Obituaries

Local Obituaries

Louise Williams

Louise Williams

Jan 8, 2013

Louise Williams, age 76 passed away peacefully at All About Life Rehab Center in Fond du Lac with family around her on Tuesday Jan. 8, 2012. She was born on April 4, 1936 the daughter of Gus and Cordee Langston Pinkston in Louise, MS. She moved to Fond du Lac in 2004. Louise is survived by one daughter Joe Ann...

Grace Lillian Motl

Grace Lillian Motl

Jan 7, 2013

Grace Lillian Motl, 90, of Milwaukee passed away peacefully in Fond du Lac on January 7, 2013. She was born on May 30, 1922 in Milwaukee, WI, to Viola and Anton Berka. She grew up during the great depression as the youngest of eight children… and the only one to graduate from High School (Riverside). During WW2 she worked for...

Milton Edward Wege

Milton Edward Wege

Jan 7, 2013

Milton E. Wege, 85, of Campbellsport passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at Ivy Manor in Campbellsport. Milton was born in Milwaukee on August 11, 1927, the son of Edward and Martha Werth Wege. On October 23, 1954, he married Hertha Heilman at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milwaukee. Milton served in the U.S. Army from 1946 through 1947. Before retiring...

Carl Walter Bartelt

Carl Walter Bartelt

Jan 3, 2013

Carl Walter “Wally” Bartelt, 92, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 in the house he was born in. Wally was born in the Town of Ashford to Carl and Rosalinda Rusch Bartelt on October 6, 1920. On October 1, 1949, Wally married Vivian Darmody in St. John’s Lutheran Church, West Bend. Wally and Vivian took over the family farm at that...

William Joseph Essmann

William Joseph Essmann

Jan 2, 2013

William J. Essmann, 70, of Fond du Lac passed away Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013 at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. He was born July 31, 1942 in Campbellsport the son of William and Martha Kaehne Essmann. On Oct. 10, 1964 he married Patricia A. Van Asten at St. Mary’s Church in Fond du Lac. Bill worked at Friday...

Daniel Thomas O'Brien

Daniel Thomas O'Brien

Jan 2, 2013

Daniel Thomas O’Brien, 51, of Eden, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. He was born on May 19, 1961 with a twin brother Dennis Joseph. He was united in Marriage on August 6, 1983 to Patricia Lynn Maxia at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Eden. He was a 1979 graduate of St. Mary Springs of...

Sister Jeanette Esser

Sister Jeanette Esser

Dec 31, 2012

Sister Jeanette Esser, SSSF, “Sister Joan of Arc”, 81, passed away Monday Dec. 31, 2012 at St. Joseph Convent in Campbellsport. She was born March 16, 1931 in Lomira the daughter of the late Frank and Frances Reimer Esser. Sister Jeanette joined the School Sisters of St. Francis and was a graduate of Alverno College. She served as a musician...

Betty Sue Saylor

Betty Sue Saylor

Dec 22, 2012

Betty Sue Saylor, age 62 passed away peacefully at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac on Saturday Dec. 22, 2012. She was born on Nov. 29, 1950 the daughter of Hargus and Beulah Smith Saylor in Middlesboro, KY. She worked for many years as a certified nursing assistant. Betty Sue survived by two sons: Charles R. Hawkins Jr., and...

Robert James Harkins

Robert James Harkins

Dec 21, 2012

Robert ”Bob” Harkins, 78, of North Fond du Lac died on Friday Dec. 21, 2012 at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home after a short bout with cancer. He was born on Dec. 2, 1934 in Taycheedah the son of the late Brunet R. and Helen (Mengel) Harkins. Bob served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956 during the...

Sister Madeleva Metten, Sssf

Sister Madeleva Metten, Sssf

Dec 18, 2012

Sister Madeleva Metten, SSSF, 90, passed away Tuesday Dec. 18, 2012 at St. Joseph Convent in Campbellsport. She was born on Dec. 7, 1922 in Kenosha the daughter of the late Harry F. and Anna Boerner Metten. Sister joined the School Sisters of St. Francis on June 13, 1940 and professed her vows on June 21, 1942. She received a...

