1903, in Mendota, IL to Daniel C. and Josephine Scott Tower.She graduated from high school in Mendota, IL and attended Chicago Teacher’s College. She was a bookkeeper for the H.D. Hume Company and for 10 years...

Richard Quade

Richard Quade

December 27, 1989

Richard “Dick” Quade, 60, died at his residence at R#1, Markesan, on Wednesday, December 27, 1989.He was born December 9, 1929, in Milwaukee to Louis and Jessie Hazen Quade. On July 17, 1954, he married Dorothy Giese.Mr. Quade was educated in Milwaukee and Brandon. He served as a Sergeant in the Wisconsin National Guard from 1949 until 1957. He was...

George Towne

George Towne

December 25, 1989

George E. Towne, 83, of 627 Lincoln St. Ripon, died Monday, December 25, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born February 15, 1906, Waupun to Salem and Bernice Woods Towne. On June 14, 1936, he married Lillie Radke in Ripon. Mr. Towne was educated in Waupun and graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Stout in 1934. He was a...

Kathryn Kissinger

Kathryn Kissinger

December 23, 1989

Kathryn T. Kissinger, 88, of 555 Eureka St., Ripon, WI, died December 23, 1989 at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born April 21, 1901, in Sevastopol, WI, the daughter of Henry and Louise Schwitzenberg Blank. On December 23, 1925, she married Howard Kissinger in Milwaukee. He preceded her in death on September 21, 1970. Mrs. Kissinger was educated in Milan...

Florence Wright

Florence Wright

December 23, 1989

Mrs. Florence Wright, 96, formerly of Pickett, died Saturday, December 23, 1989, at the Bethel Home in Oshkosh. She was born October 29, 1893, in Elo, WI to August F. and Carrie Bauer Leitz. On July 10, 1937, she married George Wright. He preceded her in death on May 30, 1964. Mrs. Wright was a public school teacher and had...

Bertha Thiel

Bertha Thiel

December 21, 1989

Mrs. Bertha Mathilda Augusta Thiel, 86, formerly of Hennie St., Ripon, died Thursday, December 21, 1989, at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital, Fort Atkinson. She had resided the last 7 years in Jefferson, WI with her son, Verlyn and his wife, Marjorie. She was born June 29, 1903, in the Town of Metomen, to William Ernst and Ernstina Willamia Daumann Schure....

Harold Lehman

Harold Lehman

December 17, 1989

Harold “Bozo” Lehman, 72, of 88-89 Cty PP, Ripon, died Sunday, December 17, 1989, at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center, Neenah.He was born on July 4, 1917, in Willow City, ND to Gustave and Gertrude Swandt Lehman. On January 9, 1942, he married Agnes Przybyl in Ripon.Mr. Lehman was educated in Ripon. He lived in the Town of Ripon the...

Timothy Sullivan

Timothy Sullivan

December 14, 1989

Timothy J. Sullivan, 44, of N8149 Co. Trunk M, Ripon, died Thursday, December 14, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital.He was born August 2, 1945, in Berlin, to John L. and Gertrude Siekierka Sullivan. On August 6, 1966, he married Barbara Moioffer at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sheyboygan Falls.Mr. Sullivan was educated in Princeton. He lived in the Town of...

Reinhold Bloch

Reinhold Bloch

December 12, 1989

Reinhold G. Bloch, 87, of 535 South St, Green Lake, died Tuesday, December 12, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born August 1, 1902, in Poy Sippi, to Gottlieb and Emilia Weiss Bloch. On January 18, 1927, he married Laura Kersten.Mr. Bloch was educated in Green Lake and had lived in Green Lake most of his life. He worked...

Donald Bender

Donald Bender

December 10, 1989

Donald W. Bender, 61, of Olden Road, Pickett, died Sunday, December 10, 1989, at the VA Hospital in Tomah. He was born March 25, 1928, in Bancroft, WI to Cecil and Vera Meddaugh Bender. On August 15, 1953, he married Shirley Dorsey. Mr. Bender was educated in Bancroft. He served in the US Navy from August 30, 1950 until June...

Elmer Schilf

Elmer Schilf

December 9, 1989

Elmer A. Schilf, 87, of 532 W. Fond du Lac St., Ripon, died Saturday, December 9, 1989, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born December 26, 1901, in Green Lake to Emil J. and Louise A. Krenze Schilf Sr. On July 8, 1928, he married Agnes Albrecht. Mr. Schilf was educated in the Town of Brooklyn. He resided in the...