Obituaries
Ann E. Smedema
Nov 12, 2018
Ann Smedema, 85,of Beaver Dam and formerly of Cambria, passed away on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Hillside Manor. Funeral services for Ann will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church in Cambria with Rev. Kristin Frederich officiating. Burial will follow in Friesland Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call on the family on...
Carol Thurk
Nov 4, 2018
Carol Ruth Thurk, 88, of Waupun was called to her eternal home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on November 4, 2018 to join her beloved husband and two beloved daughters.Carol was born April 9, 1930 in Beaver Dam, the daughter of Hilbert and Julia Ruth Schwandt Frankenstein. Carol attended Jackson School for five years, St. Stephen’s Lutheran School...
Franklyn W. Gerber
Nov 1, 2018
Franklyn W. Gerber, 81, passed away unexpectedly November 1, 2018 at his home.Frank was born November 20, 1936 to Alfred and Alta Trotter Gerber. Upon graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. On November 6, 1959 he married Judith Beckman in Monroe, WI. Frank was a correctional officer for Fox Lake Correctional for...
Agnes Meyer
Oct 29, 2018
Agnes Meyer, 98, of Waupun, passed away Monday, October 29, 2018 at Pleasant Park Place in Ripon.Agnes was born July 9, 1920 in Fox Lake the daughter of Frank and Tillie Bauer Heuer. On May 29, 1943 she married Paul Meyer in Fox Lake. Following their marriage the couple farmed in the town of Trenton for several years and in...
Dianne Brown
Oct 29, 2018
Dianne Brown, 76, of Waupun, passed away Monday, October 29, 2018 at UW Hospital in Madison.Dianne was born September 23, 1942 in Beaver Dam to Doyle and Mildred Johnson McMullin. On February 10, 1961 she married Richard Brown in Waupun. Following their marriage the couple resided in Waupun all their married lives. Dick and Dianne served Fond du Lac County...
Bruce Muraski
Oct 27, 2018
Bruce Muraski was born on December 26, 1950 in Antigo Wisconsin, where he spent most of his growing up years and died at his home after a long illness with family present on October 27, 2018.Bruce graduated from Waupun High School. After graduation he proudly served his country as a member of the United States Army during the Vietnam War....
Kenneth H. Van Egtern
Oct 26, 2018
Kenneth H. Van Egtern, 78, of Waupun, passed away peacefully Friday morning, October 26, 2018 at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac surrounded by his loving family.Ken was born March 2, 1940 in Waupun the son of George and Eunice Armga Van Egtern. Ken graduated from Waupun High School in 1958 and began his career in farming. On...
Marie Schomisch
Oct 23, 2018
Marie Teresa Schomisch, 91, of Waupun, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2018.Marie was born February 6, 1927 in Kaukauna, WI the 5th child of George and Florence Golden McDaniel. Marie grew up on the family farm and watched her older brothers go off to war when she was a teen. She started public high school in De Pere and...
Lorena Williams
Oct 22, 2018
Lorena Williams, 81, of Fox Lake, passed away unexpectedly on October 22, 2018 in Madison. Services will be held at a later date.
Lorena Willliams
Oct 22, 2018
Lorena Marlene Williams, 81 of W10601 Blackhawk Trail, Fox Lake, died unexpectedly Sunday 10/22/2018 at University Hospital in Madison.Lorena was born April 27 1937 in Oakfield Wisconsin, daughter of William Schmidt and Elda Hackbarth. She served in the US Navy from 1960 to 1964, was married to Ralph Coffman in 1964, in Hawaii. She returned to Wisconsin where she taught...
Olive "Dolly" Vossekuil
Oct 22, 2018
Olive “Dolly” Vossekuil, 93, of Fox Lake, passed away Monday, October 22, 2018 at Anchor Communities Assisted Living in Fox Lake.Dolly was born March 29, 1925 in Mt. Calvary, WI the daughter of John and Monica Kohlmann Boehlen. Dolly attended Fond du Lac schools and moved to Waupun in 1943. On July 28, 1945 she married Leon Vossekuil in Waupun....
James Spanbauer
Oct 21, 2018
James Spanbauer, 76, of Waupun, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, October 21, 2018 at Aurora Baycare Medical Center in Green Bay.Jim was born June 11, 1942 in Oshkosh to Norman and Lucille Jungwirth Spanbauer. Jim graduated from Waupun High School in 1960. On October 1, 1966 he married his high school sweetheart, Mary Redeker, at Trinity Reformed Church in Waupun. Jim...
Randy Ver Hage
Oct 16, 2018
Randall “Randy” Ver Hage, 69, of Waupun, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 in Bluffton, SC.Randy was born February 1, 1949 in Beaver Dam, WI the son of Lawrence and Henrietta Bossenbroek Ver Hage. Randy attended Central Wisconsin Christian Schools and graduated in 1967. Randy enlisted in the U.S. Army for 3 years, having served in Korea. On...
Esther Kamphuis
Oct 15, 2018
Esther Kamphuis, 98, of Waupun, died Monday, October 15, 2018 at the Christian Home and Rehabilitation Center in Waupun.Esther was born April 4, 1920 in the town of Metomen in Fond du Lac County, the daughter of Aldert and Cynthia Vanden Berg Rens. On September 12, 1940 she married Gordon Kamphuis in Waupun. Following their marriage the couple farmed in...
John "Butch" Buchholz
Oct 10, 2018
John “Butch” Buchholz, 32, of Waupun, passed away October 10, 2018 as a result of an auto accident.Butch was born April 18, 1986 in Waupun to Roland and Joyce Tobak Buchholz. Butch graduated from Waupun High School in 2005. He was a correctional officer for Dodge Correctional for the past 12 years. Butch loved lawn work, music, his dogs, his...
Edward Heeringa
Oct 9, 2018
Edward Heeringa, 58, of Fox Lake, was peacefully carried from his earthly home into the arms of his heavenly father on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 surrounded by the love of his family.Ed was born June 10, 1960 in Elkhorn, WI the son of Henry and Alice Heeringa. Ed was a graduate of Central Wisconsin Christian School. On June 6, 1992...
Lowell J. Bruins
Sep 28, 2018
Lowell J. Bruins, 88, of Alto, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Christian Home in Waupun.Lowell was born January 29, 1930 in Fond du Lac, WI the son of John H. and Henrietta (Vande Zande) Bruins. Lowell completed high school and a year of college. On November 6, 1950 he enlisted in the Navy at the beginning of...
Lester M. Possin
Sep 20, 2018
Lester M. Possin, 91, of Beaver Dam, formerly of the town of Burnett, passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Prairie Ridge in Beaver Dam.Lester was born June 12, 1927 in the town of Chester, in Dodge County, the son of Edgar and Marie Luck Possin. On October 23, 1948 he married Beatrice Pautsch at Immanuel Lutheran Church in...
Erna Vossekuil
Sep 19, 2018
Erna Vossekuil, 94, of Waupun, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Prairie Ridge Assisted Living in Waupun.Erna was born April 23, 1924 in Fairwater, the daughter of Henry and Leona Luther Vande Slunt. On October 25, 1945 she married Bernard Vossekuil at Bethel Reformed Church in Brandon. During Erna’s younger years she worked at National Rivet, Ideal Shoe Factory,...
Harvey D. Hoeft
Sep 19, 2018
Harvey D. Hoeft, 66, of Waupun, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at home with family by his side.Harvey was born October 25, 1951, the son of Harvey and Duaine Dins Hoeft. He was a 1970 graduate of Waupun High School where he lettered in baseball. On December 16, 1976 he married Donna Dallman. The couple resided in Waupun all...
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