Verna L. Yeadeke

Verna L. Yeadeke

Dec 18, 2012

Verna L. Yeadeke, 89 of West Bend, WI went to her heavenly home in the morning hours of December 18, 2012. Verna was being cared for by the loving staff of All About Life Rehabilitation Center in Fond du Lac, WI. She was born in West Bend on October 14, 1923 to Walter and Lillian Zielieke Keller. She was their...

Eugene Gregory Floyd

Eugene Gregory Floyd

Dec 15, 2012

Eugene G. Floyd, 96, of Fond du Lac passed away Saturday Dec. 15, 2012 at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home. He was born on March 29, 1916 in Fond du Lac, the son of the late Chester and Anna Halter Floyd. Eugene married Erna Salzwadel in Fond du Lac and she preceded him in death in 1984. He worked...

Richard "Bumpa" Arndt

Richard "Bumpa" Arndt

Dec 8, 2012

Richard W. “Bumpa” Arndt went to be with Jesus in Heaven on Saturday Dec. 8, 2012 surrounded by his beloved family at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee. He was born on Feb. 15, 1929 in the town of Osceola the son of Raymond and Elvera Guell Arndt and birth father Lawrence McElhatton. On Jan. 22, 1949 Richard married LaNora...

Paul Wayne Zeman

Paul Wayne Zeman

Dec 8, 2012

Paul Wayne Zeman died on Saturday Dec. 8, 2012 at Bellin Health Hospital in Green Bay, WI after being struck down by a sudden illness. Paul was born on Easter Sunday the 21st of April 1957 and forever held his family nickname as the Easter Bunny. Paul was graduated from Campbellsport High School and studied communications at Moraine Park Technical...

Donna May Galligan

Donna May Galligan

Dec 4, 2012

Donna M. Galligan, 82, formerly of the Town of Osceola passed away Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012 at Lakeview Estates in Fond du Lac. She was born in Clark County on Oct. 17, 1930 the daughter of the late Harley and Bernice Downer Pigott. On April 22, 1950 she married Levi H. Galligan at Trinity Lutheran Church, Dundee. They farmed together...

Carol Ann Soyk

Carol Ann Soyk

Dec 3, 2012

Carol A. Soyk, 64, of Campbellsport, went to her heavenly home on Monday Dec. 3, 2012 at her home after a courageous 2 year battle with ALS. She was born Dec. 7, 1947 the daughter of Walter and Pearl Damerow Buslaff. On June 21, 1969 she married Bruce L. Soyk at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Campbellsport. Carol was a 1966...

Sister Marie Burgireno

Sister Marie Burgireno

Dec 1, 2012

Sister Marie Burgireno, SSSF, “Sister John Anthony”, 72, passed away Saturday Dec. 1, 2012 at St. Joseph Convent in Campbellsport. She was born in Milwaukee on June 8, 1940 the daughter of the late John and Mary Stupich Burgireno. Sister joined the School Sisters of St. Francis on June 12, 1959 and professed her vows on June 21, 1961. She...

Sister Rita Wiegand, Sssf

Sister Rita Wiegand, Sssf

Nov 18, 2012

Sister Rita Wiegand, SSSF, “Sister Barbarine”, 88, passed away Sunday Nov. 18, 2012 at St. Joseph Convent, Campbellsport. She was born on Sept. 23, 1924 in Petersburg, NE the daughter of the later Henry and Barbara Kunzman Wiegand. Sister joined the School Sisters of St. Francis on June 13, 1944 and professed her vows on June 21, 1946. She served...

Robert Michael Stahl

Robert Michael Stahl

Nov 17, 2012

Robert M. “Bob” Stahl passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2012 in the Town of Ashford. He was born May 18, 1953 in West Bend, the son of John and Alice Mueller Stahl. Bob married Linda Zuehlke in Aug. 1977 at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Ashford. He worked for Michels Materials for over 30 years before retiring. Presently he...

Thomas Wayne Voeller

Thomas Wayne Voeller

Nov 17, 2012

Thomas W. Voeller, 51, of Fond du Lac went to his heavenly home on Saturday Nov. 17, 2012 at the Hospice Home of Hope, Fond du Lac. He was born in Port Washington, WI on June 18, 1961 the son of Rochus Jr. and Shirley Rismeyer Voeller. He graduated from Goodrich High school in 1979. Tom served in the U.S....