Obituaries

May 15, 2019

Patrick F. O’Brien, 84, of Eden passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at St. Agnes Hospital with his family gathered around him. He was born in Fond du Lac on July 27, 1934, the son of James H. and Estelle M. (nee Stack) O’Brien. Pat served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1953 until 1955....

May 14, 2019

Fern Joan Ryan, 84, passed peacefully Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Hope Health & Rehabilitation Center in Lomira.  She was born in St. Kilian on September 25, 1934, the daughter of the late Ervin and Margaret (Heisler) Bonlender, who farmed north of St. Kilian and west of the Katzenburg in the Town of Ashford. Many times she walked...

May 10, 2019

On May 10th, 2019 our beautiful mother, Patricia Anne Martin, passed away at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac, WI after a very short battle with Ovarian Cancer. Mom was born on October 30th, 1939 the eldest daughter of Leonard and Esther (Mueller) Swalby. She was a 1958 graduate of Goodrich High School and enjoyed keeping in contact...

May 9, 2019

Bernice M. Feucht (nee Block), 90, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Hospice Home of Hope. She was born on September 13, 1928 in Mayville, WI, the daughter of the late Albert and Clara Block (nee Geschke). She married the late Raymond T. Feucht Sr. on November 29, 1947 at St. Andrew’s...

May 9, 2019

Bernice M. Feucht (nee Block), 90, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Hospice Home of Hope. She was born on September 13, 1928 in Mayville, WI, the daughter of the late Albert and Clara Block (nee Geschke). She married the late Raymond T. Feucht Sr. on November 29, 1947 at St. Andrew’s...

May 9, 2019

George B. “Ducky” Del Ponte, 72, of the Town of Osceola passed unexpectedly on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at his home.  He was born in Campbellsport on December 30, 1946, the son of Dante and Dorothy (nee Steinacker) Del Ponte. He served in the US Army Reserve from 1966 to 1972.   George worked at Weasler Engineering for over 35...

May 1, 2019

Donald William Huberty, 86, passed away May 1, 2019 at Harbor Haven in Fond du Lac, WI.  Don was born August 4, 1932 in Mt. Calvary, WI the son of the late Milton and Margaret (Frey) Huberty.

As a young boy, Don was a Mass server at Holy Cross Parish in Mt. Calvary.  In 1950, he graduated...

Apr 13, 2019

Linda L. Gustason, 56, of Campbellsport went to her heavenly home on Saturday, April 13, 2019 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.  She was born on December 2, 1962 in Two Rivers, the daughter of Daniel and JoAnn (nee Nelson) Lambert.  On October 4 1996, Linda married Brent A. Gustason at Cherney Maribel...

Apr 6, 2019

Mary Debruin, 92, of Campbellsport passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.  She was born on November 2, 1926 in Rib Lake, WI, the daughter of the late Anton and Susan (nee Kuna) Bieniek. Mary had a life well lived!

Survivors include her son Bruce Lucas...

Apr 5, 2019

William A. “Bill” Buerger, 76, of Brownsville, peacefully entered eternal life on Friday, April 5, 2019 surrounded by his family at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.  Bill was born in Campbellsport on September 27, 1942, the son of Silverius and Olive (Wondra) Buerger.  He graduated from Lomira High School in 1960.

Bill married the...

Apr 4, 2019

Thomas Paul Lechnir passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 4, 2019 at the age of 74 and went to be with his Lord and Savior. Thomas was born in Prairie du Chien, WI on Friday October 13, 1944 to Thomas Raymond and Jean Barnhart (Hahn) Lechnir. On October 18, 1969 Tom married the love of his life, Nyleen (Suhr). Tom,...

Mar 30, 2019

Elmer F. Gerke f ound peace on March, 30, 2019  at the age of 79 years. He was the cherished husband of Judy Splan, loving dad of Suzanne (John) Freckmann, Greg (Lily Goetz) Gerke and Lisa (Dan Kanter) Splan and very proud Grandpa of Matthew, Nicholas, Julia and Tess. He was the dearest son of the late Josephine and...

Mar 28, 2019

Roman M. Wettstein, 94, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at St. Francis Terrace. He was born on August 10, 1924 in the Town of Forest, the son of the late Matthew and Elizabeth Wettstein (nee Fox). Roman attended St. Michael’s Catholic School in Dotyville and on September 11, 1948 he married Mary Alice...

Mar 17, 2019

Patricia M. Weimer, 77, a resident of Fond du Lac, passed away on March 17, 2019 at the Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.

Patricia was born on June 21, 1941...

Mar 15, 2019

Susan J. Immel (nee Schuhart), 82, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2019 at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home. She was born on December 3, 1936 in Oshkosh, the daughter of the late George and Dorothy Schuhart (nee Kroll). She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church. Susan attended Oshkosh High School and...

Mar 15, 2019

Gerald “Bud” W. Venski, 100, formerly of Dundee passed away peacefully on Friday, March 15, 2019 at the Waterford of West Bend.  He was born on May 8, 1918 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Florian and Erma (nee Muckerheide) Venski. Bud served in the U.S. Army Air Corp from December 1942 to January 1946. On September 29, 1946,...

Mar 14, 2019

Avelene Hickmann, 94, of St. Petersburg, FL passed on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Suncoast Hospice, Pinellas Park. She was born in Catawba, Wisconsin and spent many years as an elementary teacher in Wisconsin and Florida. She taught at Tyrone and Bauder Elementary and was well respected as a teacher by students and...

Mar 10, 2019

Remembering…

Kevin John Curry

1964-2019

Kevin Curry, age 54, passed away on Sunday, March 10th, 2019. He will be met in the afterlife by his son, Devin and daughter, Lysa, who he missed and loved dearly. Kevin was born December 17th, 1964 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Kevin loved spending time...

Mar 9, 2019

Appleton - Michael R. Whiting, age 56, of Appleton passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Clement J. Zablocki Milwaukee VA Medical Center. He was born March 21, 1962 in Iowa City, IA to Theodore R. and Winifred J. (nee Brown) Whiting. Michael was united in marriage, to Maria Rodriguez on October 30, 2011. Michael joined the United...

Mar 4, 2019

Milton Arthur Seibel, 88, of Mushroom Road in Eden passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019 at St. Francis Home. He was born at St. Agnes Hospital, the son of the late Louis and Frieda Seibel (nee Baganz).

He graduated from St. Paul Lutheran School in the Town of Forest and worked on his parents’ dairy farm...