Obituaries
Marion Holz
Feb 16, 2019
Marion Holz, 99, of Waupun, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Prairie Ridge Assisted Living in Waupun.Marion was born November 5, 1919 in the town of Byron in Fond du Lac County, the daughter of William and Edith Collien Geisthardt. Marion was a graduate of Oakfield High School. On September 20, 1944 she married Arthur Holz Jr. The couple...
Sarah Wilkinson
Feb 16, 2019
Sarah Wilkinson, 43, of Waupun passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019 at UW Hospital in Madison.Sarah was born September 6, 1975, the daughter of Thomas and Sherry Herringa Harteau. Sarah attended Waupun Schools and received her CNA certification through the Christian Home in Waupun. In 1996 she married Sean Wilkinson. Sarah was employed at Marvin’s Manor in Waupun. She attended...
Lorraine Loomans
Feb 14, 2019
Lorraine Loomans, 87, of Waupun passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019 at Waupun Memorial Hospital. Lorraine was born March 17, 1931 in Beaver Dam, the daughter of Herbert and Esther Sauer Buschkopf. Lorraine grew up in Juneau and graduated from Juneau High School in 1949. On December 14, 1951 she married Alton Loomans at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
Michael Kwakkel
Feb 7, 2019
Michael John Kwakkel entered his heavenly home on February 7, 2019 where he will find waters clearer than those of Tuttle Lake and where he will be wakesurfing and wakeboarding to his heart’s content.Mike was born October 1, 1972 the eldest son of Kathleen (Howard) and the late Jo Ross Kwakkel. Mike attended Waupun schools and graduated in 1990. He...
Bill Wucherer
Feb 7, 2019
William “Bill” Wucherer, 89, of Waupun, passed away February 7, 2019 at Marvin’s Manor in Waupun.Bill was born October 29, 1929, the son of Valentine and Mary Hoffman Wucherer. Bill graduated Mayville High School in 1947. He attended UW-Platteville and graduated in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1951 he began teaching in Waupun where he taught woodworking...
Lester Blase
Feb 6, 2019
Lester Blase, of Waupun, WI passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at the age of 91.Lester was born December 28, 1927 in Waupun, the son of Robert and Grace Van Egtern Blase. Lester attended Willow Creek Grade School and graduated from Brandon High School in 1945. Les was a veteran of the United States Navy Air Corp and served from...
Dorothy Leystra
Feb 1, 2019
Dorothy Leystra, age 91 of Waupun and formerly of Cambria, died peacefully on Friday morning, Feb. 1, 2019 at Prairie Ridge in Waupun. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday February 5, 2019 at the First Reformed Church in Friesland with Rev. Rob Ford officiating. Burial will follow in the Friesland Cemetery. Relatives and friends may...
Twilah DeBoer
Feb 1, 2019
Twilah DeBoer, 93, of Ripon, formerly of Brandon, passed away Friday, February 1, 2019 at her residence at Prairie Place in Ripon.Twilah was born November 29, 1925 in Brandon, the daughter of Elmer and Anna Kastein Meenk. Twilah graduated from Brandon High School in 1943 and received her bachelor’s degree from UW-Oshkosh. On April 11, 1946 she married Charles “Chuck”...
Robert Zabel
Jan 30, 2019
Robert Richard Zabel, 84, of Waupun, died Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Markesan Resident Home.Bob was born January 27, 1935 in Green Lake County, the son of the late Clarence and Gladys Bahr Zabel. Bob served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954-1958. On December 3, 1960 he married Janice Hoefs at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Fox Lake. The...
Edwin "Ed" William Hughes
Jan 27, 2019
Edwin “Ed” W. Hughes, age 99, formerly of Cambria and Loretta, WI, passed away on Sunday morning, January 27, 2019 at Randolph Health Services. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8,2019 at the First Presbyterian Church in Cambria with Rev. Kristin Frederich officiating. Relatives and friends may call on the family from 10...
Geraldine Linda Searvogel
Jan 23, 2019
Geraldine L. SearVogel, age 71, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church in Cambria with Rev. Kristin Frederich officiating. Burial will follow in Cambria Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call on the family at the church on Saturday...
Emory A. Schepp
Jan 20, 2019
Emory A. Schepp, 90, passed away January 20, 2019 at Clearview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Juneau.Emory was born March 6, 1928, the son of Daniel and Marie Hollnagel Schepp. Emory was employed many years at National Rivet and Manufacturing and later sold insurance for Bankers Life. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waupun.Emory is survived by his...
Jennie Alsum
Jan 15, 2019
Jennie Alsum, 85, of Brandon, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, January 15, 2019.Jennie was born April 3, 1933 in Friesland, WI the daughter of Peter and Jessie DeVries. On April 12, 1951 she was united in marriage to Gerald Alsum at First Randolph Christian Reformed Church in East Friesland, WI. Jennie spent many years volunteering for the Waupun...
Hazel Meenk
Jan 14, 2019
Hazel Meenk, 95, of Waupun, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 at Pleasant Park Place in Ripon.Hazel was born February 6, 1923 in Alto the daughter of Herman and Bernice Vander Bosch Peters. On April 10, 1946 she married Roy Meenk in Alto and the couple lived in the Waupun area all their married lives.Hazel is survived by her three...
Kenneth E. Clift
Jan 14, 2019
Kenneth E. Clift, 93, of Des Moines, IA passed away January 14, 2019 in Fond du Lac, WI.Kenneth was born March 17, 1925 to Charles and Ethel Ewing Clift. In September of 1960 he married Bonnie Vance. He was an electrician all his life.Kenneth is survived by his daughter, Brenda Marquard of Waupun; and three granddaughters: Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Jessica...
Norma Smith
Jan 14, 2019
Norma A. Smith, 90, of Waupun, died peacefully at home on Monday, January 14, 2019 following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.Norma was born September 14, 1928 in the town of Greenwood, to Albert and Mary (Jindrick) Novy. On September 6, 1950 she married Merrill W. Smith at First Congregational Church in Hillsboro. They moved to Waupun in 1952 where...
Audrey Tousey
Jan 14, 2019
Audrey Ann Tousey “Maude”, 80, passed away January 14, 2019 at Anchor Communities in Fox Lake, WI with family and friends by her side.Audrey was born May 10, 1938 in Waupun, WI the daughter of Garret and Minnie Stelsel Hull. She pursued a career as an office assistant/bookkeeper and completed her schooling in New York State. She then received a...
Kay M Froehlich Selbach
Jan 13, 2019
Kay M. Froehlich Selbach, age 72 of Town of Pacific, died peacefully at home on Sunday, January 13, 2019. Kay will be sadly missed and mourned by her son, Tod Froehlich of rural Pardeeville; her sister, Sandra (David) McMahon of rural Lyndon Station; one nephew, Patrick McMahon of Minneapolis; a brother-in-law, Alex Finkenstein of Clermont, FL; many other relatives...
Delores Rens
Jan 13, 2019
Delores “Tootie” Rens, 88, of Waupun, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019 at The Christian Homestead in Waupun.Delores was born March 1, 1930 near Waupun, the daughter of John and Hattie Vande Zande Bresser. Delores was a graduate of Waupun High School. On February 1, 1950 she married Ben Rens in Waupun. Following their marriage the couple resided in rural...
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