Obituaries

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...

Mar 2, 2019

Arik J. Guenther, 64, of Campbellsport, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Froedtert Hospital surrounded by his family and friends. He was born on June 3, 1954, in Fond du Lac, the son of the late Arthur and Antoinette Guenther (nee Schey). Arik graduated from Campbellsport High School in 1972, received his Bachelor’s Degree from U.W. Oshkosh...

Feb 28, 2019

Forrest “Woody” G. Kleinhans, 84, of Campbellsport went to his heavenly home on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at his home with his beloved family gathered around him. He was born on September 25, 1934 in Campbellsport, the son of Clem and Mildred (Raymond) Kleinhans.  On August 18, 1955, Woody married Lila E. Beisbier...

Feb 22, 2019

Donna Marie Rice “Absent from the body present with the Lord” of Altamonte Springs, FL passed away on February 22, 2019 at the age of 75. She was born on February 11, 1944.

Donna has two beloved sons Denny Frye and Jerry Frye, beloved companion Larry Anderson, grandchildren Donna Robin, Michel Robert, Nicole LeeAnn, Dennis Storm, and...

Feb 19, 2019

Patrick B. Nickel, 66, of Campbellsport passed away expectantly Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Hope Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lomira.  He was born in Port Washington on August 13, 1952, the son of Anthony and Catherine Nickel.   Pat and Sandy (nee Kahut) have been together for past 42 years.  He worked at Tom’s Millwork and at Enger-Kress before...

Feb 13, 2019

Holly L. Gassner (nee Scadden), 59, of West Bend, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. On December 24, 1959, Holly was born in Elkhorn, WI to Willis and Joyce Scadden and later grew up, graduating in Hartford.   She was united in matrimony to Robert Gassner on March 24, 1984 at St. Frances...

Feb 12, 2019

Ruth Ella (Beaton) Youra

Ruth Youra passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at Hospice Home of Hope, Fond du Lac, where she resided for 6 days.

Ruth was welcomed to her heavenly home by her husband, Daniel J. Youra, who was called home on 7/23/08.

Ruth Ella Beaton was the youngest of...

Feb 11, 2019

Rickie A. Butz, 71, of Ripon passed away on February 11, 2019. He was born on September 14, 1947 at Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh to Lola Mae {Broehm} Butz and Hilbert Gustuv Butz. Rick Graduated Goodrich Senior High in 1966. He joined the U.S. Navy reserves in 1964 and completed his active duty...

Feb 8, 2019

Douglas F. Hawe, 59, of 436 Roosevelt St, Fond du Lac, passed away on Feb. 8, 2019 after a long battle with cancer. Douglas was born on Jan 16, 1960 and grew up in Sheboygan County and graduated from Cedar Grove High School in 1978. As a young man Douglas worked for his father as a truck driver for...

Feb 3, 2019

Sandra D. Habeck Schmidlkofer, 66, of Oshkosh, passed away on Sunday, February 3, 2019, at Cherry Meadows Hospice in Appleton. Sandy was born in Fond du Lac on March 23, 1952, the daughter of the late Lorraine and David (Weigel) Habeck. In 1970, Sandy graduated from Goodrich High School. She married Tom Schmidlkofer on June 25, 2011 at Immanuel...