Obituaries in Ripon, WI

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Dennis Adams

Dennis Adams

Aug 23, 2019

Dennis Ronald Adams, age 76, of Green Lake, WI, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019, after a long battle with MS. He was born February 6, 1943, in Milwaukee, WI, the son of Raymond J. and Bernice L. (Tilg) Adams. Dennis grew up in Milwaukee; he had various chef jobs and also worked tunnel construction. On March 23, 1974,...

Arnold Malzhan

Arnold Malzhan

Aug 17, 2019

Arnold Harold Malzhan, age 92, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at Whispering Pines in Ripon. Arnold was born December 12, 1926 in Berlin, WI, the son of Frederick and Laura (Klimke) Malzhan. Arnold served our country as a member of the Army Air Corps. He married Betty Jane (Wachholz) Malzhan on September 8, 1950. He...

Michael Seitzinger

Michael Seitzinger

Aug 16, 2019

Michael R. Seitzinger, MD, age 70, of Ripon, WI passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at his home. Michael was born on January 3, 1949 in Joliet, IL, the son of Donald and Ruth (Dyer) Seitzinger. After graduating from high school in Illinois, he continued his education at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, receiving his Doctorate in Obstetrics...

Lori Endeward

Lori Endeward

Aug 15, 2019

Lori Endeward, age 55, of Ripon, WI passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah, WI. Lori “was born in the wagon of a travelin' show...,” not really, just a line from one of her favorite songs by Cher. Lori was actually born in Ripon on November 26, 1963, the daughter of Wayne and...

Patricia Schaetzka

Patricia Schaetzka

Aug 14, 2019

Patricia “Pat” Ann Schaetzka, age 78, of Pickett, WI passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at Azura Memory Care in Oshkosh, WI. Pat was born in Oshkosh, WI on January 24, 1941, the daughter of Eugene and Lorraine (Kaiser) Hansen. She graduated from high school in Ripon, WI. On May 27, 1961 she married Dennis Schaetzka in Pickett, WI,...

Jack Frank

Jack Frank

Aug 10, 2019

Jack W. Frank, age 87, of Ripon, WI passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Pleasant Park Place in Ripon. Jack was born on November 17, 1931 in New London, WI, the son of Elmer and Berniece (Bechard) Frank. After graduating from high school Jack went on to serve our country in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955...

Carol Strelow

Carol Strelow

Aug 9, 2019

Carol Joyce Strelow, age 93, of Fairwater, WI, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2019, at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI. Carol was born March 16, 1926 in the Township of Trenton, WI, the daughter of Henry and Hattie (Lewis) White. She married Buryl Robert Strelow on April 24, 1946 and worked for many years on the family farm....

John Brooks

John Brooks

Aug 8, 2019

John Wilfred Brooks, age 67, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019, at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Appleton, WI. John was born April 26, 1952 in Ripon, WI, the son of John A. and Doris (Scarem) Brooks. John graduated from Green Lake High School in Green Lake, WI. He was employed as a truck driver for...

Robert Herrmann

Robert Herrmann

Aug 7, 2019

Robert was born October 15, 1931, in Oak Park, IL, the son of George Henry and Lulu Mae (Simmons) Herrmann. He graduated from Palatine High School in 1951 and served our country in the United States Army from 1952-1954. Robert held various employment, on farms, at Speed Queen, Green Lake Plumbing, Green Lake Marina, and as a surveyor for Green...

Joel Johnson

Joel Johnson

Aug 6, 2019

The man, the myth, the legend. The G-dog.Joel Richard Johnson (66) of Ripon, WI passed away too soon, on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, WI, while continuing his month-long search for a diagnosis.Joel was born on September 4, 1952 in Ishpeming, MI to Richard and Janis (Oebser) Johnson. After graduating as a high school hotshot from...

Charles Degener

Charles Degener

Aug 6, 2019

Charles Lynn Degener, age 87, of Ripon, WI, and formerly of Markesan, WI, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh. Charles was born March 11, 1932, the son of Arthur and Edna (Wilde) Degener. He graduated from Markesan High School and also Oshkosh Business School with an Associate degree in Accounting. Charles was...

Donald Schultz

Donald Schultz

Aug 5, 2019

Donald Harry Schultz, age 73, of Ripon, WI passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 peacefully at his home. Donald was born in Berlin, WI on February 17, 1946, the son of Harry and Amber (Kissinger) Schultz. He graduated from Ripon High School and went on to attend UW-Stevens Point. In 1967 he married Barb Schmidt in West Allis, WI....

Robert Kallio

Robert Kallio

Aug 5, 2019

Robert C. Kallio, CDR, USN (Ret.), age 61, of Ripon, WI, died on Monday, August 5, 2019 after a long, full life. Bob was born on October 29, 1957 in Woodstock, IL. He was raised in Ripon and graduated from Ripon High School in 1976. A 1980 UW Stevens Point graduate, he entered the U.S. Navy and was commissioned at...

Ruth Dietrich-Schlaak

Ruth Dietrich-Schlaak

Aug 1, 2019

Ruth Francis Dietrich-Schlaak, age 91, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2019, at Prairie Place in Ripon. Ruth was born November 14, 1927, in West Allis, WI, the daughter of John and Lillian (Dallaway) Hecht. She attended Ripon High School. Ruth married John “Wesley” Dietrich in 1948 and after his passing, she married Oscar Schlaak. She worked...

Dolores Hoffman

Dolores Hoffman

Jul 30, 2019

Dolores Mary Jane Hoffman, age 77, of Ripon, WI passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah, WI. Dolores was born in Oshkosh, WI on January 11, 1942, the daughter of Kenneth and Virginia (Becker) Hunke. She graduated from Oshkosh High School and married Lester Hoffman in 1984. He passed away November 24, 2007....

Karin Thacker

Karin Thacker

Jul 19, 2019

Karin Elizabeth Thacker, age 52, of Ripon, WI, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 19, 2019 at her home. Karin was born in Portage, WI on June 26, 1967, the daughter of Arthur and Christine (Waite) Sebastiani. She graduated from Goodrich High School in Fond du Lac, WI and attended Moraine Park Technical College. On August 3, 2000, she married...

Thomas Brown

Thomas Brown

Jul 16, 2019

Thomas L. Brown, age 74, of Fairwater, WI passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at his home with his loving family by his side. Tom was born in Waukesha, WI on February 12, 1945, the son of Lloyd and Edna (Bates) Brown. He attended Tri-County High School in Plainfield, WI. In 1966 he married Nancy C. Stevens in Sagola,...

Gregory Pamenter

Gregory Pamenter

Jul 16, 2019

Gregory “Bones” Pamenter, age 62, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at UW Hospital in Madison with his family by his side. Gregory was born November 16, 1956, in Ripon, WI, the son of Clayton and Donna (Schroeder) Pamenter. He graduated from Ripon High School in 1974. Gregory worked a variety of jobs in his life...

Larry Arndt

Larry Arndt

Jul 13, 2019

Larry Arndt, age 68, of Fond du Lac, WI, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at his home.Per his wishes, there will be no service.Please visit www.butzinmarchant.com to send an online condolence.

Marjorie Pamenter

Marjorie Pamenter

Jul 13, 2019

Marjorie M. Pamenter, age 92, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at home with her loving family by her side. Marjorie was born in Fond du Lac, WI on November 23, 1926, the daughter of Joseph and Ella (Petrick) Smasal. She attended school in Berlin, WI and on January 31, 1945 she married Charles Eugene Pamenter,...

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