Obituaries in Ripon, WI

Nov 23, 1988

Mr. Eugene J. Schwarz, 64, of Route 1, Green Lake, died Wednesday, November 23, 1988, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison. Mr. Schwarz is survived by his wife, Lucy; two sons: Thomas and his wife, Mary Kay, of Green Lake, and Steven and his wife, Joyce, of Livonia Center, New York; one daughter, Mrs. Steven (Patricia) Westpfahl of Green Lake...

Nov 21, 1988

Lawrence W. Humbright, 90, of 22 WaWa Ave., Ripon, died Monday morning, November 21, 1988, at Berlin Memorial Hospital. He was born July 4, 1898, in the Town of Nepeuskun to Otto and Louise Schrader Humbright. On October 15, 1930, he married Elva Sommerfeldt in Ripon. Mr. Humbright was educated in McConnell School, Town of Brooklyn. He was a farmer....

Nov 18, 1988

Mr. Edward F. Menke, 92, formerly of Green Lake, WI, died Friday, November 18, 1988, at Riverdale Manor in Markesan. He was born December 21, 1895, in Green Lake County, to Anton and Mary Abendroth Menke. On September 23, 1920, he married Elva Mae Scheible who preceded him in death in 1960. He then married Lena Andersen-Friend on October 19,...

Nov 15, 1988

Mrs. Gerry Owens, 62, of 116 S. Main St., Rosendale, died Tuesday, November 15, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born April 25, 1926, to Robert and Berna Hoyt Shafer in Fond du Lac. On May 22, 1945, she married Robert D. Owens in Seattle, WA. Mrs. Owens was a 1944 graduate of Rosendale Union Free High School. She...

Nov 9, 1988

Nov 4, 1988

Robert “Bob” Allen Uecker, age 32, of Yuma, Colorado, died Friday, November 4, 1988, in Sterling, Colorado, as a result of an auto accident. He was born November 17, 1955, in Ripon to Allen and Alice Kuehn Uecker. He never married. Mr. Uecker was a 1974 graduate of Ripon High School. He attended UW-LaCrosse where he received a BS in...

Oct 30, 1988

Marietta Christina Burich, 69, Route #1, Cornell, WI died Sunday, October 30, 1988, at the home of her son in Ripon. She was born September 21, 1919, in the Town of Delmar, Chippewa County, to Tony and Anna Drace Brunner. On June 14, 1944, she married William Edward Burich and he preceded her in death on November 1, 1983. Mrs....

Oct 27, 1988

James Floyd Booher, 76, of Route #1, Markesan, died Thursday, October 27, 1988, at University Hospital in Madison. He was born November 27, 1911, in West Lima, WI, to James and Edith Hoffman Booher. On April 1, 1939, he married Marjorie Adams in Montello. Mr. Booher was educated in Viola, WI. He had resided 43 years in the Markesan area....

Oct 22, 1988

Karl William Meinke, 76, of Route 1, Ripon, died Saturday, October 22, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born February 3, 1912, in Fond du Lac County, to Herman and Bertha Tabbert Meinke. On August 26, 1944, he married Dorothy Fleming in Michigan. Mr. Meinke was a farmer and mechanic at Green Giant. He was a member of Our...

Oct 18, 1988

Verna Mae Keso, 73, of 1092 Metomen St., Ripon, died Tuesday, October 18, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. She was born August 13, 1915, in Markesan to Earl and Mary McCullough Lee. On April 10, 1937, she married Byron Keso. Mrs. Keso was a graduate of Green Lake High School. She was a sales manager for Ripon Knitting Works for...

Oct 15, 1988

Reinhold Adolph Schultz, 87, died Saturday, October 15, 1988, in Norwalk, California. He was born July 19, 1901, in Princeton, to Edward and Hannah Louise Ernestine Habermann Schultz. Mr. Schultz never married. He was a bellhop at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. He was in the Army from 1942 – 1945. Survivors include his sister, Hattie Schultz of Ripon and...

Oct 15, 1988

Claude Angus Lee, 68, of 571 Mill St., Green Lake, die Saturday, October 15, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. On May 8, 1920, he was born in Markesan to Earl and Mary McCullough Lee. On June 28, 1947, he married Gladys Liptow in Ripon. Mr. Lee was a graduate of Green Lake High School. From 1963 until 1983, he was...

Oct 7, 1988

George Jacob Busse, age 64, of 390 Lake St., Green Lake, died Friday, October 7, 1988, at Froedtert Lutheran Memorial Hospital in Wauwatosa. Mr. Busse was born September 28, 1924, in the Town of Brooklyn to George and Anna Otto Busse. On August 21, 1948, he married Marie Abell. He was a dairy farmer and had lived in Green Lake...

Oct 6, 1988

Mrs. Bernice Marie Nook, 85, of 50 Wolverton Ave., Ripon, died Thursday, October 6, 1988, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. She was born October 8, 1902, in the Town of Henrietta, Richland County, to Eugene and Alice Hammond Cratsenberg. On February 11, 1929, she married John Nook. He preceded her in death on September 29, 1964. Mrs. Nook was...

Sep 28, 1988

Carolyn Dorothy King, 68, of 456 Scott St., Green Lake, died Wednesday, September 28, 1988, at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center in Neenah. She was born July 12, 1920, in Berlin to Michael and Josephine Piotrowski Schubert. On June 1, 1940, she married James King and he preceded her in death on January 14, 1982. She was educated in Berlin....

Sep 27, 1988

Fritz E. Schrader, 83, of 50 Wolverton Ave., Ripon, died Tuesday, September 27, 1988, at Parkview Care Center in Ripon. He was born January 26, 1905, in Ripon to Herman and Emma Koentopp Schrader. Mr. Schrader was educated in Ripon. He was a maintenance man at Ripon College and at Green Giant. He had lived in the Ripon area all...

Sep 21, 1988

Helmuth Herman Berndt, Sr., 89 years old, of Route 2, Ripon, died Wednesday, September 21, 1988, at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Roy and Barbara Berndt where he had resided the past four years. He was born August 18, 1899, on a farm north of Rosendale, the son of Herman and Louisa Helinski Berndt. He was confirmed in...

Sep 14, 1988

Edna Redemann, age 88, of 902 Newbury St., Ripon, died Wednesday, September 14, 1988, at home. She was born December 3, 1899, in Green Lake County to William and Ernestine (Kropp) Dornbrak. On May 16, 1920, she married Ottmar Redemann. He preceded her in death on June 19, 1961. Mrs. Redemann was educated in Ripon. She was a housewife and...

Sep 12, 1988

Adolph R. Miske, 94, of Wolverton Ave., Ripon, died Monday, September 12, 1988, at Parkview Nursing Home, Ripon. He was born on December 30, 1892, in Amherst, WI to Louis and Otelia (Ruchotzke) Miske. On August 6, 1960, he married Opal Horsley. Mr. Miske was a foreman at Shaler Woodworking Co. and had resided in Waupun and Ripon most of...

Sep 9, 1988

Harvey H. Krueger, 82, of Route 2, Ripon, died Friday, September 9, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital. He was born December 14, 1905, in Crystal Lake, WI to Fred and Amelia (Draeger) Krueger. He married Esther Dahms on July 7, 1930. Mr Krueger was a dairy farmer and sold Tracy Seen Corn. He lived in rural Ripon most of his...